CELIL REFIK KAYA,a 20 year young student under the brilliant tutelage of my dear friend,Michael Newman is an International competition winner and just finished a recording of which this Concert was representative of. From the 1st note, I knew I was in for an evening of superior music making.I was familiar with every piece on the program but one small piece by Dilermando Reis (Promessa Waltz). The night was a rainy one and true to form the audience was skimpy and embarrassing with just about 30folks on site to witness someone who will and should ascend the heights of our concert world.Not a word was uttered by this be speckled genius all evening and he had such a gentle and timid bow for the audience but what a mind blowing concert of the highest level on all fronts!
I came in with all my gig gear from a 3 hour gig at the Staten Island Ferry and took my regular seat front row center and was treated to a gourmet musical meal of works by Piazzolla,Reis,Lauro,Ponce,Mangore,Sojo,Brouwer and Morel! Only one encore was offered and I stated from the audience "YOU BETTER GIVE AN ENCORE"!.This young,gentle musical giant reaffirms why I also have spent my life in music since 1954. I was very deeply moved by the total mastery CELIL shared with us.His incredible command of the smallest note articulation was "Breath Taking". His tone was incredibly beautiful and his instrument was a perfect match to his effortless technique. His slightest musical utterance was totally achieved in this wonderful concert. When he attacked the Antonio Lauro Waltzes ( 8 of them ! ),it was as though Alirio Diaz was on stage! I was fortunate to have heard Diaz in concert in 1975 at the Toronto International Guitar Festival! Those of you who have never seen Diaz can catch several of his live performance videos on You Tube and you will witness one of the supreme virtuosos of our time, still active and still kicking monstrous Guitar Butt!. One of the original Guitar "Speed Demons" who simply amazes all who witness his craft. Now getting back to this ferocious TIGER known as CELIL REFIK KAYA,I found every single note of every piece performed to be perfectly weighed and articulated from one of the most fluid technical and musical wonders I have heard on any ANY instrument. The audience contained the cream of the young crop of excellent
MANNES Guitar students in a fine supportive role. I was surprised at all who were NOT in attendance but that was their great loss! This young Artist is in the realm of the "OUT OF SIGHT GENIUS- JORGE CABALLERO". It takes a lot for me to say that because I believe my Sweet Peruvian colleague,JORGE CABALLERO is on another planet of our Classical Guitar World. Again I state that you should break you necks to catch this great young man whenever you can because he is already high in the realm of the "GREAT" performing artists at the tender age of 20!!!!! MARK MY WORDS! THIS KID IS EXCEPTIONALLY SPECIAL!
P.S. He has yet to set up a web site and doesn't have a You Tube Video downloaded but I hope he quickly sets both in motion because he is really someone precious and special. I also appreciated the fact that the audience also knew they were in the concert hall with a GENIUS of great magnitude and kept the hall as quiet as a Church.
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