The composer will now deliver your baby

The composer will now deliver your baby

RIP

norman lebrecht

December 27, 2021

The eminent Turkish composer Alaeddin Yavaşça, who has died aged 95, was also one of the country’s leading obstetricians.

He entered Istanbul University School of Medicine as a student in 1954 and served in its major hospitals for more than four decades.

He composed 80 works and delivered innumerable new lives.

Comments

  • John Borstlap says:

    It’s taking the notion of bringing works into the world into a whole new range.

    Here is some of his music – Turkish traditional music:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRzj2tQleTU

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_uzKKB0wYM

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