Fazil may refer to:

Given name[link]

• Fazil (Indian filmmaker), Indian filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter
• Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed, Albanian grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire
• Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, prolific Turkish poet
• Fazil Iskander, Abkhaz writer
• Fazil Jamili, Urdu Poet
• Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Turkish poet
• Fazıl Küçük, Turkish Cypriot Vice President of the Republic of Cyprus
• Fazıl Önder, Turkish Cypriot journalist
• Fazıl Say, Turkish pianist and composer
• Mohamed Fazil,Malwana,Srilanka

Surname[link]

• Art Fazil, Singaporean musician
• Irfan Fazil, Pakistani cricketer
• Mohammad Fazil, Afghan extrajudicial prisoners of the United States

Other uses[link]

• Shakh Fazil, sacred Muslim site
• Fazıl, village and municipality in the Shaki Rayon of Azerbaijan

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Fazıl Say
Fazıl Say in July 2011
Background information
Born	(1970-01-14) January 14, 1970 (age 42) Ankara, Turkey
Genres	Classical
Occupations	Composer and Pianist
Instruments	Piano

Fazıl Say (born January 14, 1970), is a Turkish pianist and composer born in Ankara, Turkey.

Biography[link]

Fazıl Say after a concert during the SHMF 2011

Born in 1970 in Ankara, Turkey, Fazıl Say started playing the piano at the age of four. He continued his music training in Ankara State Conservatory as a student of Special Status for Highly Talented Children and graduated from piano and composition in 1987. At the age of seventeen he was awarded a scholarship that enabled him to study for five years with David Levine at the Robert Schumann Institute in Düsseldorf. He earned his diploma in Germany in 1991 as Concerto Soloist and became a piano and chamber music teacher in 1992 in Berlin Performing Arts and Music Academy. Say won the Europe Young Concert Soloists Competition in 1994 and then the Young Concert Artists International Auditions held in New York in 1995.^[1] Besides playing the piano, he has composed many oratorios, piano concertos, pieces of music for chamber, orchestra and piano and many other songs.^[2]

Some of his compositions include Nazım and Requiem for Metin Altıok, four piano concertos, his orchestra piece Albert Einstein commissioned by Zurich Orchestra and his ballet named Patara which is commissioned by Wien Mozart Committee and was composed for Mozart's 250th birth year celebration.

He has performed with New York Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, Berliner Symphoniker, Czech Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France and Tokyo Symphony.

He performed an open air concert as the closing of 2007 Florence Festival with Florence Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta and had an audience of more than twenty thousand listeners. Again in 2007, he was the head of the piano jury of Montreux Jazz Festival. His CD which also includes Say's piano composition that was inspired by Turkish Folk singer and poet Asik Veysel's song named Black Earth was listed in 6th place on American Billboards.

In 2008, he was appointed as Culture Ambassador by the European Union and he aims to set up a new bridge between eastern and western cultures.

In 2009 Say was commissioned by Konzerthaus Dortmund and WDR to compose the Istanbul Symphony, for which the Turkey premiere was held in Istanbul on 25 December 2010, on the last day of a series of concerts on the Fazil Say Festival. The 3-day event was dedicated to the works of Say and included performances by Fazil Say, Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, and other artists.

In April 2012, Say came under investigation by the Istanbul Prosecutor's Office over statements made on Twitter, declaring himself an atheist and poking fun at the Islamic conception of paradise.^[3] Say then announced that he was considering leaving Turkey to live in Japan because of the rise of conservative Islam and growing intolerance in his home country.^[4][5]

Honors and awards[link]

• Winner of the Young Concert Artists International Auditions (1994)
• Echo-Preis Klassik (2001)
• German Music Critics’ Best Recording of the Year Award (2001)
• Ambassador of Intercultural Dialogue (2008)
• "Echo" German Record Award (2009)

Compositions[link]

Orchestral works[link]

• 3 Maerchen for Piano and Chamber Orchestra (1991)
• Opus 3: Sinfonia Concertante for Piano and Orchestra (1993)
• Opus 6: Chamber Symphony for String Orchestra (1996)
• Opus 16: Thinking Einstein for Piano and Orchestra (2005)
• Opus 23: Fenerbahçe for Chorus, Piano and Orchestra (2007)
• Opus 28: Istanbul Symphony (2009/10) ^[6]
• Opus 38: Mesopotamia Symphony for large orchestra

Oratorios[link]

• Opus 9: Nazım Oratoryosu (Nazım Oratorio) for Chorus, Soloists, Piano, Narrator and Orchestra (2001)
• Opus 13: Metin Altıok Ağıtı (Requiem for Metin Altıok) Requiem for Chorus, Soloists, Piano and Orchestra (2003)

Concertos[link]

• Opus 4: Silk Road Piano Concerto, for Piano and Chamber Orchestra (1994)
• Opus 5e: Guitar Concerto, in d minor (1996)
• Opus 11: Silence of Anatolia Piano Concerto (2001)
• Opus 25: 1001 Nights in a Harem Violin Concerto (2007)
• Opus 30: Nirvana Burning for Piano and Orchestra (2010)
• Opus 31: Trumpet Concerto, for Trumpet and Orchestra (2010)
• Opus 36: Khayyam Clarinet Concerto (2011)
• Opus 37: Hezarfen Ney Concerto (2012)

Chamber music[link]

• 2 Ballades for Piano and Strings
• Opus 6: Chamber Symphony (1996)
• Opus 7: Sonata for Violin and Piano (1996)
• Arrangements from Porgy and Bess for Sixtett (1999)
• Opus 14: Rhapsodia - Uzun İnce Bir Yoldayim for Piano, Soprano and Strings (2004)
• Opus 17: Patara Quartet (2005)
• Opus 26: Princess of Lykia for 2 Guitars (2009)
• Opus 29: Divorce String Quartet (2010)
• Opus 32: Variations for 2 Pianos and Percussion (2010)
• Opus 34: Cleopatra for Solo Violin (2010)
• Opus 35: Alevi Dedeler Rakı Masasında Woodwinds Quintett (2010)

Songs[link]

• Opus 5d: 25 Songs Chaunsons for Piano and Voice (1995)

Piano solo[link]

• Opus 1: 4 Dances of Nasreddin Hoca (1990)
• Opus 2: Fantasiestücke (1993)
• Opus 5a: Jazz Phantasy Mozart; Alla Turca Jazz (1993)
• Opus 5b: Jazz Phantasy Paganini; Paganini Jazz (1995)
• Opus 5c: Cadenza; Mozart Piano Concerto KV 467 (1995)
• Opus 5f: Jazz Phantasy Dede Efendi ; Yeni bir Gülnihal (1997)
• Opus 8: Black Earth Hommage to Aşık Veysel (1997)
• Opus 10: Cadenza; Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3 (2001)
• Opus 12: 3 Ballades Nazım, Kumru, Sevenlere dair (1996–2002)
• Opus 15: Cadenza; Mozart Piano Concerto KV 537 (2004)
• Opus 19: Transcription ; BACH - SAY Passacaglia (2005)
• Opus 20: Jazz Phantasy Gershwin ; Summertime (2005)
• Opus 24: Transcription ; BACH - SAY Fantasia G Moll BWV 542 (2007)

Music for dance[link]

• Opus 17: Patara Ballet for Ney-flute, Soprano, Percussions and Piano (2005)

Music for theater[link]

• Sıvas 93 from Genco Erkal (Collage; Black Earth-Silk Road) / Istanbul (2008)
• Nazım from Genco Erkal (Collage; Nazım-Patara) / Istanbul (2009)
• Opus 33: 7000 yıllık uçan halı 11 Songs / Ahmet Say- Yücel Erten / Ankara (2011)

Music for cinema[link]

• Nazım Documentary for TV / Turkey / Dündar (2001)
• Opus 18: Ultimathule Switzerland / Schrumpff (2005)
• Opus 21: Pianist the Wolfy Japan / Short Animation Film (2006)
• Opus 22: Insan Insan Turkey (2006)
• Opus 27: Watercolor Turkey / Hazardağlı (2009)

Orchestrations[link]

• Debussy Preludes (1990)
• Liszt Sonate H Moll (1992)

Early works[link]

• Sonata for Piano (1984)
• Phrigian for Piano (1984)
• Preludes for Flute and Piano (1985)
• Preludi in modo Aleotorio for Piano (1985)
• Suite for Piano (1986)
• Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra in d, (1986)
• Schwarze Hymnen for Violin and Piano (1987)
• 4 pieces for Piano (1987)
• Seidenstrasse for Piano (1989)
• Reflections for Violin, Piano and Orchestra (1990)
• Alt Anatolisches Tagebuch for Piano (1991)
• Melodien for Piano (1992)

Experimental[link]

• Ten Pieces for Jazz Quartet - Fazıl Say - Kudsi Ergüner (Nei)
• Four Pieces for DJ and Piano - Fazıl Say - DJ Mercan Dede (2003)

Recordings[link]

• Introducing
• Black Earth
• Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps
• Gershwin
• 1001 Nights in a Harem
• BACH
• Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, Liszt: Sonata in B Minor
• Nazım
• Mozart, Haydn,Beethoven
• Metin Altıok Ağıtı (Requiem for Metin Altıok)
• Bilkent Senfoni Orkestrası NAZIM
• Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra
• The Best
• Fazıl Say plays Bach, Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Stravinsky & Gershwin
• Mozart: Piano Sonatas
• Mozart
• Haydn
• Beethoven:Appassionata; Waldstein; The Tempest
• Fazıl Say:Black Earth [CD+DVD](Special Edition)
• Beethoven, Ravel, Bartok, Say
• Fazıl Say: 1001 Nights In The Harem

Other works[link]

Books[link]

• Uçak Notları (Airplane Notes) Ankara (1999)
• Metin Altıok Ağıtı (Requiem for Metin Altıok) (2003)
• Yalnızlık Kederi (Sorrow of Solitude) (2009)

Filmography[link]

• Fazıl Say – Alla Turca (DVD, 2008)

See also[link]

• Bilkent University
• Bilkent Symphony Orchestra

References[link]

• Biography, Käch Artists (English)
• Biography, Istanbul University (Turkish)

External links[link]

• Official site
• Fan site
• Video interview with Fazil Say on the Istanbul Symphony

Fahad Fazil
Born	Kochi , Kerala
Other names	Shanu
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2002, 2009 – present

Fahad Fazil is an Indian film actor known for his work in Malayalam cinema. He made his debut in Kaiyethum Doorath (2002) directed by Fahadh's father Fazil. The film turned out to be a commercial failure.^[1] Fahadh had a resurrection of his career in the portmanteau film Kerala Cafe (2009). He earned critical acclaim for his performances in Chaappa Kurish (2011), 22 Female Kottayam and Diamond Necklace (2012). He has been largely recognized by critics for his lead roles in 22 Female Kottayam and Diamond Necklace.

Biography[link]

His first film was Kaiyetham doorathe

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• IMDB
• Photo Gallery