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Taner Kemirtlek

Name: Taner Kemirtlek
Start: 2026-01-22T13:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-01-22T14:00:00+00:00
Location: Pianodrome Bruntsfield

Taner Kemirtlek, Glasgow-based composer, improviser joins us for a unique recital of original music alongside improvisations on historical works, featuring medieval and contemporary repertoire.

Friday, 23 January 2026

1:00pm ‐ 2:00pm

Pianodrome Bruntsfield
St. Oswald's Centre, 41 Montpellier Park, Bruntsfield, Edinburgh, EH10 4NB

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About the Artist:

Taner Kemirtlek is a Glasgow-based composer, improviser, and educator whose
work explores the intersections of queer spirituality, decolonial practice, and
embodied knowledge through sound.

A graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (BMus Composition, 2017),
Kemirtlek's compositions have been performed by the Red Note Ensemble and
premiered internationally. He co-founded the queer-led improvisation collective
GACO (Glasgow Autonomous Community Orchestra) and has worked as musical
director and arranger for performance artists including Thulani Rachia (Edinburgh
Festival, National Theatre of Scotland) and Charneh Watson (TMS, Buzzcut Festival 2026).

His research-practice centers on free improvisation as decolonial work, drawing
from noise music and feminist practices to examine spatial power relations.
Through his teaching practice at StoryAlive Music, he extends these principles
into pedagogy, developing story-based methods for neurodivergent learners that
challenge conventional hierarchies of musical knowledge.

Today's programme features world premieres from his acousmatic ambient album
Sinew Circuit, which interrogates physical touch and intimacies between bodies
via sonic conceptualizations, alongside improvisations on historical material
spanning medieval to contemporary repertoire.

PROGRAMME:

"Sinew Circuit: World Premieres & Improvisations"

Robertsbridge Codex (c. 1360) — Estampie
Taner Kemirtlek (b. 1994):
Therapy Codex (improvisation on Estampie) — WORLD PREMIERE
Improvisation on C: "Resonant Thoughts" — WORLD PREMIERE
Aerial Roots — WORLD PREMIERE
Camera Obscura (2020) — selections: Wednesday No. 3 / Thursday No. 4 / Friday No. 5
-- Brief Interval --
Taner Kemirtlek (b. 1994):
Equinox Epitaph III — WORLD PREMIERE
This Instrument of Touch — WORLD PREMIERE
soft toccata — WORLD PREMIERE
Erik Satie (1866-1925) — Gnossienne No. 3 (with improvised Satie evocation)

Taner Kemirtlek — Sinew Circuit — WORLD PREMIERE
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) — Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (Arr. Busoni) BWV 639
Robert Schumann (1810-1856) — Träumerei (from Kinderszenen, Op. 15)
Taner Kemirtlek: Dreaming of Variations — WORLD PREMIERE
Haptikos — WORLD PREMIERE

Venue Info
Pianodrome Bruntsfield is at The St.Oswald's Center at 41 Montpelier Place in Bruntsfield, Edinburgh EH10 4NB, just parallel to the main street and next to the primary school. It has an accessible entrance and an accessible toilet. Please get in touch if there is anything else you'd like to ask or tell us prior to your visit.