TURKISH PRODIGY PIANIST ENCHANTS SLOVAKIA MUSIC FEST

Demirelli performed on Sunday at the festival which was jointly organized by Turkish Embassy in Bratislava and Bratislava Culture & Information Center.
Demirelli gave a recital at the Primacialny Palace, beginning with Johannes Sebastian Bach's "The Weil Tempered Clavier No.21 and Prelude and Fugue". His performance went on with Beethoven's "Sonate 8", Mendelssohn's "Rondo Capricioso" and Chopin's "Nocturne No:9 and Etude".
At the end of his recital, Demirelli returned to the stage after strong applause and enthusiastic call and he played Turkish composer Ulvi Cemal Erkin's "Senfonietta" which was adapted to piano by him.
The Turkish prodigy was given a standing ovation at the end.
Mertol Demirelli began his music studies when he was 4 years old. He won his first international award, IBLA Grand Prize (in Italy,) at the age of 8. He has given several concerts in Turkey and many European cities over the past few years.