Fractured Transformations by tuna erdaş

for Piano Trio

Fractured Transformations is a set of variations on a theme consisting of 12 chords, originally derived from an improvisation. In each variation, the theme is reimagined from various formal perspectives, undergoing transformations both vertically and horizontally.

The work explores how a theme may shift across different dimensions—at times maintaining continuity between variations, and at others breaking away entirely to generate new and unexpected forms. Through these movements, Fractured Transformations seeks to explore the tension between rupture and coherence, constancy and change.

Svetlana Rebresh (Violin)
Yiğit Ülgen (Cello)
Aksel Başaran (Piano)

Bilkent Concert Hall
2025