Halstead, England, United Kingdom
Classical CD Production; Festival/Concert Direction & Consultancy; Special Projects; Artist Development; Programme Note Library & CD Annotation; Music & Literary Journalism; Lecture Tours; Master Classes; Workshops Specialties: Orchestral, chamber, piano music. Classico-Romantic-Contemporary. Viennese, Eastern European, Maltese, Russian/Soviet, Turkish repertory. Cross-over, ethnic, music theatre. Artist evaluation. Performance analysis. Composer/Artist collaboration
"Orga's [CD notes] are a model for what annotations should be" - Fanfare "The Brilliant Classics booklet is superb, almost de luxe - the notes by Ateş Orga leave nothing to be desired" - MusicWeb International On-line contributor Classical Source, MusicWeb International. Formerly Music & Vision. Occasional contributor The Times, The Independent, International Piano, Cornucopia, Musical Opinion, Sunday Times of Malta. Formerly BBC Music Magazine, Books & Bookmen, Hi Fi News, International Music Guide (London Correspondent), The Listener, Music & Musicans, Radio Times, Records & Recording, International Piano, Andante (Istanbul). CD annotation ASV/Sanctuary, BBC Legends, Brilliant Classics, Cala, Collins Classics, Conifer, Deutsche Grammophon, EMI, Hyperion, Kalan Muzik, Marco Polo, Naxos, Philips, Quartz, RCA, Signum, Sisyphe, Sony, Warner Classics, Zephyr.
UK and Overseas Examining, all instruments, voices, ensembles and music theatre, grade level to advanced performance (Diploma, Associate, Licentiate, Fellowship).
ROMANTIC PIANO ANTHOLOGY Vols 1-4 (2007-10, Nils Franke); ROMANTIC GUITAR ANTHOLOGY Vols 1-4 (2008-10, Jens Franke); CLASSICAL PIANO ANTHOLOGY Vols 1-2 (2010-11, Nils Franke); BAROQUE GUITAR ANTHOLOGY Vol 1 (2011, Jens Franke)