- Composition
Hüseyin Sermet’s recent performances have included concerts with Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Peter Inkinen), Trondheim Symfoniorkester and Tokyo Symphony Orchestra (both under Krzysztof Urbański), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (Sir Roger Norrington), Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra (Michel Plasson), Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia (Sir Neville Marriner) and Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai (Tito Ceccherini).
Equally active as a composer, Sermet's first major composition Réminiscènce 1 was premiered at the Empéri Festival in 1997 and broadcast live by France Musique. A commission from Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Dream and Nightmare, was premiered in 2004, and in 2006 there followed Sculptures 1, commissioned by İş Bank. Most recently, Réminiscènces II received its premiere in Istanbul in May 2012.
Many of Hüseyin Sermet's numerous recordings for Naïve, harmonia mundi and Erato have won major international prizes, including his disc of Ravel's solo piano works, three discs devoted to Alkan (all winning a Diapason d’Or de l'Année), a selection of Schubert’s works for four hands with Maria João Pires and a recording of Liszt's Piano Sonata and late works.