Unsettled Minds is a sweeping collection of orchestral adaptations that transform Beethoven’s Appassionata themes and beyond into symphonic meditations for restless souls. Each movement embraces turbulence and tenderness: brooding strings hover on the edge of silence, woodwinds whisper with searching fragility, and brass resound with fateful grandeur. Expanding Beethoven’s architecture into Rachmaninoff-like romantic musings of lush textures and cinematic dramas that capture the beauty and unease of an unsettled mind — where moments of stillness are broken by storms of emotion, and melodies carry both torment and transcendence. 

Performed in the imagined voice of Europe’s greatest orchestras, this album is an invitation into a dream state where longing, unrest, and fragile nobility collide.

12. Ponderings

“Throughout our lives, we sweat and save for a shallow grave. But I never lived confined within walls. If life consists of borders, then not crossing them is my real grave.”
— Tugay GÜLER

Tugay Güler is a poet, lyricist, and composer who pushes boundaries with the lyrics and compositions born from his poetry.

With his unique style, he transforms deep emotions into powerful and soul-touching melodies.

He is much more than an ordinary person.

In addition to composing all kinds of music with his Turkish and English poems, he also reaches people's souls with his resonant modern symphonies. His stories express silence, resistance, and emotion.

Every word, every note, every breath carries profound meaning.

🎶 Works created with love, performed freely, and resonating beyond borders.

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(Tugay Güler is a composer and songwriter officially a member of the US-based BMI (Broadcast Music Inc.). His works are registered with BMI, which oversees and controls copyrights worldwide.)

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