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1967 Born in Mersin, Turkey.
1971 Moved to Istanbul with his family.
1980-85 Took private piano lessons from Hülya Saydam.
1984 Became a composition student at Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory, Istanbul. Studied harmony and counterpoint with Erçivan Saydam;
fugue, composition and modal music with Adnan Saygun; history of thinking and aesthetics with Afşar Timuçin.
1991 Received his bachelor’s degree; appointed as an instructor in the Theory Division of the same institution.
1994 Received his Master’s degree in composition at MSU State Conservatory, studying with Ilhan Usmanbaş.
1994-96 Made further studies (Qualification in Arts) with Usmanbaş in the same institution.
1996 Moved to Boston, leaving his final studies unfinished.
1996-99 Studied with Lukas Foss and Marjorie Merryman at Boston University; received a DMA (Doctor of Musical Arts) degree in composition.
1999 Returned to Turkey; began to teach in the Composition Division of MSU State Conservatory.
2001 Became an associate professor of composition.
2004-09 Chair of Composition Division in the same institution.
2006 Instructor in Ayvalık International Music Academy’s (AIMA) composition workshop.
2005-08 International Relations Coordinator of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University State Conservatory.
2009 Professor of composition.
2009- Chair of Composition and Orchestral Conducting Program (MSFAU State Conservatory).
2010 Instructor in a composition workshop (“Klasik Keyifler”) in Cappadocia, Turkey.
honors and awards
Turkey’s runner-up in B.P.’s competition “Young Composers in Leipzig” (1995, Istanbul)
A three-year scholarship from the Higher Education Council, Ankara, towards a doctoral degree in a foreign university (1996)
Malloy Miller Memorial Composition Prize (1997, Boston University)
Nejat Eczacıbaşı National Composition Competition, 1st prize (1998, Izmir)
The BMW musica viva Composition Prize, 2nd prize (1998, Munich)
Various academical honors in the Composition Department of Boston University (1998, 1999)
Deutsche Welle Composition Prize (2002, Cologne)
Sofia 2010 International Composition Competition, 1st prize (2010, Sofia)
Arioso Musica Domani International Composition Prize, 1st prize (2010, Italy-USA)
IBLA Foundation, special mention (2010, New York-Sicily)
Donizetti 2011 - Composer of the Year Prize (Turkey)
commissions
Deutsche Welle (2002, Portamento lento)
Greek Composer’s Union (2005, Taqsim)
Association for the Art of the Harp and Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency (2010, Pigeons)
Hotel Louis C. Jacob und der Philharmoniker Hamburg (2011, Uzun Hava)
his music performed in
the countries: Moldavia, Turkey, Netherlands, USA, Germany, England, Australia, Morocco, Greece, Austria, Poland, Italy, Denmark, France, Portugal, Japan, Bulgaria
festivals and meetings: 3rd International New Music Festival (1993, Ankara), International Gaudeamus Music Week, 1995 (Amsterdam), Berlin-Istanbul Cultural Encounters (1998, Berlin), Istanbul Music Festival 2 (1998), musica viva (concert series of Bavarian Radio on contemporary music; 1999, Munich), Composers Rostrum (2000, Amsterdam), ECUME meetings (2001, Istanbul), Beethovenfest (2002, Bonn), International Eskişehir Music Festival (2003, 2008), Mediterranean Contemporary Music Days (2003, Istanbul), International Istanbul Music Festival (2004), Türkfest (2004, London), Sarkis: A Milestone [exhibition] (2005, Istanbul), concert series of ALEA III (2006, Boston) and the Greek Composer’s Union (2006, Athens), Istanbul Bilgi University New Music Concert Series (2007), La Turchia e le “turcherie” (2009, Lucca), Saison de la Turquie en France (2010, Strasbourg), Music Documents concert series (2010, Tokyo), Mersin International Music Festival (2010), Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (2011, Hamburg).
performed by
orchestras: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Istanbul University State Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, Anatolian University Symphony Orchestra, Bursa Regional State Symphony Orchestra
ensembles (a selection): Members of the Moldavian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Antalya State Symphony Orchestra and Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, Moskva New Music Ensemble, Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s 10:10 Ensemble, Philharmoniker Hamburg Kammerensemble, ALEA III, The MIAM New Music Ensemble, Eastman School of Music Percussion Ensemble, Boston University Percussion Ensemble, Bilkent Su Trio, Boulanger Trio, Interensemble Trio, the piano trios of Storstrøms Kammerensemble and Orchestrutopica
conductors (a selection): Lucas Vis, Gunther Schuller, Plamen Djouroff, Theodore Antoniou, Dmitri Goya, Alexandre Vinogradov, Clark Rundell, Björn Huestege, John Beck, Orhun Orhon, Sıdıka Özdil
instrumentalists (a selection): piano: Metin Ülkü, Türev Berki, Elif Önal, Özgür Tuncer, Seda Röder, Ece Demirci, Müge Hendekli, Hyunjung Rachel Chung, Satoko Inoue, Tomoko Mukaiyama, Konstantinos Papadakis / harp: Şirin Pancaroğlu / strings: Ruşen Güneş, Cihat Aşkın, Hande Özyürek, Özcan Ulucan, Sevil Ulucan, Ellen Jewett, Jack Glatzer, Adrian Brendel, Gregory Hesselink, Yiğit Ülgen, Erman İmayhan / clarinet: Armand Angster, Cihangir Nuvasil, Ralph Lane
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