Özkan Manav - Profile

		year	duration
op. 1	Sinfonietta, for wind instruments, timpani and xylophone 2222 – 211 – timp., xyl. Dedication (II. movement): “to martyrs of Sumgait” (Azerbaijan, January 1990) First performance: 23 November 1991, Kishinev (Moldavia); members of the Moldavian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Dmitri Goya, conductor First performance in Turkey: 7 December 1991, Istanbul; members of the Moldavian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Dmitri Goya, conductor	1989/90	[ 25’ ]

op. 2	*Turkish Tunes, for various vocal and instrumental ensembles *Spoon Dance Air, for choir *Dök zülfünü meydâna gel, (an old song of Turkish classical music) polyphonic arrangement for choir *Artvin Dance, for brass quintet First performance: 30 April 2008, Ankara; Cem Sevgi, trumpet - Onur Sevgi, trumpet - Serhat Çalışkaya, horn - Ekin Eti, trombone - Gurur Karadağ, tuba *Allam alam, Kars song, polyphonic arrangement for choir and percussions Dedication: “to Yeşim girl” *Kız sen geldin Çerkeş’ten*, (an old song of Turkish classical music) polyphonic arrangement for choir	1990 1991 1991 (rev.2002) 1994 2001	[ 5½’ ] [ 3’ ] [ 3’ ] [ 3½’ ] [ 2½’ ]

op. 3	*Symposium*, symphonic satire 3343 – 4331 – timp., 6 per., harp, cel. – strings	1991	[ 19½’ ]

op. 4	Partita, for viola First performance (movement nos. I, II, IV): 12 October 1998, Berlin; Ruşen Güneş First performance in Turkey (movement nos. I, IV): 10 May 2000, Istanbul; Ruşen Güneş	1991/92 (rev. 2003)	[ 23½’ ]

op. 5	Sonata, for violin and piano Dedication: “to Melis... to my Melis...” First performance: 4 December 1998, Istanbul; Cihat Aşkın, violin – Metin Ülkü, piano International first performance (only first movement): 9 December 1997, Boston; Aya Hasegawa, violin – Patrick Yacono, piano	1992	[ 28½’ ]

op. 6	*Andante Lugubre*, for large orchestra 4444 – 6431 – timp., 5 per., cel. – strings	1993	[ 14½’ ]

op. 7	*Movement 1*, for piano First performance: 6 September 1995, Amsterdam; Tomoko Mukaiyama First performance in Turkey: 5 November 2001, Istanbul; Metin Ülkü Recording: Metin Ülkü Kalan, CD 450, Istanbul 2008	1994	[ 7½’ ]

op. 8	*Poems with Music*, for six musicians and narrator fl., b. cl., vn., vc., vib., pno., nar. (unfinished: out of 23 poems, 1-13 are set to music) Dedication: “to Berk”	1995/96	[ 20’ ]

op. 9	*Wanderings*, for two oboes, two clarinets and alto saxophone First performance: 28 April 1998, Boston; with Bostonian musicians, Theodore Antoniou, conductor First performance of the revised version: 28 June 2004, London; members of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s 10:10 Ensemble, Clark Rundell, conductor Malloy Miller Memorial Composition Prize (Boston University, 1997)	1996 (rev. 1998, 2004)	[ 13’ ]

op. 10	*Nazım Hikmet Songs*, for baritone and piano Dedication (2. song): “to Greek people of Boston”	1997/98	[ 18½’ ]

op. 11	*Sforzati*, for orchestra 3333 – 4331 – timp., 3 per., harp, pno., cel. – strings First performance: 8 October 1999, Munich; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lucas Vis, conductor 2nd Nejat Eczacıbaşı National Composition Competition, shared 1st prize (Izmir, 1998) BMW musica viva Composition Prize, 2nd prize (Munich, 1998) Recording: Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, Erol Erdinç, conductor - BMP 0027 (Bilkent Music Productions), CD, Ankara 2001	1997/98 (rev. 1999)	[ 13½’ ]

op. 12	*Movement 2*, for piano Dedication: “Cengiz Tanç in memoriam” First performance: 6 December 1998, Istanbul; Metin Ülkü First performance abroad: 8 December 1998, Boston; Konstantinos Papadakis Recording: Metin Ülkü Kalan, CD 450, Istanbul 2008	1998	[ 14’ ]

op. 13	*Symphonic Dances*, for 7 percussionists Dedication: “Timothy Genis and Boston University Percussion Ensemble” First performance – movement I: 26 April 1999, Boston; Boston University Percussion Ensemble, Timothy Genis, conductor movement II: 1 December 1999 (together with the first movement), Boston; Boston University Percussion Ensemble, Timothy Genis, conductor All: 29 October 2002, Rochester; Eastman School of Music Percussion Ensemble, John Beck, conductor Recording: Eastman School of Music Percussion Ensemble, John Beck, conductor Kalan, CD 450, Istanbul 2008	1999/2000	[ 22’ ]

op. 14	*Carian Diary*, for orchestra 3332 – 422 – timp., 3 per., harp, pno. – strings Dedication: “for Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory Symphony Orchestra” First performance: 19 October 2003, Eskişehir; Anatolian University Symphony Orchestra, Nazım Rızaev, conductor	2001	[ 7½’ ]

op. 15	*Movement 3*, for piano Dedication: “to my friend Metin Ülkü” First performance: 12 November 2003, Istanbul; Metin Ülkü International first performance: 11 March 2010, Warsaw; Metin Ülkü Recording: Metin Ülkü Kalan, CD 450, Istanbul 2008	2001	[ 3’ ]

op. 16	*Movement 4*, for piano First performance: 10 December 2002, Istanbul; Can Okan Recording: Metin Ülkü Kalan, CD 450, Istanbul 2008	2001	[ 1’ ]

op. 17	*Portamento lento*, for orchestra 3333 – 4331 – timp., 3 per., harp, pno., cel. – strings Dedication: “to the memory of the victims of Gölcük ve Düzce earthquakes, 17 August and 12 November 1999” First performance: 15 September 2002, Bonn; Istanbul University State Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, Ramiz Malik-Aslanov, conductor Recording: Istanbul University State Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, Ramiz Malik-Aslanov, cond. DW (Deutsche Welle), CD, Köln (Cologne) 2002	2002	[ 13½’ ]

op. 18	*Laçin*, arrangement for piano trio First performance: 12 April 2006, Ankara; Bilkent Su Trio International first performance: 19 April 2009, Lucca (Italy); Interensemble Trio	2003	[ 5½’ ]

op. 19	*Four Pieces for Five Clarinets* piccolo clarinet in E-flat, two clarinets in B-flat, alto clarinet (E-flat), bass clarinet (B-flat) Dedication: “for Ametist Clarinet Quintet” First performance – piece nos. II-IV: 12 November 2003, Istanbul; Ametist Clarinet Quintet All: 17 June 2004, Istanbul; Ametist Clarinet Quintet	2003/04	[ 11’ ]

op. 20a	*Reflections*, for accordion and piano	2004/05	[ 8½’ ]

op. 20b	*Reflections*, for piano and nine performers Dedication: “to Theodore Antoniou and ALEA III” First performance: 13 March 2006, Boston; Yukiko Shimazaki, piano – ALEA III – Gunther Schuller, conductor First performance in Turkey: 9 February 2007, Antalya; Türev Berki, piano – members of the Antalya State Symphony Orchestra – Sıdıka Özdil, conductor	2006	[ 8½’ ]

op. 21	*Face-to-Face with Saygun:* Proliferations on Five Pieces from Modal Music, for violin Dedication: “for Hande Özyürek” First performance: 17 September 2005, Melbourne (Australia); Jack Glatzer First performance in Turkey: 22 February 2006, Istanbul; Jack Glatzer Recording: Hande Özyürek Kalan, CD 399, Istanbul 2007	2005	[ 9’ ]

op. 22	*Taqsim*, for Bb clarinet First performance: 28 February 2006, Athens; Stamatis Dellaportas First performance in Turkey: 30 April 2008, Ankara; Cihangir Nuvasil	2005	[ 7½’ ]

op. 23	*Movement 5*, for piano Dedication: “to the memory of Cemal Reşit Rey” First performance: 24 May 2007, Istanbul; Metin Ülkü International first performance: 18 January 2009, Warsaw; Metin Ülkü Recording: Metin Ülkü Kalan, CD 450, Istanbul 2008	2006	[ 12’ ]

op. 24	*Countryside Landscapes: Winter*, for fourteen string instruments 33332 First performance: October 2010, Sofia; Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble Sofia 2010 International Composition Competition, 1st prize	2007	[ 14’ ]

op. 25	Three Turkish Folk Songs, for violoncello and piano First performance: 19 April 2009, Lucca, Italy Giancarlo Trimboli, cello - Alessia Toffanin, piano First performance in Turkey: 27 May 2009, Istanbul; Adrian Brendel, cello – Başak Dilara Özdemir, piano	2009	[ 10' ]

op. 26	*Bölüm 6*, piyano için Dedication: “to the memory of Hacı Ârif Bey” “for Seda Röder” First performance: 9 October 2010, Edinburgh, Scotland IBLA Foundation, special mention (2010, New York-Sicily)	2009	[ 9' ]

op. 27	*Pigeons*, for harp Dedication: “in memory of Ceren Necipoğlu” “for Şirin Pancaroğlu”	2010	[ 7½' ]

op. 28	Four Turkish Folk Songs, for orchestra 3332 – 4331 – timp., 3 per., harp – strings Dedication: “in memory of Ahmed Adnan Saygun, with longing...”	2010	[ 14’ ]