| op. 53a | Horonlar, for string orchestra 4/4/3/3/1 or 8/8/6/6/2[3] or 12/12/9[12]/9[12]/4[6] dedication: “for TEV Türkiye Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra” first performance: 9 May 2024, Istanbul TEV Türkiye Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra |
2024 | [ 4½’ ] |
| op. 53b | Horonlar, for string quartet | 2024 | [ 4½’ ] |
| op. 53c | Horonlar, for string trio dedication: “for Trio Lirico” |
2024 | [ 4½’ ] |
| op. 53d | Horonlar, for saxophone quartet dedication: “to Raschèr Saxophone Quartet with friendship” |
2024 | [ 4½’ ] |
| op. 52 | Two Etudes, for solo percussion | 2024 | |
| op. 51 | Acrostic, for solo flute dedication: “to Cem Önertürk” |
2023 | [ 3½’ ] |
| op. 50 | Senza rallentando, for darbuka and orchestra 4343 – 4331 – timp., 3 per., darb., pno. – strings [12/12/12/10/6] dedication: “Ferit Tüzün in memoriam” |
2023-24 | [ 7’ ] |
| op. 49 | I’m Listening to Istanbul, for eight-part choir and two reciters (or a pre-recording) first performance: 26 April 2023, Istanbul Georgia State University Singers – Deanna Joseph, conductor |
2022 | [ 4’ ] |
| op. 48 | iz, for saxophone quartet dedication: “to Raschèr Saxophone Quartet” first performance: 22 November 2023, Tilburg Raschèr Saxophone Quartet |
2022 | [ 10’ ] |
| op. 47 | Plural, symphonic movement for 92 musicians 4444 – 4441 – timp., 4 per., 2 harps – strings [12/12/12/12/8] dedication: “in honor of the 97th anniversary of the Turkish Republic” “for the Presidential Symphony Orchestra and Cemi’i Can Deliorman” first performance: 17 March 2023, Ankara Presidential Symphony Orchestra – Cemi’i Can Deliorman, conductor |
2020 | [ 14½’ ] |
| op. 46 | Three Images, for violin dedication: “for Önder Baloğlu” (I. “Kalender”) “for Özcan Ulucan” (II. “Derbeder”) “for Ayşen Ulucan” (III. “Sea Sparkles”) first performance: No. I: 31 October 2020, Essen; Önder Baloğlu |
2020 | [ 4½’ ] |
| op. 45 | …we talked, the sound of water in our palms…, for chamber ensemble fl. (picc.), cl., hr., per., hp., pno., vn., vc. dedication: “to Diskant Ensemble” first performance: 26 August 2021, Istanbul Diskant Contemporary Music Ensemble – Ahmet Altınel, conductor |
2019 | [ 8’ ] |
| op. 44 | Arkam Sensin Kalam Sensin Dağlar Hey, for choir dedication: “for Rezonans” first performance: 13 October 2019, Bursa Rezonans – Burak Onur Erdem, conductor |
2018 | [ 5½’ ] |
| op. 43 | Ali Onbaşı’nın Türküsü, for eight-part choir Epilogue to Nâzım Hikmet’s The Epic of Independence War |
2018 | [ 4’ ] |
| op. 42 | Onlar ki, for eight-part choir Introduction to Nâzım Hikmet’s The Epic of Independence War dedication: “to them” first performance: 14 January 2023, Ankara State Choir Turkey – Yuval Weinberg, conductor |
2018 | [ 6½’ ] |
| op. 41 | Aman Avcı, arrangement for double bass and piano dedication: “to Onur Özkaya, with friendship” first performance: 17 January 2019, Istanbul Onur Özkaya, double bass – Yağmur Atasoy, piano international first performance: 19 January 2019, Houston Shawn Conley, double bass – Erberk Eryılmaz, piano |
2016 | [ 5½’ ] |
| op. 40 | Horon, for double bass and piano dedication: “for Onur Özkaya” first performance: 19 January 2019, Houston Shawn Conley, double bass – Erberk Eryılmaz, piano first performance in Turkey: 10 September 2023, Istanbul Onur Özkaya, double bass – Senka Simonović, piano |
2016 | [ 3½’ ] |
| op. 39 | Ludus Modalis, for violin, violoncello and piano dedication: “for Trio Arte” first performance: 15 June 2016, Istanbul Trio Arte: Veriko Tchumburidze, violin – Dorukhan Doruk, cello – Yunus Tuncalı, piano international first performance: 23 February 2018, Nagoya Musica QuLacoza: Rika Sokawa, violin – Hikaru Sato, cello – Erina Fuse, piano |
2016 (rev. 2017) |
[ 11’ ] |
| op. 38 | Two Anatolian Tunes, for piano duet dedication: “for Gülru Ensari and Herbert Schuch” first performance: 16 September 2016, Munich Gülru Ensari – Herbert Schuch, piano duet first performance in Turkey: 10 June 2017, Istanbul Gülru Ensari – Herbert Schuch, piano duet recording: Gülru Ensari & Herbert Schuch CAvi, CD 42 6008553376 4 (2017) |
2015-16 | [ 8’ ] |
| op.38bis | Ay Nare Nare, for violoncello and piano duet first performance: 10 June 2017, Istanbul Dorukhan Doruk, violoncello Gülru Ensari – Herbert Schuch, piano duet |
2016 | [ 3½’ ] |
| Haydar Haydar, for orchestra (Ali Ekber Çiçek / Özkan Manav) 3333 – 4331 – timp., 3 per., harp – strings first performance: 25 August 2017, Istanbul Turkish National Youth Philharmonic Orchestra – Cem Mansur, conductor international first performance: 28 August 2017, Berlin Turkish National Youth Philharmonic Orchestra – Cem Mansur, conductor first performance of the revised version: 30 October 2021, Ankara London Philharmonic Orchestra – Robin Ticciati, conductor |
2015 (rev. 2017, 2021) |
[ 5½’ ] | |
| op. 37 | What the Earth Whispers, for violin, violoncello and piano first performance: 18 November 2015, Istanbul Hezarfen Ensemble: Özcan Ulucan, violin – Ozan Tunca, cello – Müge Hendekli, piano international first performance: 20 November 2015, Trieste Hezarfen Ensemble: Özcan Ulucan, violin – Ozan Tunca, cello – Müge Hendekli, piano |
2014 | [ 10½’ ] |
| op. 36 | Shadows of Wind, for flute and piano dedication: “to Ayla Uludere” |
2014 | [ 7’ ] |
| op. 35 | Topography of Shadow, for flute and piano dedication: “to Aslıhan And and Ayça Aytuğ” first performance: 27 May 2016, Istanbul Aslıhan And, flute – Ayça Aytuğ, piano international first performance: 4 August 2019, Salt Lake City Ayça Çetin, flute – Jeong-Eun Lee, piano |
2014 | [ 7½’ ] |
| op. 34 | Five Anatolian Tunes, for violin and piano dedication: “for Birsen and Özcan Ulucan” first performance: 11 December 2013, Ankara (Nos. I-II-IV: 4 December 2013, Kayseri) Özcan Ulucan, violin – Birsen Ulucan, piano |
2013 |
[ 17’ ]
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| op.34bis | Bilmem Şu Feleğin Bende Nesi Var, for violin, viola and piano | 2013 |
[ 2½’ ]
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| op. 33 | Nebulous Particles, for piano dedication: “to Ece Demirci” first performance: 2 November 2015, Istanbul Ece Demirci, piano recording: Ece Demirci – Lila Müzik, CD (2015) |
2013
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[ 4’ ]
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| op. 32 | String Quartet dedication: “in honour of the 90th birthday of my beloved teacher Ilhan Usmanbaş” / “for Borusan Quartet” first performance: 4 February 2013, Istanbul; Borusan Quartet |
2012
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[ 21’ ] |
| op. 31 | Horon!, for violin first performance: 3 January 2013, Eskişehir; Özcan Ulucan international first performance: 27 April 2013, Budapest; Özcan Ulucan score |
2011
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[ 4’ ]
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| op. 30 | Uzun Hava, for eight winds and two string instruments ob., eng. hn., 2 cl., 2 bsn., 2 hn., vc., cb. dedication: “für Philharmoniker Hamburg Kammerensemble” first performance: 22 May 2011, Hamburg; Philharmoniker Hamburg Kammerensemble – Björn Huestege, conductor |
2011
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[ 10’ ]
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| op. 29 | The Land of Beautiful Horses, for string quartet dedication: “to my dear son Emre” first performance: 14 February 2012, Istanbul; String Quartet of the Hezarfen Ensemble |
2010
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[ 3’ ]
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| op. 28 | Four Turkish Folk Songs, for orchestra 3332 – 4331 – timp., 3 per., harp – strings dedication: “in memory of Ahmed Adnan Saygun, with longing…” first performance: 10 November 2012, Ankara; Bilkent Symphony Orchestra – Gürer Aykal, conductor |
2010
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[ 14½’ ]
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| op. 27 | Pigeons, for harp dedication: “in memory of Ceren Necipoğlu” / “for Şirin Pancaroğlu” first performance: 19 December 2010, Istanbul; Şirin Pancaroğlu Recording: Şirin Pancaroğlu – Kalan, CD 513 (2010) |
2010
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[ 7½’ ]
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| op. 26 | Movement 6, for piano dedication: “to the memory of Hacı Ârif Bey” / “for Seda Röder” first performance: 9 October 2010, Chicago; Seda Röder first performance in Turkey: 17 December 2010, Istanbul; Seda Röder Arioso Musica Domani International Composition Prize, 1st prize (2010, Italy-USA) IBLA Foundation, special mention (2010, New York-Sicily) Recording: Seda Röder – CD (2010) |
2009
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[ 9’ ]
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| op. 25 | Three Turkish Folk Songs, for violoncello and piano first performance: 19 April 2009, Lucca (Italy); Giancarlo Trimboli, violoncello – Alessia Toffanin, piano first performance in Turkey: 27 May 2009, Istanbul; Adrian Brendel, violoncello – Başak Dilara Özdemir, piano Recording: Dilbağ Tokay, violoncello – Emine Serdaroğlu, piano Naxos, CD 9.70236 (2015) |
2008-09
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[ 10½’ ]
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| op. 24 | Countryside Landscapes: Winter, for fourteen string instruments 33332 first performance: 20 October 2010, Sofia Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra – Plamen Djouroff, conductor first performance in Turkey: 18 January 2016, Izmir Yaşar University Chamber Orchestra – Orhun Orhon, conductor Sofia 2010 International Composition Competition, 1st prize |
2007
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[ 14’ ]
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| 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
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[ 12’ ]
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| op. 22 | Taqsim, for B-flat clarinet first performance: 28 February 2006, Athens; Stamatis Dellaportas first performance in Turkey: 30 April 2008, Ankara; Cihangir Nuvasil |
2005
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[ 7½’ ]
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| 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
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[ 9’ ]
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| op. 20b | Reflections, for piano and nine performers fl. (picc.), cl., bsn., tr., tbn., per., pno., vla., vc., db. 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, cond. |
2006
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[ 8½’ ]
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| op. 20a | Reflections, for accordion and piano |
2004-05
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[ 8½’ ]
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| 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 – Nos. II-III-IV: 12 November 2003, Istanbul; Ametist Clarinet Quintet complete: 17 June 2004, Istanbul; Ametist Clarinet Quintet |
2003-04
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[ 11’ ]
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| 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 Recording: The Divan Consort: Mira Khomik, violin; Maksim Velichkin, cello; Füreya Ünal, piano Albany Records, Troy 1484 (Albany NY, 2014) |
2003
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[ 6’ ]
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| op. 17 | Portamento lento, for orchestra 3333 – 4331 – timp., 3 per., harp, pno., cel. – strings dedication: “to the memory of the victims of Gölcük and 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, conductor DW (Deutsche Welle), CD (Köln [Cologne], 2002) |
2002
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[ 13½’ ]
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| op. 16 | Movement 4, for piano first performance: 10 December 2002, Istanbul; Can Okan international first performance: 18 January 2009, Warsaw; Metin Ülkü Recording: Metin Ülkü – Kalan, CD 450 (Istanbul, 2008) |
2001
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[ 1’ ]
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| 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
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[ 3’ ]
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| 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 international first performance: 22 November 2024, Oxford, Mississippi; Lafayette-Oxford University Symphony Orchestra – Selim Giray, conductor |
2001
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[ 7½’ ]
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| 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 (together with the first movement): 1 December 1999, Boston; Boston University Percussion Ensemble – Timothy Genis, cond. complete: 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
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[ 22’ ]
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| op. 12 | Movement 2, for piano dedication: “Cengiz Tanç in memoriam” first performance: 6 December 1998, Istanbul; Metin Ülkü international first performance: 8 December 1998, Boston; Konstantinos Papadakis Recording: Metin Ülkü – Kalan, CD 450 (Istanbul, 2008) |
1998
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[ 14’ ]
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| 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’ ]
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| op. 10 | Nâzım Hikmet Songs, for baritone and piano (in English) dedication (2nd song): “to Greek people of Boston” |
1997-98
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[ 18½’ ]
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| 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) |
1996-97
(rev. 1998, 2004) |
[ 13’ ]
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| op. 8 | Poems with Music, for six musicians and narrator (in Turkish) fl., b. cl., vib., pno., vn., vc., nar. (unfinished: out of 23 poems 1-13 are set to music) dedication: “to Berk” first performance (Part I: poems 1-12): 21 May 2009, Istanbul; The MIAM New Music Ensemble: Recep Fıçıyapan, flute – Sercan Büyükedes, bass clarinet Aida Boydağ, violin – Derya Davulcu, cello – Kerem Öktem, vibraphone Müge Hendekli, piano – Yunus Gencer, narrator Jeremy Haladyna, conductor |
1995-96
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[ 20’ ]
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| 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
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[ 7½’ ]
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| op. 6 | Andante lugubre, for large orchestra 4444 – 6431 – timp., 5 per., cel. – strings |
1993
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[ 14½’ ]
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| 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 (movement I): 9 December 1997, Boston; Aya Hasegawa, violin – Patrick Yacono, piano |
1992
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[ 28½’ ]
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| op. 4 | Partita, for viola first performance (movements I, II, IV): 12 October 1998, Berlin; Ruşen Güneş first performance in Turkey (movements I, IV): 10 May 2000, Istanbul; Ruşen Güneş |
1991-92
(rev. 2003) |
[ 23½’ ]
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| op. 3 | Symposium, symphonic satire 3343 – 4331 – timp., 6 per., harp, cel. – strings |
1991
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[ 19½’ ]
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| 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 first performance: 1 March 2012, Istanbul; Rezonans – Burak Onur Erdem, conductor * Artvin Dance, for brass quintet first performance: 30 April 2008, Ankara; Cem Sevgi, trumpet – Onur Sevgi, trumpet – Serhat Çalışkaya, horn Ekin Eti, trombon – Gurur Karadağ, tuba * Allam alam, Kars song, polyphonic arrangement for choir and percuss. dedication: “to Yeşim girl” * Kız sen geldin Çerkeş’ten, (an old song of Turkish classical music) polyphonic arrangement for choir |
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| op. 1 | Sinfonietta, for wind instruments, timpani and xylophone 2222 – 211 – timp., xyl. dedication (mov. II): “to the memory of the victims of Azerbaijanian independence (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
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[ 25’ ]
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