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Turkish Composer

WORKS

Opera

• Ninatta 2015
Libretto by Ahmet Ümit

• Europa 2017 (Short Opera, 25 min.)
Libretto by Meltem Arıkan

Orchestra

• Ottoman Miniatures No:2 2022 (European Composer Award)
• Fasıl No:1 for Turkish music ensemble and orchestra 2010
• Five Pieces for String Orchestra 2007 score available @ DONEMUS
• Heterophonic 2006 score available @ DONEMUS
• Ottoman Miniatures 2004 score available @ DONEMUS
• Evolution 2003

Voice And Orchestra

• Symphony of Dialogue (for soprano, tenor, baritone and orchestra) 2009 — score available at Donemus
• Four Folksongs from Anatolia (soprano and Atlas Ensemble) 2004
• Two Little Operas: Sloth and Jealousy (for soprano, tenor, baritone, actor and ensemble) 2011
• Sint Nicolaas Suite (for tenor, ensemble and children’s choir) 2010
• Four Folksongs from Anatolia — version for traditional Turkish singer and ensemble 2010

Concerto

• Concerto for Piano and Orchestra 2023  score available @ DONEMUS
• Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra 2016 (Revised version of • Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra)
• Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra 2011
• Chamber Concerto for Violin, Viola, Piano and string orchestra 2010
• Cross-Linked (version 2008) concerto for jazz pianist (Piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, harp, violin, viola, cello, double bass) 2008

Chamber Music

• Seikilos Epitaph (violin, cello, kemençe, flute, clarinet in B♭, horn, piano, kanun, percussion) 2016
• Oran–Orantı (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass) 2013
• The Lake (soprano, B♭ clarinet, viola and piano) 2013
• Kwintolen (Beşleme) (oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, bassoon) 2009
• The Porcelain Rabbit — music for theatre (violin, clarinet/bass clarinet and percussion) 2009
• Prelude for Trio (piano, violin and cello) 1997
• Dialogues for Wind Sextet (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and piano) 1998
• String Quartet 1999
• Epilogue (flute, oboe, horn, violin, cello, double bass, piano and three percussionists) 2000
• Telvin (flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, double bass, guitar, mandolin, harp, darbuka and marimba) 2002
• Zeybek (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, piano and percussion) 2004
• Saz Semaisi No. 1 (E♭ clarinet, violin and piano) 2004
• Saba in Istanbul (setar, oud, cornet, viola da gamba, bendir and tombak) 2005
• Cross-Linked, concerto for jazz pianist (two violins, viola, two cellos, double bass, harp, three percussionists, bass clarinet and piano) 2005 — score available at Donemus
• Makamsız (recorder, kanun, viola da gamba, cello, marimba and darbuka) 2005
• Quotations (flute/piccolo, oboe, E♭ clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano, harp, vibraphone/Turkish drum, violin, viola, cello and double bass) 2006 — score available at Donemus
• Saz Semaisi No. 2 (E♭ clarinet, violin, cello, harp and piano) 2006 — score available at Donemus
• Monologue (mey and tenor recorder) 2006
• Devinim (strings, tanbur and kanun) 2008
• Molto Reflexivo (piano and bass clarinet) 2008
• Darb-ı Dügâh (kemençe, kanun, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, harp, viola, cello and double bass) 2008

Piano

• Chronos (Zamanın Sonuna Atılan Taş) for  piano 2020
• Prelude for piano 1997
• Blues Extended 2006 @ DONEMUS

Jazz Combo

• Ziggurat 2022
• Kadim 2022
• Meddah 2022
• İlk Peşrev 2022
• Su 2022
• Europa 2021
• Pera 2021
• OCM 2021
• Magnesia 2015
• Remembering Bartók 2014
• Chapulation 2013
• Melankoli 2012
• Atrium 2012
• Mixoli 2012
• Haiti 2012
• Coda 2012
• Ada 2012
• Tea of Loevendie 2007
• Bosphorus 2006
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