Kamran Ince
Winner of the Prix de Rome and
Lili Boulanger Prize, Kamran Ince was born in Montana to American/Turkish parents.
Brought up in Turkey, he trained at the Ankara and Izmir State Conservatories
(theory, cello, piano), before returning to America at the beginning of...
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Kamran Ince
Winner of the Prix de Rome and
Lili Boulanger Prize, Kamran Ince was born in Montana to American/Turkish parents.
Brought up in Turkey, he trained at the Ankara and Izmir State Conservatories
(theory, cello, piano), before returning to America at the beginning of the
1980s to work with Christopher Rouse and Joseph Schwantner at Oberlin and the
Eastman School of Music, gaining his doctorate. Professor of Composition at
the University of Memphis, he is Co-Director of the Dr Erol Üçer Center for
Advanced Music Research (MIAM), Istanbul Technical University, and Founder-Director
of the Istanbul Modern Music Ensemble. His compositions include, most recently,
Istathenople for bozouki, mandolin, clarinet and new music ensemble commissioned
by Present Music, Strange Stone commissioned by Relache of Philadelphia
and the Commissioning USA Fund, Concerto for Orchestra, Turkish Instruments
and Voices commissioned by theTurkish Ministry of Culture, Flight Box
commissioned by Present Music for the opening of Santiago Calatrava’s new
building for the Milwaukee Art Museum, and FEST for orchestra and new
music ensemble, written for the orchestras of Milwaukee, Dayton, Albany and
Present Music. His Symphony No. 5 ‘Galatasaray’ celebrates the centenary
of the Istanbul sports club of that name.
‘Kamran Ince does with sound
what Walt Disney did with light’ - Innova
More information about Kamran Ince
can be found by visiting www.kamranince.com