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Durmaz, Alp (b. 1974, İstanbul). Turkish composer of mostly orchestral and chamber music that has been performed in Europe.
Mr. Durmaz studied form, harmony and piano privately with Cenan Akın in İstanbul in 1992–93 and studied composition and orchestration with Mete Sakpınar at the Mimar Sinan Üniversitesi Devlet Konservatuvarı in İstanbul in 1993–94. He studied composition and counterpoint with Bujor Hoinic at Bilkent Üniversitesi in Ankara from 1995–99 and composition with Elhan Bakihanov there in 1999–2000, on a scholarship. He later studied techniques of modern music privately with Ahmet Yürür in İstanbul in 2000–01 and privately with Aydın Esen in Göktürk from 2009–11.
Among his honors are two prizes in the International Music Prize for Excellence in Composition in Colorado and Greece (winner, 2010, for Les Jardins du Printemps – Prelude for Piano; finalist, 2010, for Élégie [2010]) and a prize from the Municipality of İstanbul (2010, for a concert that he had organized, with his works and works by others). His music has been performed in Greece and Turkey.
He has taught piano at the arts centre Hayart in Göktürk since 2003.
Muzikoktek publishes some of his music.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: alpdurmaz@hotmail.com
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: Music for Piano and Orchestra, 2002; Dance of Dervishes, 2009; Desperation – A Sketch for Orchestra, 2009; Élégie, oboe, 30 strings, 2009; The Children and the Storyteller, 2009–10; Light Speed – A Sketch for Orchestra, 2010
CHAMBER MUSIC: Ağıt – Threnody, guitar, 2009; Capriccio for Violin, 2009; A Turkish Folk Theme, violin, piano, 2009; Romance, violin, piano, 2009; Anatolian Rhapsody, string quartet, 2010; Élégie, cello, piano, 2010
PIANO: Bagatella, 2009; Les Jardins du Printemps – Prelude for Piano, 2010
(Last updated on August 9, 2011)
