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Korucu, Semih (b. November 11, 1965, Ankara). Turkish composer of mostly chamber, vocal and piano works that have been performed in Asia, Europe and North America.
Mr. Korucu studied folk music privately with Ertuğrul Bayraktar in Ankara in 1984–85 and contemporary music privately with Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat in Ankara in 1986–87. He studied analysis, composition and music theory with Cengiz Tanç and counterpoint with Bülent Tarcan at the Mimar Sinan Üniversitesi Devlet Konservatuvarı in İstanbul from 1987–95, where he had post-graduate studies in analysis and composition with İlhan Usmanbaş from 1995–97.
His music has been performed in Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Turkey, and the USA.
Mr. Korucu is also active in other positions. He presented the new-music program Ustasız Cekic – The Hammer without a Master on Açık Radyo in İstanbul in 1997–98.
He taught music theory at the Akademi İstanbul from 1997–2003 and served as chair of its music department from 1997–2003. In addition, he taught music theory at Haliç Üniversitesi in Haliç in 2002–03. He has taught analysis, composition, counterpoint, fugue, harmony, and score reading at the Mersin Üniversitesi Devlet Konservatuvarı in Mersin since 2003, where he has also served as chair of the composition department since 2003.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: semihkorucu@gmail.com
Street address (university): Mr. Semih Korucu, Mersin Üniversitesi Devlet Konservatuvarı, Çiftlikköy Kampüsü, Çiftlikköy, Mersin, Turkey
Telephone (university): + 9032 4357 2826
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: story of orient, or Orient as a Story & Symmetry, large orchestra (73 players), 1995; Story of The West, or The West as a Story, 22 strings, 1998; Nonexistent Knight, cello, large orchestra (79 players), 2005; Music for 'The Shaken Ones' (after Halil Turhanlı), 48 strings, 2006
CHAMBER MUSIC: Texture, 4 oboes, 1993; Her İlik Bir İlmekmiş Meğer Onlara, 2 violas, 1994; Concentration, French horn, trumpet, tenor trombone, bass tuba, 1994; Music for 14 Instruments, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, tenor trombone, violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano, timpani, 4 tom-toms (+ 4 woodblocks, wind chimes) (1 player), 1995; Fuga & What is chasing us?, oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, 1996; Empathy, any instrument, piano, 2000–08 (each of its four sections may be performed separately: I, 2000; II, 2000; III, 2000; IV, 2008)
CHORAL: Child of freedom (text by Abdurrahman Genç), 5 mixed voices, 1991; Stereophony (text by İsmet Özel), 2 mixed choruses (soprano, alto, tenor, bass; mezzo-soprano, alto, baritone, bass), 2 pianos, 2003; Folksongs (texts from anonymous Turkish-language songs), 4 mixed voices, 2004 (each of its six sections may be performed separately)
VOCAL: Kör Başlangıç – Blind Start (text by Enis Batur), soprano, harp, string quartet, 6-track tape, 1993; Şark ve Şarkıları (texts from Turkish, Eastern folksongs), female folk voice/male folk voice, nāy (flute), oboe, mey (Turkish reed instrument), zurna (Turkish reed instrument), 2 guitars, electric guitar, tanbūr (lute), tırnak kemençe (Turkish bowed string instrument), double bass (+ bass guitar), electric piano, accordion, 2001 (double bass doubling may be performed by a second player)
PIANO: Two Pieces, 1992; Disintegration and Integration, 1993; MECHANism, 1997; Melioristic études, 2005
ARRANGEMENT: Folksongs I–VI (Turkish folksongs), guitar, 2007 (each of its six sections may be performed separately)
(Last updated on November 18, 2008)
