Conferences, seminars & panels

Bilkent Composition Department Seminars: “Composing Song Cycles and Parlando Opera”, Bilkent University, Ankara, 2022

Music and Fine Arts University, Composition Seminar: “Lines and Dreams”, Ankara, 2022

Leading Voices, European Days for Vocal and Choral Leaders, workshop “experiencing makam microtones” and lecture “makam 2.0“, Utrecht, NL, 2022

Bilkent Composition Department Seminars: “Side Projects and New Concepts through the Covid Period”, Bilkent University, Ankara, 2022

Bilkent Composition Department Seminars: “Alternative Approaches to the Theory of Makam” with Mahir Cetiz and Ozan Baysal, Bilkent University, Ankara, 2022

Music and Fine Arts University, Composition Seminar, Ankara, 2022

University of Bristol, Department of Music, Composition Seminar: “Lines and Dreams”, Bristol, 2021

University of Bristol, TTI Conference 2021: Transformations of Musical Creativity in the 21st Century, Chair for Session 1A: Cartographies of Sound, 2021

Bilkent Composition Department Seminars: “The Concepts of Pitch Space”, Bilkent University, Ankara, 2021

Arter New and Newest Music Festival Panel:”Across and Beyond Genres: A Conversation on the Theory of New Music”, 
Alper Maral, Onur Türkmen, Tolga Yayalar, Moderator: Michael Ellison, Istanbul, 2021

Şirince Music Academy Arche Project Lectures, “The Effects of Ancient Greek Music in European Music History: “Birth of Tragedy and Classicism”, Şirince, 2020

The University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music, composition masterclass, Memphis, 2020

ITÜ MIAM, guest composer, Türkmen’s music studied at Jane Harrison’s “Topics in 20th Century Analysis Course“, Istanbul, 2019

Composer’s Cauldron at Klasik Keyifler 8th International Festival, “Modal Designs in Just Intonation”, joint lecture with Mahir Cetiz’s “Pitch Hierarchy in Makam Structures and Microtonal Pitch-Space”, Ürgüp, 2018

Klasik Keyifler, Chamber Music Association and Festival, masterclass with composers and a seminar: “Makams in New Music”, Ankara, 2018

BESOM, Association of Composers, Conductors and Musicologists, Composition Seminar (in Turkish): “The Relation Between Time and Context in Music Composition”, Sevda Cenap And Foundation, And Sanat, Ankara, 2018

Würzburg Hochschule für Musik, Guitar Plus Festival, Round Table Discussion: “Transcultural Practice in Music”, Amanda Bayley, Kirsi Tilk, Michael Ellison, Ulrich Mertin, Tolgahan Cogulu, Onur Türkmen, Juergen Ruck, Moderation: Hansjörg Ewert
Würzburg Hochschule für Musik, Guitar Plus Festival, Lecture: “Compositional Approach to the Usage of Makams”, Würzburg, 2017

Bilkent University, Bilkent Composition Academy Seminar (Mark Andre as the composer in residence), “Fundamentals of Microtonality”, Ankara, 2017

Istanbul Technical University, European Research Council Beyond East and West Project Conference, Creating Cultures Across Cultures in the 21st Century, Panel: “Cross-disciplinary currents” (with Michael Ellison, Andile Khumalo, Matthias Mainz, Jeremy Woodruff), Istanbul, 2017

Composition Seminar and Masterclass with graduate/undergraduate composition students @ Yaşar University Faculty of Art and Design, Music Department, Izmir, 2017

Colloquium Lecture: “The Notion of Relativity and Interspace in Composition” and masterclass with graduate/undergraduate @University of California Davis Music Department, Davis California, 2016

Bilkent Composition Seminar: The Fundamentals of Microtonality, Bilkent University, Faculty of Music and Performing Arts, Ankara, 2016

European Research Council Beyond East and West Symposium I: Turkish Instruments and Voices in Contemporary Music, Intercultural Elements in Sailing to Byzantium, ITU MIAM, Istanbul, 2016

European Research Council Beyond East and West Workshops, Considerations on Usages of Turkish Music Instruments in New Music Seminar, ITU MIAM, Istanbul, 2016

Orient Institute Istanbul and the German Historical Institute in Rome, Integrative Approaches to Contemporary Cross-Cultural Music Making: Turkey, Italy, Germany, International Musicological Congress with Concerts, Performing Tradition and AvantGarde in Turkey, Rome, 2016

II. International Kanun Festival and Symposium, Considerations on the Usage of Kanun in Contemporary Music, Ankara, 2015

Klasik Keyifler International Festival, Composers Cauldron, Makam Seminars, Ürgüp, 2015

British Council / Bilkent New Music Days, “Word and Sound” Panel, Ankara, 2015

Afyon Kocatepe University, Congress for İbrahim Alimoğlu Instrument Museum, Afyon, 2015

Başkent University State Conservatory, Composition Seminar, Ankara, 2014

İTÜ MIAM Contemporary Polish Music Panel in Soundscapes from Poland Events, “New Trends in Contemporary Turkish Music”, Istanbul, 2014

ARTER/ Bahane, The Poetics of “Hat” in Music, Istanbul, 2013

ITU International Music and Theory Symposium, Deductive and Inductive Approaches to Microtonality, Istanbul, 2013

John Cage Memorial Lecture Concert, Bilkent Composition Department Event, Ankara, 2012

I.International Kanun Symposium and Festival, Contemporary Techniques Applied to Kanun, Istanbul, 2012

Klasik Keyifler Composers Cauldron, An Introduction to Makam Theory and Practice, Contemporary Instrumental Techniques Applied to Turkish Music Instruments, Hat as a Compositional Process, Ürgüp, 2012

MusMA Atelier in Ljubjana Festival, Hat as a Compositional Process, Ljubjana, 2012

ITU Turkish Music Congress, Considerations in the Context of Turkish Music Instruments Usages’ in New Music, Istanbul, 2011

ITU Cüneyd Orhon International Kemençe Symposium, Contemporary Instrumental Techniques Applied to Kemence, Istanbul, 2010

Miam Presents 2010, Evolution of Polyphonic Texture and its Absence in Turkish Music, Istanbul, 2010

Yasar Üniversitesi National Music Symposium, Modal Designs for Guitar in Just Intonation (with Ozan Baysal), Izmir, 2009

Bilkent University Lunchtime Lectures,
The Evolution of Polyphonic Texture and its Absence in Turkish Music, Ankara, 2009

Bilkent University Music and Performing Arts Department, Stravinsky and Renaissance Music, Ankara, 2007

Boğaziçi University Guitar Days: Model Designs for Guitar in Just Intonation (with Ozan Baysal), Istanbul, 2007

MIAM Presents: Model Designs for Guitar in Just Intonation, (with Ozan Baysal), Istanbul, 2007

Yapi Kredi Arts, Culture and Publishing Department: Model Designs for Guitar in Just Intonation, (with Ozan Baysal), Istanbul, 2007

Garanti Gallery Soundscape Workshop (Spatial works in Contemporary Music) by Aykut Köksal (curator), Istanbul, 2005

Istanbul French Cultural Center New Music Concert Series: Risk; The other avant-garde: John Cage, Giacinto Scelsi (with Robert Reigle and Zeynep Bulut), 2005

MIAM Presents: Risk; The other avant-garde: John Cage, Giacinto Scelsi (with Robert Reigle and Zeynep Bulut), Istanbul, 2004

Yap Kredi Arts, Culture and Publishing Department: An introduction to New Music
(with Eray Altnbüken and Tolga Yayalar), Istanbul, 2003

Music and Fine Arts University, Composition Seminar, Ankara, 2022

University of Bristol, Department of Music, Composition Seminar: “Lines and Dreams”, Bristol, 2021

University of Bristol, TTI Conference 2021: Transformations of Musical Creativity in the 21st Century, Chair for Session 1A: Cartographies of Sound, 2021

Bilkent Composition Department Seminars: “The Concepts of Pitch Space”, Bilkent University, Ankara, 2021

Arter New and Newest Music Festival Panel:”Across and Beyond Genres: A Conversation on the Theory of New Music”, 
Alper Maral, Onur Türkmen, Tolga Yayalar, Moderator: Michael Ellison, Istanbul, 2021

Şirince Music Academy Arche Project Lectures, “The Effects of Ancient Greek Music in European Music History: “Birth of Tragedy and Classicism”, Şirince, 2020

The University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music, composition masterclass, Memphis, 2020

ITÜ MIAM, guest composer, Türkmen’s music studied at Jane Harrison’s “Topics in 20th Century Analysis Course“, Istanbul, 2019

Composer’s Cauldron at Klasik Keyifler 8th International Festival, “Modal Designs in Just Intonation”, joint lecture with Mahir Cetiz’s “Pitch Hierarchy in Makam Structures and Microtonal Pitch-Space”, Ürgüp, 2018

Klasik Keyifler, Chamber Music Association and Festival, masterclass with composers and a seminar: “Makams in New Music”, Ankara, 2018

BESOM, Association of Composers, Conductors and Musicologists, Composition Seminar (in Turkish): “The Relation Between Time and Context in Music Composition”, Sevda Cenap And Foundation, And Sanat, Ankara, 2018

Würzburg Hochschule für Musik, Guitar Plus Festival, Round Table Discussion: “Transcultural Practice in Music”, Amanda Bayley, Kirsi Tilk, Michael Ellison, Ulrich Mertin, Tolgahan Cogulu, Onur Türkmen, Juergen Ruck, Moderation: Hansjörg Ewert
Würzburg Hochschule für Musik, Guitar Plus Festival, Lecture: “Compositional Approach to the Usage of Makams”, Würzburg, 2017

Bilkent University, Bilkent Composition Academy Seminar (Mark Andre as the composer in residence), “Fundamentals of Microtonality”, Ankara, 2017

Istanbul Technical University, European Research Council Beyond East and West Project Conference, Creating Cultures Across Cultures in the 21st Century, Panel: “Cross-disciplinary currents” (with Michael Ellison, Andile Khumalo, Matthias Mainz, Jeremy Woodruff), Istanbul, 2017

Composition Seminar and Masterclass with graduate/undergraduate composition students @ Yaşar University Faculty of Art and Design, Music Department, Izmir, 2017

Colloquium Lecture: “The Notion of Relativity and Interspace in Composition” and masterclass with graduate/undergraduate @University of California Davis Music Department, Davis California, 2016

Bilkent Composition Seminar: The Fundamentals of Microtonality, Bilkent University, Faculty of Music and Performing Arts, Ankara, 2016

European Research Council Beyond East and West Symposium I: Turkish Instruments and Voices in Contemporary Music, Intercultural Elements in Sailing to Byzantium, ITU MIAM, Istanbul, 2016

European Research Council Beyond East and West Workshops, Considerations on Usages of Turkish Music Instruments in New Music Seminar, ITU MIAM, Istanbul, 2016

Orient Institute Istanbul and the German Historical Institute in Rome, Integrative Approaches to Contemporary Cross-Cultural Music Making: Turkey, Italy, Germany, International Musicological Congress with Concerts, Performing Tradition and AvantGarde in Turkey, Rome, 2016

II. International Kanun Festival and Symposium, Considerations on the Usage of Kanun in Contemporary Music, Ankara, 2015

Klasik Keyifler International Festival, Composers Cauldron, Makam Seminars, Ürgüp, 2015

British Council / Bilkent New Music Days, “Word and Sound” Panel, Ankara, 2015

Afyon Kocatepe University, Congress for İbrahim Alimoğlu Instrument Museum, Afyon, 2015

Başkent University State Conservatory, Composition Seminar, Ankara, 2014

İTÜ MIAM Contemporary Polish Music Panel in Soundscapes from Poland Events, “New Trends in Contemporary Turkish Music”, Istanbul, 2014

ARTER/ Bahane, The Poetics of “Hat” in Music, Istanbul, 2013

ITU International Music and Theory Symposium, Deductive and Inductive Approaches to Microtonality, Istanbul, 2013

John Cage Memorial Lecture Concert, Bilkent Composition Department Event, Ankara, 2012

I.International Kanun Symposium and Festival, Contemporary Techniques Applied to Kanun, Istanbul, 2012

Klasik Keyifler Composers Cauldron, An Introduction to Makam Theory and Practice, Contemporary Instrumental Techniques Applied to Turkish Music Instruments, Hat as a Compositional Process, Ürgüp, 2012

MusMA Atelier in Ljubjana Festival, Hat as a Compositional Process, Ljubjana, 2012

ITU Turkish Music Congress, Considerations in the Context of Turkish Music Instruments Usages’ in New Music, Istanbul, 2011

ITU Cüneyd Orhon International Kemençe Symposium, Contemporary Instrumental Techniques Applied to Kemence, Istanbul, 2010

Miam Presents 2010, Evolution of Polyphonic Texture and its Absence in Turkish Music, Istanbul, 2010

Yasar Üniversitesi National Music Symposium, Modal Designs for Guitar in Just Intonation (with Ozan Baysal), Izmir, 2009

Bilkent University Lunchtime Lectures,
The Evolution of Polyphonic Texture and its Absence in Turkish Music, Ankara, 2009

Bilkent University Music and Performing Arts Department, Stravinsky and Renaissance Music, Ankara, 2007

Boğaziçi University Guitar Days: Model Designs for Guitar in Just Intonation (with Ozan Baysal), Istanbul, 2007

MIAM Presents: Model Designs for Guitar in Just Intonation, (with Ozan Baysal), Istanbul, 2007

Yapi Kredi Arts, Culture and Publishing Department: Model Designs for Guitar in Just Intonation, (with Ozan Baysal), Istanbul, 2007

Garanti Gallery Soundscape Workshop (Spatial works in Contemporary Music) by Aykut Köksal (curator), Istanbul, 2005

Istanbul French Cultural Center New Music Concert Series: Risk; The other avant-garde: John Cage, Giacinto Scelsi (with Robert Reigle and Zeynep Bulut), 2005

MIAM Presents: Risk; The other avant-garde: John Cage, Giacinto Scelsi (with Robert Reigle and Zeynep Bulut), Istanbul, 2004

Yap Kredi Arts, Culture and Publishing Department: An introduction to New Music
(with Eray Altnbüken and Tolga Yayalar), Istanbul, 2003

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