“Sound in Space” Seminar on 20./21. Century Aesthetics
26 March 2025, Salzburg
As part of “Ästhetik 20./21. Jahrhundert, Zur Entwicklung parametrischer Komposition” at Mozarteum University, a seminar focusing on the spatial composition throughout history and its implicatons and concerns reaching out today’s aesthetics is carried out.
“I don’t mind if something’s operatic, just as long it’s not opera”: An Open Discussion on Opera in Contemporary Music”
17 November 2023, Ankara
As part of Bilkent Composition Seminars insights on opera in contemporary music is shared, followed by an open discussion with the composers.
Johannes Brahms and Traces of Developing Variation in his Second Symphony
May 2023, Ankara
A paper that aims to explore how Brahms employs developing variation techniques, as coined by Schoenberg, in the thematic evolution of his Second Symphony.
Dramatic Cohesion Through Musical Form and Tonal Language in Mozart’s Don Giovanni
December 2022, Ankara
A paper aims to analyze how Mozart’s formal and tonal choices contribute to the dramatic structure of Don Giovanni and focuses on how Mozart’s conscious decision making on tonal structure higlights the overall dramaturgy of his operas.
“Elizabethan Melancholy” in the works of Dowland and Byrd; and its reflections on the music of Britten and Birtwistle
December 2021, Ankara
A paper aims to trace the expressions of melancholy, a highly renowned concept in Elizabethan music, and their influence on Britten and Birtwistle.
Graduation Seminar
17 May 2024, Ankara
As part of Bilkent Composition Seminars and Composition curriculum of Bilkent University Faculty of Music and Performing Arts, a graduation seminar is given through which reflections on the compositional output and process is shared.
Bilkent Composition Seminars: Post-Concert Discussion:”im weißen Raum for accordion and electronics”
03 May 2024, Ankara
As part of Bilkent Composition Seminars insights on recently premiered work “im weißen Raum for accordion and electronics” through its compositon, premiere and recording processes are shared.
Bilkent Composition Seminars: Post-Concert Discussion: “Triptych” for string quartet
03 Feb 2023, Ankara
As part of Bilkent Composition Seminars insights on recently premiered work “triptych” through its compositon, premiere and recording processes are shared.
“Developmental Variation” or the Methods of Figuration in Frescobaldi Toccatas
May 2022, Ankara
A paper aims to explore the figuration techniques in Frescobaldi’s toccatas as a precursor to later developmental variation following a long arch reaching to Beethoven, Brahms and further on Schoenberg.
Compositional approaches and work in progress: “heave a sigh of” for solo flute
17 November 2021, Ankara
As part of Bilkent Composition Seminars insights on recently premiered work “heave a sigh of for solo flute” through its compositon, premiere and recording processes are shared.
20th Century Realism in Opera and its Vocal and Musical Implications Today
29 April 2024, Ankara
As part of International Ankara Music Festival and the premiere of Onur Türkmen’s parlando opera “Gılgamış”, insigts on 20th century realism in opera and vocal and compositional techniques are shared.
Timbre as a Model for Harmony and Structure: A Look at Claude Vivier’s Lonely Child
May 2024, Ankara
A paper investigating how Vivier uses timbre as a structural and harmonic tool in his groundbreaking work “Lonely Child” through analysis, documentation and literature review.
Sonata Form Implications in Overture: Sonata Deformations in Mozart and Rossini Overtures
December 2023, Ankara
A paper that aims to compare formal innovations and deviations in overtures by Mozart and Rossini within the framework of sonata form, a particular approach that has not been widely investigated through Caplin’s sonata framework.
“Developmental Variation” or the Methods of Figuration in Frescobaldi Toccatas
May 2022, Ankara
A paper aims to explore the figuration techniques in Frescobaldi’s toccatas as a precursor to later developmental variation following a long arch reaching to Beethoven, Brahms and further on Schoenberg.
Compositional approaches and work in progress: the lighted window for soprano and clarinet
17 November 2021, Ankara
As part of Bilkent Composition Seminars insights on recently premiered work “the lighted window for soprano and clarinet” through its compositon, premiere and recording processes are shared.
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