Born in Istanbul, Usmanbaş grew up in Ayvalık. When he was twelve years old, his elder brother gave him a cello, and İlhan began to teach himself to play. After moving back to Istanbul, he studied the cello seriously. His maths teacher, a lover of music, advised Usmanbaş to give up the career that he had planned for himself: "We have enough engineers in Turkey. You should be a composer instead."[1]
In 1952, he went to the United States on a UNESCO scholarship, where he came under the influence of American pioneers of new and experimental music. In 1955 he received the Paul Fromm Award.[2] In 1971 he became a State Artist in Turkey. In 1993 he received a gold medal from the Sevda–Cenap And Foundation. In 2000 Boğaziçi University awarded him an honorary doctorate, and in 2004 he was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 32nd Istanbul International Music Festival. He is professor of music at Istanbul Bilgi University.[3]
Usmanbaş is an experimental composer, one of the second generation of Turkish composers, coming after the Five (and opposed to their ideas). He works with a freedom of form and a concentration on intensity rather than melody, with techniques that include neo-classicism, aleatoric music, twelve tone, serialism, and minimalism.[2]
He has composed nearly 120 works, and has won more foreign awards and citations than any other Turkish composer, including commissions from the Koussevitzky Foundation in the United States, and prizes from the Wieniawski Competition in Poland, the International Composers Tribune in Paris, and the International Competition for Ballet Music in Switzerland.
ilhan, usmanbaş, born, october, 1921, turkish, contemporary, classical, composer, born, 1921, october, 1921, istanbul, ottoman, empirenationalityturkisheducationgalatasaray, high, schoolalma, materankara, state, conservatoryoccupationcomposerborn, istanbul, us. Ilhan Usmanbas born 23 October 1921 is a Turkish contemporary classical composer Ilhan UsmanbasBorn 1921 10 23 October 23 1921 age 101 Istanbul Ottoman EmpireNationalityTurkishEducationGalatasaray High SchoolAlma materAnkara State ConservatoryOccupationComposerBorn in Istanbul Usmanbas grew up in Ayvalik When he was twelve years old his elder brother gave him a cello and Ilhan began to teach himself to play After moving back to Istanbul he studied the cello seriously His maths teacher a lover of music advised Usmanbas to give up the career that he had planned for himself We have enough engineers in Turkey You should be a composer instead 1 After graduating from Galatasaray High School Usmanbas went on to study under members of the Turkish Five Cemal Resit Rey Ahmet Adnan Saygun Hasan Ferit Alnar Ulvi Cemal Erkin and Necil Kazim Akses and David Zirkin at Ankara State Conservatory In 1952 he went to the United States on a UNESCO scholarship where he came under the influence of American pioneers of new and experimental music In 1955 he received the Paul Fromm Award 2 In 1971 he became a State Artist in Turkey In 1993 he received a gold medal from the Sevda Cenap And Foundation In 2000 Bogazici University awarded him an honorary doctorate and in 2004 he was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 32nd Istanbul International Music Festival He is professor of music at Istanbul Bilgi University 3 Usmanbas is an experimental composer one of the second generation of Turkish composers coming after the Five and opposed to their ideas He works with a freedom of form and a concentration on intensity rather than melody with techniques that include neo classicism aleatoric music twelve tone serialism and minimalism 2 He has composed nearly 120 works and has won more foreign awards and citations than any other Turkish composer including commissions from the Koussevitzky Foundation in the United States and prizes from the Wieniawski Competition in Poland the International Composers Tribune in Paris and the International Competition for Ballet Music in Switzerland Usmanbas is married to opera singer Atifet Usmanbas 3 Notes Edit Harriet Smith Turkish Delight in BBC Music Magazine vol 12 no 11 July 2004 pp 28 31 a b Evin Ilyasoglu Turkish Music retrieved 3 January 2007 a b Profile International Istanbul Music Festival Ystanbul Foundation for Culture and ArtsExternal links EditProfile Naxos RecordsPortals Biography Classical music Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ilhan Usmanbas amp oldid 1133275836, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
