Özkan Manav


Ali Özkan Manav is a Turkish composer of contemporary classical music. His earlier works were influenced by Saygun, Usmanbaş, and Ligeti. Some of his orchestral works feature aleatoric passages. Later works combine newer timbral concerns with maqamic pitch content, microtones together with elements of folk music. These include traditional ornamentations, vocal, and instrumental components.

Biography

Manav was born in Mersin, Turkey. His family moved to Istanbul in 1971. His mother introduced him to music, and he started private piano lessons with Hülya Saydam in 1980. His first compositions appeared the following year. Then, he entered the Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory's composition department in 1984, and became a student of Erçivan Saydam, Adnan Saygun, and Afşar Timuçin.
After his graduation in 1991, he was appointed as an instructor in the same institution. He earned his master's degree in 1994, while he was also a student of composition class led by İlhan Usmanbaş.
From 1996 to 1999, he studied for his doctoral degree at Boston University with Lukas Foss and Marjorie Merryman.
After finishing his studies, he returned to Turkey. Manav teaches composition at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University State Conservatory in Istanbul.

Works

Orchestra

Symposium Andante Lugubre Sforzati Carian Diary Portamento lento

Chamber Ensemble

Sinfonietta, wind instruments, timpani and xylophone Symphonic Dances, 7 percussionists Reflections, piano and nine performers Countryside Landscapes: Winter, fourteen string instruments Uzun Hava, eight winds and two string instruments

Chamber Music

Artvin Dance, brass quintet Sonata, violin and piano Poems with Music, six musicians and narrator Wanderings, two oboes, two clarinets and alto saxophone Laçin, arrangement for piano trio Four Pieces for Five Clarinets Reflections, accordion and piano Three Turkish Folk Songs, violoncello and piano The Land of Beautiful Horses, string quartet
  • ''String Quartet''

Solo Instrument

Partita, viola Face-to-Face with Saygun: Proliferations on Five Pieces from Modal Music, violin Taqsim, clarinet Pigeons, harp Horon!, violin

Piano

Movement 1 Movement 2 Movement 3 Movement 4 Movement 5
  • ''Movement 6''

Vocals and piano

Nazım Hikmet Songs, baritone and piano

Choir

Spoon Dance Air Dök zülfünü meydâna gel, polyphonic arrangement Allam alam, polyphonic arrangement for choir and percussions Kız sen geldin Çerkeş’ten, polyphonic arrangement

Authored Work

Müzikte Alımlama, Pan Yayıncılık, Istanbul, 2012.

Awards

  • Malloy Miller Memorial Composition Prize
  • 2nd Nejat Eczacıbaşı National Composition Competition, shared 1st prize
  • The BMW musica viva Composition Prize, 2nd prize
  • Deutsche Welle Composition Prize
  • Sofia 2010 International Composition Competition, 1st prize
  • Arioso Musica Domani International Composition Prize, 1st prize
  • Donizetti 2011 - Composer of the Year Prize
  • Istanbul Music Festival Honorary Award
  • BESOM Composition Prize