İlhan Baran


İlhan Baran was a Turkish composer.
Baran studied double bass and was a composition student of Ahmed Adnan Saygun at Ankara State Conservatory, graduating in 1960. He continued his studies in France at École Normale de Musique de Paris with Henri Dutilleux and Maurice Ohana. After returning to Turkey, he taught composition at the Ankara State Conservatory from 1964 to 2000.

Selected works

;Orchestra
  • Töresel Çeşitlemeler
;Chamber music
  • Bir Bölümlü Sonatina for violin and piano
  • Yaylı Çalgılar Dördülü
  • Demet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon
  • Dönüşümler for violin, cello and piano
  • Uygulamalar, Volumes I & II for double bass and piano
  • Dört Zeybek for double bass and piano
  • Dört Parça for 2 flutes
;Keyboard
  • Çocuk Parçaları for piano or harpsichord
  • Küçük Süit for piano
  • Üç Soyut Dans for piano
  • Üç Bagatel for piano
  • İki Sesli Sonatına for piano
  • Siyah Beyaz for piano
  • Mavi Anadolu for piano
; Choral
  • Eylül Sonu for mixed chorus
  • Ezgi Demeti for mixed chorus
  • Şarkılar for mixed chorus