Özkan Manav

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Born in 1967 in Mersin, Turkey. During his secondary school years he took private piano lessons from Hülya Saydam and began to compose in 1979-80. In 1984, he became a composition student at Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory, Istanbul, where he studied harmony and counterpoint with Erçivan Saydam, fugue, composition and modal music with Adnan Saygun, history of thinking and aesthetics with Afşar Timuçin. Following his graduation, he was appointed as an instructor in the Theory Division of the same institution. Between 1991/96 he pursued his Master’s and Qualification in Arts studies in the composition class of Ilhan Usmanbaş. Upon receiving a full scholarship from the Higher Education Council (Ankara), he studied composition with Lukas Foss and Marjorie Merryman at Boston University (1996/99). After earning his DMA (Doctor of Musical Arts) degree from BU, he returned to Istanbul and began to teach composition at his native institution, MSU State Conservatory. He became an associate professor in 2001 and professor of composition in 2009. He was the chair person of the Composition Division at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University State Conservatory between 2004-2009. He was also instructor in Ayvalık International Music Academy’s (AIMA) composition workshop in 2006. His works has been performed in Moldavia, Turkey, Netherlands, USA, Germany, England, Australia, Morocco, Greece, Austria, Poland, Italy and Denmark by ensembles such as Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Moskva

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Turkish Music for Cello & Piano

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Manav: Sinfonietta

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Refuge

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Go East! Stravinsky, Brahms, Hindemith & Manav

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ÜÇ ÇAĞDAŞ BESTECİ

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Beethoven | Deutsche Welle

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With Flying Colors - Classical Music to Study

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Özkan Manav

Tuşların İzinde 85 Yıl / 85 Years Following The Keys ~ Ece Demirci

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Üç Çağdaş Besteci

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