Altuğ Ünlü

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Altuğ Ünlü (born November 8, 1965 in Istanbul ) is a German composer , theorist and musicologist of Turkish origin.

Life

Altuğ Ünlü has lived in Germany since 1980. He studied composition / theory in György Ligeti's class from 1986–1991 at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater and received his doctorate in historical musicology from the University of Hamburg under Constantin Floros . To this day, Ünlü has published numerous musicological treatises on Mozart , Chopin , Mahler , Wagner and Schönberg in magazines and books. In 2000 he received the Bach Prize grant from the city of Hamburg for his compositional work . Since the winter semester 2000/2001 he has been professor for music theory at the Robert Schumann University of Applied Sciences in Düsseldorf .

Works

Since 2010, Ünlü's works have been published by the music publisher Friedrich Hofmeister .

Chamber music

  • Sonata for flute solo (1986/1987)
  • Quintet for Clarinets (1989); a composition commission for the 800th port birthday in Hamburg
  • Suite for violin solo (2000/2002)
  • String trio for violins and cello (1998)
  • 'Kölner Trio' for flute, baritone saxophone and viola (2014)
  • 'Danses' for percussion solo (2014)
  • 'Pfeiffer-Palindrome' for mezzo-soprano or baritone and guitar (2015)
  • Suite for double bass solo (2016)
  • 'Fantasy' for flute and cello (2016)

Piano music

  • Suite for piano solo (2000/2001)
  • Constructions poétiques (2007/2008)

Organ works

  • Suite for organ (2015)

Instrumental concerts

  • Piano Concerto - Hommage à Béla Bartók (1995)

Orchestral works

  • Variations for orchestra - the cuckoo (1996/1997)
  • Passacaglia for orchestra (1999)
  • Pipette and Airbrush - a color study for string orchestra (2008/2009)

Oratorios

  • Requiem (2012-2013); Commissioned by the Rellinger Church

Instrumental cadences

Cadenzas to violin concertos by WA Mozart:

  • Cadenza for the 2nd movement from the violin concerto KV 216 (1997)
  • Cadenza for the 2nd movement from the Violin Concerto KV 218 (1997)
  • Cadenza for the 2nd movement from the Violin Concerto KV 219 (1997)

Radio plays

bibliography

  • Gustav Mahler's world of sound: studies on instrumentation . Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Vienna 2006

Awards

  • 2000: Bach Prize Scholarship from the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Web links


personal data
SURNAME Ünlü, Altuğ
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer, musicologist and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Istanbul