Necil Kâzım Akses

Necil Kâzım Akses (born May 6, 1908 in Istanbul , † February 16, 1999 in Ankara ) was a Turkish composer .

Akses studied in Vienna with Joseph Marx and in Prague with Josef Suk and Alois Hába . He was Paul Hindemith's collaborator in setting up the Ankara Conservatory , which he also led from time to time. He belonged to the group of the Turkish Five , who were the first Turkish composers to combine the musical tradition of their homeland with Western European composition technology.

Akses has been active in the Turkish civil service since 1949, including as a cultural attaché in Bern and Bonn . He composed orchestral works , chamber music works and piano pieces . His best-known work is the violin concerto from 1969.

Honors

• 1957: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1963: Cavaliere, 1973 Commendatore Ufficiale (Italy)
• 1971: Devlet Sanatçı (State Artist of Turkey)
• 1973: Burgiba Art and Culture Prize (Tunisia)
• 1981: Ataturk Sanat Armağanı (Ataturk Art Prize)
• 1992: Onur Ödülü Altin Madalyası (Gold Medal of Honor of the Sevda-Cenap And Müzik Vakfı Foundation)

Works

• Allegro Feroce for saxophone and piano
• Ankara Castle , Symphonic History for Orchestra, 1942
• Ciftetelli dance for orchestra
• 5 Turkish piano pieces for piano solo
• Violin Concerto , 1967–69
• Concerto for orchestra, 1976–77
• Symphony No. 4 "Sinfonia Romancesca Fantasia" for cello and orchestra, 1982–83

literature

• Wilibald Gurlitt , Carl Dahlhaus (ed.): Riemann Music Lexicon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Akses, Necil Kâzım. 12th completely revised edition. 4. Personal section A – KB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1972, p. 16 (first edition: 1882).
• Wilibald Gurlitt , Carl Dahlhaus (ed.): Riemann Music Lexicon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Akses, Necil Kâzım. 12th completely revised edition. 4. Personal section A – KB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1972, p. 10 (first edition: 1882).