Zeynep GedizlioÄŸlu (born 4 December 1977) is a Turkish composer who won the
Ernst von Siemens Composer Prize Award in 2012.
Biography
Zeynep GedizlioÄŸlu was born 4 December 1977 in
Ä°zmir
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and grew up in
Istanbul
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. She has spent most of her life in Istanbul and Berlin. Her mother is the actress
Åžahika Tekand and her father, Levent GedizlioÄŸlu, is an architect. GedizlioÄŸlu attended the
Istanbul Conservatory.
She went on to study in
Saarbrücken
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,
Strasbourg
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and
Karlsruhe
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. Over the years she has learned composition from such people as
Cengiz Tanç,
Ä°lhan UsmanbaÅŸ,
Theo Brandmüller and
Wolfgang Rihm.
GedizlioÄŸlu has had her music appear and be performed by philharmonic orchestra all over Europe. She has a number of CDs released with her music. GedizlioÄŸlu has worked for
IRCAM
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in Paris.
She has won the Heidelberg Artist Prize as well as receiving several scholarships including one from the
Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation in 2010.
Works
* Kesik – Portrait CD Zeynep Gedizlioglu, col legno (2012)
* 'Stop' for the Orchestra – 'Begegnung mit Beethoven' – Beethovenfest and Deutsche Welle (2013)
Sources
1977 births
Living people
Musicians from Ä°zmir
Turkish classical composers
Turkish women classical composers
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