Metin Munzur, Turkey
He started to his
music education in his early ages by having piano lessons from Ayşe
Ediz.After graduating from T.E.D. Ankara Collage, he entered to
Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory, Composition and
Orchestra Conducting department and
studied
with Prof.Muammer Sun. He had the opportunity to work there with many
distinguished names like
Prof.İlhan
Baran, Prof.İstemihan Taviloğlu, Prof.Dr.Ertuğrul Bayraktar, Assistant
Profesor Banu Perk and Jolan Jaroka. After completing
harmony, counterpoint
and orchestration lessons,he improved his compositional formation at the
Conservatory.Later he completed his military service. During this period
of time, the arrangements which he made for the Military Harmony
Orchestra was performed by conductor Haluk Erten in Turkey and abroad. After his military
service, he continued to his academic career at Hacettepe University
Ankara State Conservatory, Composition and Orchestra Conducting
department. After completing his graduate and postgraduate program, he
received the titles of Associate Professor and afterwards
Professor. In the professional
music education field, he wrote a musical theory book named “ Interval
Knowledge” . At the same time, this book was printed in English
and used as a guidance
on various conservatories and music faculties. Besides his other book
writing efforts, he has also miscellaneous articles in the fıeld of
education on composition. His chamber music and
orchestral works are performed in Turkey and abroad. In 2013,
his “Concertino for piano and orchestra
“ was performed in Budapest and other cities of
Hungary by himself as a
soloist.
At present, Prof.Munzur as the Director of Hacettepe University
Ankara State Conservatory, he continues to his dense efforts,
together with his administrative colleages, to a further value of
the Conservatory, which acts as milestone in this area.
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