Özkan Manav
Özkan Manav is one of the most prolific Turkish composers of the younger generation. Amongst his teachers were influential Turkish composers such as Adnan Saygun and Ilhan Usmanbaş. In addition, he worked intesively with American composers Lukas Foss and Marjorie Merryman at Boston University where he earned his DMA.
Manav’s music has been performed extensively in Europe, Turkey, Australia, Malta, Marocco, and the US, and was issued on several CDs in Turkey and Germany. His pieces have been performed by ensembles such as Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, members of the Moldavian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Moskva New Music Ensemble, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s 10:10 Ensemble, Eastman School of Music Percussion Ensemble, and ALEA III.
Özkan Manav has received several composition prizes, amongst them the Nejat Eczacıbaşı National Composition Competition (1998), the BMW Musica Viva Composition Prize (2nd prize, 1998), as well as the Deutsche Welle Composition Prize (2002).
He currently serves as a Professor of Music and chair person of the Composition Division at the Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul.
