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Kamran Ince

American composer

Kamran N. Ince (spelled İnce in Turkish, born May 6, 1960) is a Turkish-American composer. He is the winner of many prestigious awards, including a Rome Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Lili Boulanger Memorial Prize, and various others. His work has been performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Prague Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Piano Quartet, the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, the Netherlands Wind Ensemble, the Milwaukee Opera Theatre, the Arkas Trio, Evelyn Glennie, Lily Afshar, and others, and his recordings can be found on Naxos, EMI, Albany, and Archer Records. He is known today as one of the leading composers of contemporary music.

Born in Glendive, Montana and raised in Turkey, Ince began his studies at age 10 studying cello, piano, and composition at the Ankara State Conservatory. Ince later moved to the United States to study at Oberlin College and Eastman School of Music. His music is exclusively published by Schott Music. In addition to the music he has composed, he has received commissions from the Ford Foundation, the Irish Arts Council, the Fromm Foundation, the Koussevitzky Foundation, the Jerome Foundation, Reader’s Digest, Mavi Jeans, and the Pew Charitable Trust. Ince frequently travels to do exhibitions of his music, including at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music, the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, and the Istanbul International Music Festival.

Ince is one of the most critically acclaimed living composers in the world today. He is currently based in Memphis, Tennessee. He is on the faculty of University of Memphis and Istanbul Technical University.

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Works

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  • (Gloria) Everywhere
  • Arches
  • Concerto for Orchestra, Turkish Instruments and Voices
  • Concerto for Orchestra, Turkish Instruments and Voices: I.
  • Concerto for Orchestra, Turkish Instruments and Voices: II.
  • Concerto for Orchestra, Turkish Instruments and Voices: III.
  • Concerto for Orchestra, Turkish Instruments and Voices: IV.
  • Fantasie of a Sudden Turtle
  • Flight Box
  • In Memoriam: 8/17/99
  • In White
  • Infrared Only
  • Kaç! (Escape! from "A")
  • Köçekçe
  • Lines
  • MKG Variations
  • Piano Concerto
  • Remembering Lycia
  • Remembering Lycia: I. Tale of the Sea
  • Remembering Lycia: II. Whispering Night
  • Remembering Lycia: III. Pounding Waves
  • Remembering Lycia: IV. Eternal Tombs
  • Sheherazade Alive
  • Songs in Other Words
  • Songs in Other Words: I. Folk Song
  • Songs in Other Words: II. Restless
  • Songs in Other Words: III. Obsession
  • Songs in Other Words: IV. Venetian Gondola Song
  • Songs in Other Words: V. Agitation
  • Songs in Other Words: VI. Lost Happiness
  • Songs in Other Words: VII. Dance of Rebels
  • Symphony no. 2 "Fall of Constantinople"
  • Symphony no. 2 "Fall of Constantinople": I. City and the Walls
  • Symphony no. 2 "Fall of Constantinople": II. Hagia Sophia
  • Symphony no. 2 "Fall of Constantinople": III. Speeches of Emperor Constantine and Mehmet the Conqueror
  • Symphony no. 2 "Fall of Constantinople": IV. Ships on Rails - The Marine Battle
  • Symphony no. 2 "Fall of Constantinople": V. Fall of Constantinople
  • Tracing
  • Turquoise