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Dr. Emre Aracı was born in Ankara in 1968. He completed his BMus (Hons.) in 1994 and his doctorate in 1999 in Edinburgh University. His doctoral thesis is "The Life and Works of Ahmed Adnan Saygun". He was the conductor of string orchestra at Edinburgh University (1992-1997). He became an assistant at the Turkish Language Department of the Islam and Middle Eastern Research Center in Edinburgh University (1995-1998). Aracı then worked as a researcher at the Skilliter Ottoman Research Center in Cambridge College (1999-2002). He gave classes on Turkish and Turkish music at the international Turkish High School, Sawston Hall at Cambridge (1998-2001). Dr. Aracı became the conductor for the Academy of London Ottoman Court Music (1999-2002). He conducted an orchestra for the NATO summit in Dolmabahçe Palace, 2004. Dr. Aracı has given many concerts with the Presidency of a Republic Symphony Orchestra, Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, Istanbul European Chorus, Istanbul Chamber Orchestra and Borusan Chamber Orchestra in Turkey. He participated in the 13th Izmir Music Festival and the 31st Istanbul Music Festival. His articles on the identity of Ottoman and contemporary Turkish Music have been published in Andante, Cumhuriyet Dergi, Toplumsal Tarih, Milliyet Sanat, The Court Historian, Cornucopia, International Piano ve The Musical Times. These are Emre Aracı′s important books, albums and compositions:
Books:
Ahmed Adnan Saygun, Doğu Batı Arası Müzik Köprüsü (Istanbul: Yapı Kredi publications 2001), Donizetti Paşa, Osmanlı Sarayının İtalyan Maestrosu (Istanbul: Yapı Kredi publications 2006).
CD′s:
Osmanlı Sarayı′ndan Avrupa Müziği (Kalan 2000), Savaş ve Barış: Kırım 1853-56 (Kalan 2002), Boğaziçi Mehtapları′nda Sultan Portreleri (Kalan 2004), Invitation to the Seraglio (Warner Classics 2004), İstanbul′dan Londra′ya (Kalan 2005), Euro-Ottomania (Brilliant Classics 2007).
Compositions:
Elegy for Erkel (Osman Erkel için Ağıt), 1993; Farewell to Halûk (Tevfik Fikret′in Halûk′un Vedaı şiiri üzerine), 1994; Marche Funèbre et Triomphale (Cenaze ve Zafer Marşı), 1995; Bosphorus by Moonlight ("Boğaziçi Mehtapları" Keman Konçertosu (Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar′ın Boğaziçi Mehtapları′ndan esinlenerek)), 1997; Turkish Ambassador′s Grand March (Türk Büyükelçisi′nin Merasim Marşı), 1998; In Search of Lost Time (Kayıp Zamanın İzinde), Kraliçe II. Elizabeth′in Altın Jübilesi için, 2002; In Memoriam Lord Leighton (Lord Leighton′ın Anısına, sözsüz), 2002; Idyllic Prague (Siegfried Sassoon′un Idyll şiiri üzerine), 2003; Prelude alla Turca, 2004. |
