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Muammer Sun was born in Ankara in 1932. He began his musical study in 1946 at the Military Music School. He continued his education at the Ankara State Conservatory, where he studied composition with Adnan Saygun. He also studied piano with Mithat Fenmen, orchestral conducting with Ferit Alnar, folk music with Muzaffer Sarısözen, traditional art music with Ruşen Kam, and Turkish music harmony with Kemal İlerici. After graduating from the Ankara State conservatory in 1960, Sun taught theory and harmony at the Ankara, Izmir, and Istanbul State Conservatories as well as at the Music Department of Gazi University Institute of Education and Ankara TRT Radio.
Sun, who was appointed to the TRT Board of Administration in 1969, became a pioneer in the development of TRT’s music authority, art awards, and chorus system. At the same time, he worked effectively to secure the reorganization of the elementary music programs at the Ministry of Education, and was instrumental in the founding of youth choirs. With the support of the Prime Ministry, he was also a major participant in the effort to found hundreds of children’s choruses throughout Anatolia.
Besides being an administrator and educator, Sun has composed thousands of pieces for piano, orchestra, and choirs. Sun retired from teaching at the Composition Department in the Hacettepe University State Conservatory in 1999. In 2004, he founded Sun Publications, where he has published many books on music. Sun has received many awards and prizes for his contribution to Turkish music. In 1998, he was awarded the title of State Artist by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Awards:
1960, TRT Orchestral works composition, first prize
1985, Enka youth Song Contest, third award, and mention award
1985, Sevda- Cenap And Foundation Youth Song Contest, first and third prizes
1985, TBMM Songs for Children contest, first prize
2004, Award of the outstanding educators who contribute to music education field
2010, Sevda-Cenap And Music Foundation Honorable Award, gold medal
Compositions for chamber music:
"Piano için yatak"
Three pieces for violin and piano
"Nihavent Longa"
"Söyleşi"
Songs for choirs and piano
String quartet
"Serpinti" (for wind quintet)
Compositions for institutions:
"March for Atatürk University"
"March for Ankara University Faculty of Medicine"
"March for Çavuşoğlu High School"
"March for Arı High School"
"March for Şevket Evliyagil High School"
"March for a primary school"
"PTT March"
"Highways March"
"March for Band and Choirs"
"We are Atatürk’s Youth"
"March for Military Harmonica School"
Selected publications:
"Türkiye′nin Kültür - Müzik - Tiyatro Sorunları"
"Türk Kalarak Çağdaşlaşmak" (with M. Katoğlu)"
"Solfege 1"
"Solfege 2"
"Çocuklar ve Gençler için Şarkı Demeti"
"Kır Çiçekleri"
"Elli Yılın En Güzel Okul Şarkıları" (with llteriş Sun)
"Çoksesli Türküler"
"Temel Müzik Eğitimi 1"
"Temel Müzik Eğitimi 6"
"Tonal Diziler ve Kadanslar"
"Türk Müziği Makam Dizileri"
"Koro Dağarcığı"
"Okul Öncesi Eğitimde Müzik"
"Okul Öncesi Eğitimde Oyun"
CDs:
6 Turkus for Choirs and Orchestra (H. Şimşek, R. Tanrıkulu, Houngaraton)
“Yurt Renkleri” (Four Notes for Piano) (Hande Dalkılıç, Kalan Müzik)
Republic Film Music (Gürer Aykal, Bilkent SO) Bilkent Yayını
Three Pieces for Violin and Piano (Jülide Yalçın - Dittgen -Yeşim Gökalp), Şefik Kahramankaptan yayını
Reference: turkishmusicportal.org, en.wikipedia.org, biyografi.info, biyografilm.com, sunyayinevi.com.tr
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