UE composers from Turkey

Born in in Izmir/Turkey, Zeynep Gedizlioglu studied composition with i.a. Wolfgang Rihm in Karlsruhe and Ivan Fedele in Strasbourg. She completed the CURSUS at IRCAM in Paris between 2010-2011. Her music has been performed at leading international festivals such as ECLAT Stuttgart, Wien Modern, Salzburger Festspiele, Musica Strasbourg, Beethovenfest Bonn, Witten Days for new Chamber Music, musikprotokoll-Graz, ‚cresc…Biennale for Contemporary Music Frankfurt’, G((o))ng Tomorrow Copenhagen, November Music s-Hertogenbosch, Ultraschall Berlin and was broadcasted live on the radio. Her works have been published on Cds (including Portrait Cd Gedizlioglu ‚Kesik‘ - published by col legno and funded by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation and ‚Verbinden und Abwenden‘ -the second Portrait Cd published by WERGO - funded by the German Music Council). In 2012 Zeynep Gedizlioglu received the Composers’ Prize of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, in 2014 the ‘Composer of the Year’ Prize from the 5th Donizetti Classical Music Awards in Istanbul. In 2015 she was selected for the Cd-series Edition Zeitgenössische Musik of the German Music Council and was nominated in 2016 for the German Music Authors Award in the category ‚Music for Ensemble’. She received the Heidelberg Female Artist Award in 2018 and the Berlin Art Prize of Akademie der Künste Berlin in 2019. In the same year, she was given an artistic grant for a residency to work at the Herrenhaus Edenkoben. Her portrait Cd ‚Verbinden und Abwenden’ was nominated with the German Record Critics Award in 2020. She works with the hr SO, the Vienna RSO, the Borusan Istanbul PO, the Bilkent SO, the SWR SO, Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Intercontemporain, 2e2m, ascolta, oenm, Ensemble PHACE, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Quatuor Diotima, Scharoun Ensemble and the Arditti Quartet. She lives as a freelance composer in Berlin. 

Cem Güven (b. 22.11.1997) is a composer of acoustic and electronic music, from Türkiye/Istanbul (The Juilliard School/Bachelor’s Degree, Royal Academy of Music/ Master’s Degree), who is currently pursuing his doctoral degree (DMA) with a fellowship at Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in New York. Güven is a composer of the Universal Edition of Wien, where several of his scores are published; he is also an artist of Talent Unlimited. Cem is nominated for the Gaudeamus Award 2024 and he is also one of the finalists in MA/IN Award 2024. He is the recipient of awards in various composition competitions and organizations worldwide, such as the Petrichor International Music Competition Grand Prize, Royal Academy of Music Composition Postgraduate Prize, Leverhulme Trust Arts Scholarship, Alblaze Records Award, Academia Musica Vienna (2nd Prize) Franz Schubert Conservatorium in Wien (2nd Prize) and KLK New Music competitions such as “Musica Per Archi” (2nd prize) and “Orient-Occident” (3rd Prize). Güven’s music is performed by well-known ensembles such as Ensemble Musikfabrik, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Attacca Quartet, Riot Ensemble, University of Texas Wind Ensemble, Coma Ensemble, Vice Ensemble, Tbilisi State Opera Chamber Orchestra, KLK New Music Orchestra, Sydney Contemporary Orchestra, Loadbang Ensemble and New European Ensemble. Güven participated in various music festivals as a composer, such as Gaudeamus Festival, Valencia International Performing Academy, Curtis Summerfest, and Soundscape.