Founding Members / Okan Murat ÖZTÜRK
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Doç. Dr. Okan Murat ÖZTÜRK (Assoc. Prof., Baskent University State Conservatory, Ankara, Turkey) Okan Murat Öztürk is both an instructor and a traditional music master. He works at Baskent University State Conservatory in Ankara and gives lessons on Anatolian traditional and local music styles and on the history of the Ottoman music. He finished his doctoral thesis on makam theory in terms of its historical development and its analytical dimensions. With this study, Öztürk has revealed, in scientific terms, the mistake and inadequacy of understanding the subject of makam as Western tonalities or modes. His main interests are folk and traditional music styles of Anatolia, makam theory, and politics of music in the modernization period of Turkey. In addition to participating in various international congresses, symposiums, panels, and workshops, he also took part in the organization of several musicological meetings. As a master performer, he gave many concerts in various countries. He took part several radio and tv programs as performer, producer, or speaker. He founded the first bağlama ensemble of Turkey, Bengi Bağlama Trio, in order to promote Anatolian folk music styles, in 1988. He worked as bağlama performer at Ankara State Turkish Folk Music Chorus (The Ministry of Culture) and Ankara Radio Chorus (TRT). He published many albums and also composed or arranged musics for various documentary films and dramas. Among his several publications as books or book chapters are Zeybek Culture and Its Music (2006), Music Culture in Turkey (2008), Maqam (2012), In Which Direction is Music Heading? (2014), Writing the History of ‘Ottoman Music’ (2015), Yusuf of Kirsehir’s Book of Cycles (2015), Illusion: The Adventure of Western Classical Music in Republican Turkey (2016), Tanbûrî Cemil Bey (A Centennial Book) (2016). |
