Öztürk Okan Murat

Ο Okan Murat ÖZTÜRK υποστήριξε το 2014 τη διδακτορική του διατριβή με τίτλο «Makam Müziğinde Ezgi ve Makam İlişkisinin Analizi ve Yorumlanması İçin Yeni Bir Yaklaşım: Perde Düzenleri ve Makamsal Ezgi Çekirdekleri» (Το Ezgi στη μουσική Makam, ανάλυση του Makam, και μια νέα προσέγγιση του σχολιασμού: Σχηματισμοί Perde και τα σπέρματα του Makam Ezgi). Έχει γράψει πληθώρα άρθρων, φυλλαδίων και κεφαλαίων σε βιβλία σχετικά με την προσέγγιση, ανάλυση και σχολιασμό των θεωρητικών ιστορικών μοντέλων της παραδοσιακής μουσικής. Έχει συμμετάσχει σε διεθνή συνέδρια, συμπόσια, διαλέξεις και σεμινάρια. Ο Δρ Öztürk έχει οργανώσει συναυλίες, εργαστήρια και συνέδρια στο πεδίο των παραδοσιακών μουσικών οργάνων, το λαούτο, και τα έγχορδα όργανα που ανήκουν στον τύπο του μπαγλαμά. Έχει διατελέσει τελετάρχης, διευθυντής ορχήστρας και παραγωγός στις τηλεοπτικές εκπομπές «Katre, Anonim ve Eski Havalar» του καναλιού TRT. Διετέλεσε επίσης μουσικός διευθυντής και εκτελεστής του προγράμματος Hattuşa, το οποίο κατατάσσεται μεταξύ των σημαντικότερων παραδειγμάτων στον χώρο της εφαρμοσμένης ιστορικής μουσικολογίας διεθνώς. Στη διάρκεια επιστημονικών σεμιναρίων στο πλαίσιο του ίδιου προγράμματος, ο Δρ Öztürk οργάνωσε και παρουσιάσεις γύρω από το θέμα της μουσικής αρχαιολογίας της Μικράς Ασίας και των μουσικών οργάνων τύπου μπαγλαμά.

Okan Murat ÖZTÜRK completed his doctoral dissertation entitled “Makam Müziğinde Ezgi ve Makam İlişkisinin Analizi ve Yorumlanması İçin Yeni Bir Yaklaşım: Perde Düzenleri ve Makamsal Ezgi Çekirdekleri” [Ezgi in Makam Music, Makam Analysis, and a New Approach to Commentary: Perde Formations and Seeds of Makam Ezgi] in the year 2014. On the subjects of folk music and makam music, he has written a variety of articles, manifestos and book chapters about the treatment, analysis and commentary on historical theoretical models of the traditional repertoire as a whole. He has both participated in and served on multiple international conventions, symposiums, panels and seminars. Dr. Öztürk has organized concerts, workshops and conferences in the fields of traditional musical instruments, lute, and stringed instruments in the bağlama family [group]. He has performed as master of ceremonies, maestro, and producer in the “Katre, Anonim ve Eski Havalar” tv-radio programs prepared for TRT. He served additionally as musical director and performer for the Hattuşa project, which ranks among the preeminent examples in the world in the field of applied historical musicology. During academic seminars in the scope of the same project, Dr. Öztürk further organized presentations on the subject of Anatolian musical archeology and the bağlama category of instruments. In 1988 he formed the “Bengi Bağlama Üçlüsü” [Bengi Baglama Trio] and worked as an artist for both TRT and the Ministry of Culture. In 2006 his book “Zeybek Kültürü ve Müziği” was published. He authored the following works: “Pan’a Armağan 20. Yıl Kitabı” [A Gift to Pan – the 20th Anniversary Book] (2006), “Maqam” (2012), “In Which Direction is Music Heading? Cultural and Cognitive Studies in Turkey” (2014), and “Writing the History of ‘Ottoman Music’” (2015). He served as both an editor and an author for the publications “Türkiye’de Müzik Kültürü” (2008) and “Kırşehirli Edvarı” [Cycles of Kırşehir] (2014). Currently Dr. Öztürk is a faculty member at the Başkent University State Conservatory. Apart from books, dozens of his published music CDs, documentary music, and tv program recordings are available.