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Münir Nurettin Beken (born 12 April 1964) is Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicolgy at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. He is is one of the founding members of the State Turkish Music Ensemble and the leading ud performer of his generation in Turkey. He performs ud recitals in a variety of venues throughout the U.S. and Turkey, and lectures on classical Turkish music.

Life

Born in Istanbul, Münir Nurettin Beken was named after the famous Turkish singer and composer Münir Nurettin Selçuk. He joined the State Conservatory of Istanbul at the age of 11, and studied oud with Mutlu Torun. After graduating in 1986, he spent three years conducting the Conservatory Orchestra and also recorded many television programs for TRT, the Turkish state radio and television network. Beken earned his Master's degree from the State Conservatory of Turkish Classical Music in 1988. The following year he enrolled at UMBC to study for a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology, awarded in 1998. In the meantime, he gave numerous recitals in the USA and was appointed executive director of the Center for Turkish Music at the University in 1994.

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Münir Beken

Assistant Professor, Ethnomusicology World music theory; composition; modal theory; musical globalization; phenomenology of music; melodic modal systems of the Middle East and Central Asia; Turkish music; music of the Ottoman Empire Ph.D., Ethnomusicology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; M.A. Music theory, The Technical University of Istanbul mbeken@ucla.edu

Münir Beken's career spans theory, composition, ethnomusicology, and performance. As a composer, he has written a state-commissioned ballet suite for orchestra, won awards for film music, and scored television documentaries both domestically and internationally. His scholarly work focuses on modal theory; he is also conducting research on musical globalization and the phenomenology of music. He has published inEthnomusicology, a premier journal in the field, and contributed to The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. He was one of the founding members of the State Turkish Music Ensemble. As a soloist on the ud, he has performed in venues across the U.S. and has recorded a solo CD with Rounder Records.

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Munir Nurettin Beken is a composer, performer, and scholar. As conductor of the State Conservatory Orchestra of Istanbul, he recorded numerous television programs, including many of his own compositions, for TRT, the Turkish state radio and television network. He has also won several awards for his film music.

An accomplished master of the ud, Beken has performed with many eminent artists of Turkish classical music. In 1992, he became the first instrumentalist to perform a solo recital of Turkish traditional music in the Istanbul International Festival. In 1994, he won the Individual Artist Award of the Maryland State Arts Council.

Beken holds a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology (University of Maryland Baltimore County) and has written articles for New Grove 2. He has recently been appointed Assistant Professor of Creative Arts at Siena College in Albany, New York.

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b. 1964, Istanbul, Turkey. From the age of 11 he studied at the State Conservatory of Istanbul specializing in the Turkish classical repertoire, the ud (Turkish/Middle Eastern lute) and also Western classical music and composition. He graduated with honours and then taught at the Conservatory whilst studying for his bachelors degree. During this time he also began to perform on local television. He also represented his country at an international music festival in Poland and had many of his compositions performed by ensembles and orchestras. Following the completion of his BA studies, Beken helped to form the State Turkish Music Ensemble along with other respected Turkish classical musicians. He also began composing for local television, radio and ballet companies and has subsequently won numerous awards for his work on soundtracks. In 1989 he moved to the USA to study Ethnomusicology at the University of Maryland, where he subsequently became the Executive Director of the Centre for Turkish Music. He was invited by Rounder Records to compile Masters Of Turkish Music Volume Two, an anthology of recordings from the early twentieth century, and subsequently recorded his debut, The Art Of The Turkish Ud, for the same label. It featured solo ud performances of pieces from the Turkish classical repertoire, allowing Beken to display his mastery of the instrument and featuring a surprising variety of moods and tempos for a solo recording.

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Style of Art : Artist / composer, oud player, scholar Branch of Art : Turkish classical music: music of the Ottoman Empire, world music theory, composition, modal theory, musical globalization, phenomenology of music, melodic modal systems of the Middle East and Central Asia Art Profile : Assistant Professor Münir Nurettin Beken received his Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from the University of Maryland. His career spans theory, composition, ethnomusicology, and performance. He studied composition with Cemal Resit Rey, Yalçın Tura, and Stuart Smith, and participated in composition workshops with such luminaries as George Crumb, Lukas Foss, Philip Glass, Roger Reynolds, Steve Reich and Charles Wuorinen. Dr. Beken’s compositions have been performed internationally with considerable recognition in some of the most significant concert halls in the world.

Dr. Beken has given recitals in such venues as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Herbst Theater in San Francisco. He was one of the founding members of the State Turkish Music Ensemble. Dr. Beken conducted the ITU Chamber Orchestra in Istanbul and Siena Chamber Orchestra in up-state New York. As conductor of the State Conservatory Orchestra of Istanbul, Dr. Beken recorded numerous television programs, including many of his own compositions for TRT (the Turkish state Radio and Television network). As an accomplished master of the ud, Dr. Beken has performed with many eminent artists of Turkish classical music and has recorded a solo CD with Rounder Records. In 1992 he became the first instrumentalist to perform a solo recital of Turkish traditional music in the Istanbul International Festival. In 1994 he won the Individual Artist Award of the Maryland State Arts Council and became the Executive Director of the Center for Turkish Music at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. American composers Melodie Linhart, Eric Flesher and Christopher Shainin have written original compositions for Dr. Beken. The performance of his Triple Concerto featured the eminent violinist Shlomo Mintz. Dr. Beken’s symphonic poem Gallipoli was premiered in March 2005 and A Turk in Seattle featured Seattle Chamber Players in February 2006 at Benaroya Hall in Seattle. The world premier of his Blue Monologue for solo violin was performed in June 2006 at Carnegie Hall. Some of his works have won awards in international competitions. His composition “I Am a Corpse” for violin and orchestra was released with conductor Robert Ian Winstin and Czech Philharmonic Orchestra by ERMMedia. His compositional style redefines itself from work to work. His music was published by Amplitude Music in France.

His scholarly interests include the phenomenology of music, cognitive musicology, and melodic modal systems of the Middle East and Central Asia. Dr. Beken has written several articles for the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and other scholarly publications, and a premier journal in Ethnomusicology. Dr. Beken is currently Assistant Professor of theory and composition in Ethnomusicology Department at University of California Los Angeles. He is a member of ASCAP.

Reference:munirbeken.com;ethnomusic.ucla.edu/people/beken.htm; music.ucla.edu Foundation : UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology Web Site : www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/people/beken.htm Email : mbeken@ucla.edu City : California Country : U.S.A. Phone : (310) 825-8422 Fax : (310) 206-4738 Preferred Lang. : Turkish / English

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Ud virtuoso and composer Münir Nurettin Beken began his musical life in 1975 at the age of eleven, studying at the State Conservatory of Istanbul under the famous pedagogue Mutlu Torun, author of an extensive work on the ud method. In 1998, Mr. Beken earned a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from the University of Maryland. He has studied composition with Cemal Resit Rey, Yalçın Tura, and Stuart Smith and participated in composition workshops with such luminaries as George Crumb, Lukas Foss, Philip Glass, Roger Reynolds, Steve Reich, and Charles Wuorinen.

As a performer on lute, theorbo and baroque guitar, August Denhard has appeared with Seattle Baroque Orchestra, the Concord Ensemble, Chicago Music of the Baroque, the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, Camarata Pacifica Baroque, and many other ensembles specializing in early music. Mr. Denhard has given numerous solo recitals and is in demand as an accompanist of 17th century vocal music. He performs regularly in a lute song duo with tenor Eric Mentzel and with Baroque Northwest.

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MUSICIANS, AUDIENCE AND POWER: THE CHANGING AESTHETICS IN THE MUSIC AT THE MAKSIM GAZINO OF ISTANBUL by Miinir Nurettin Beken

Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Maryland in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy 1998

UMI Number: 9902746

Title of Dissertation: Name of Candidate: APPROVAL SHEET Musicians. Audience and Power: the Changing Aesthetics in the Music at the Maksim Gazino of Istanbul Miinir Nurettin Beken Doctor of Philo y. 8 Dissertation and Abstract Approved: Date Approved: 8-21-98

Musicians, audience and power: The changing aesthetics in the music at the Maksim gazino of Istanbul Beken, Munir Nurettin

MUSICIANS, AUDIENCE AND POWER: THE CHANGING AESTHETICS IN THE MUSIC AT THE MAKSIM GAZINO OF ISTANBUL by Miinir Nurettin Beken Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Maryland in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy 1998 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. UNI Number: 9902746

Musicians. Audience and Power: the Changing Aesthetics in the Music at the Maksim Gazino of Istanbul Miinir Nurettin Beken Doctor of Philo y. 8

Dr. Philip Schuyler Associate Professor University of Maryland Baltimore County Music Department Program in Ethnomusicology

Name: Mtinir Nurettin Beken. Permanent Address: 5413 Hutton Ave., Baltimore, MD 21207-5954. USA. Degree and Date to Be Conferred: Ph.D .. 1998. Date of Birth: Apri112, 1964. Place of Birth: Istanbul, Turkey. Collegiate institutions attended: 1989 - 1998 1986 - 1988 1976 - 1986 University of Maryland Baltimore County, Department of Music. Program in Ethnomusicology. Baltimore: Ph.D. The Technical University of Istanbul, Social Science Institute, Music Branch. Istanbul: M.A. The Technical University of Istanbul, State Conservatory, Istanbul: B.A. Major: Ethnomusicology. Professional Positions Held: 1995 - present 1990 - present 1993 - present Shenandoah University: instructor, taught course in applied Middle Eastern l!Jte. University of Maryland, Baltimore County: Teaching Asistant; Deparment of Music: cuurses in Western Music Theory, Rock and Roll and Related Music. Visual and Performing Arts, and Turkish Music; conducted the Turkish Music Ensemble. Executive Director of the Center for Turkish Music at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. 1988 - 1989 Awards 1994 1993 1992 1985 Ud performer in the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's State Turkish Music Ensemble. Individual Artist Award of Maryland State Arts Council. Maryland. The Best Film Music Award of the fIfth Ankara International Film Festival. Golden Orange Best Film Music Award of the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. The Student High Success Award of the Technical University of Istanbul.

ABSTRACT Title of Dissertation: Musicians, Audience and Power: The Changing Aesthetics in the Music at the Maksim Gazino of Istanbul Miinir Nurettin Beken. Doctor of Philosophy, 1998 Dissertation directed by: Dr. Philip Schuyler. Professor. University of Maryland Baltimore County, Music Department. Program in Ethnomusicology This dissertation focuses on defIning. describing and analyzing the music and context of the gazino. a type of nightclub found primarily in Istanbul, Turkey. Dating back to the beginning of the Republican era, gazino music is drawn from many sources that make up the Turkish musical scene. There is a complex set of roles played, both musical and non-musical, within this institution. The artistic decisions are made by three distinct groups: musicians, customers. and gazino owners. Musicians affect the show generally on a micro-level with their choice of repertoire and style. Customers demand that the gazino show reflect their taste. which is based on their social and cultural background. Owners are therefore obliged to insure that their hiring choices satisfy the audience's preferences. My hypothesis is that gazino music is founded upon not oaly a particular repertoire but also an overall style. My research examines not only the show itself but also the dynamics by which musicians create it In the [mal analysis, gazino music is shown to be nothing that does not exist in other domains of music production; however, only the unique aesthetic of gazino binds them. 1be fact that all of these genres are together makes gazino music. In nu other context Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ccm. one encounter this particular combination of musical and extra-musical experiences. Individually. they ccm. all be experienced elsewhere. but gazino was the context which brought these separate elements together. This dissertation provides a view on a rich and little-explored topic. The gazino provides a framework in which one ccm. observe what has happened in mcm.y popular Turkish musical genres--how they evolved from and fed into each other. Gazino reflects a large portion of music-making in Istanbul. which. ~ the old Ottoman capital and the cu..-rent undisputed center of musical recordings. television. and cinema. still retains its role as the disseminator of musical aesthetic for all of Turkey.