COMPOSERS

Turgut Erçetin
Reuben de Lautour
Mehmet Can Özer

Stefan Pohlit
Mehmet Ali Uzunselvi
Murat Yakin

Füsun Köksal
Zeynep Gedizlioğlu (by M. Theobald)
Idil Ataç

Adam Roberts
Erçin Kaya
Ata Gökalp Öz

Deniz Hatipoğlu
Egemen Kurt
Gökçe Türkoğlu

Onur Dülger
Manolis Ekmektsoglou
Ege Gür

Şahin Kureta
Tokzhan Karatai
Yunus Eren Kirmizigül

 

 

PERFORMERS

UMS
UMS 'n JIP
JIP

 

 

IMPRESSIONS


 
















Institut Français Izmir, 10/2024









Izmir, Yasar University Concert Hall, 10/2024
















Contemporary Art in Izmir, 10/2024
















Izmir (Kemeratli, Asensör, Konak)













2/5/2024, UMS'nJIP performing @ MUZIKSEV. The Izmir Music Museum and Sound Library (MUZIKSEV) was opened in 2006. It is a museum in which especially modern Turkish composers’ valuable notes and books on music can be kept, and a place where people getting musical education, musicologists and everyone interested in music can benefit from, the only one of its kind in Turkey. 












30/4/2024, UMS'nJIP @ Yasar Universitesi Izmir, composition department, hosted by Prof Mehmet Can Özer.



















27/4/2024, UMS'nJIP performing @ IRHM. The Istanbul Painting and Sculpture Museum (İstanbul Resim ve Heykel Müzesi IRHM) is a museum designed by Emre Arolat on the edge of the Galataport, close to the Istanbul Modern gallery, turning the area into an artistic hub for the city. The new museum exhibits Turkish painting and sculpture from late Ottoman times through to modern times. Pics by courtesy of Ege Gür.













Istanbul Modern (Museum of Modern Art).












26/4/2024, UMS'nJIP @ MSGSÜ, composition department, hosted by Prof.es Erdem Cöloglu, Ali Yunus Gencer. Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi MSGSÜ), was founded in 1882 by Osman Hamdi Bey, being Turkey's first educational institution for the fine arts and architecture. The building that houses the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University started life in 1856 as the twin palaces of Münire Sultan and Cemile Sultan, the daughters of Sultan Abdülmecid.
















25/4/2024, UMS'nJIP & Anadolu Makam performing neophyten @ Amfi TÜDAM. The Turkish World Science Culture and Art Center (TÜDAM), was built by the Turkic World Foundation in Sazova Park, Eskisehir and allocated to Anadolu University in 2017. It hosts, among others, the Museum of History of Science reflecting the architecture of the Seljuk and Ottoman Periods, as well as an amphitheater with 300 seats.








  









Pics by courtesy of EBBSO.





Pics by courtesy of EBBSO.

24/4/2024, UMS'nJIP performing the Turkey Project @ the Eskisehir Metropolitan Art and Culture Palace (Opera). The Eskisehir Metropolitan Art and Culture Palace is home to the Eskisehir Symphony Orchestra and has been operating since 2004. It has a Theater Hall for 567 people.









 






Masterclass for singers @ Anadolu Üniversitesi, 24/4/2024
















19/20 Apr 2024, UMS'nJIP @ Bilkent University, Composition Dpt., hosted by Prof.es Tolga Yayalar, Onur Yıldırım, Ülkemin Akbaş. Bilkent University (Bilkent Üniversitesi) is a non-profit private university located in Ankara, founded by İhsan Doğramacı, the first president of The Council of Higher Education and the head of the prominent Doğramacı family, in 1984 following the Harvard model. It has constantly been ranked among the top Turkish universities since its establishment. In 2011, it was ranked 112th in the world by The World University Rankings. 












MEbU (Münster Earport by UMS'nJIP) Münster/Goms, 4/2024






Kunstraum Walcheturm Zürich, 4/2024






PROGR Bern, 4/2024




Freibad Basel, 4/2024













 


UMS'nJIP @ Anadolu Üniversitesi, 2/2024, hosted by Prof.es Onur Dülger, Esra Berkman, Lilian Tonalli Tuzun. Anadolu Üniversitesi is a public university in Eskişehir and one of the world's largest universities in terms of student numbers . The Higher Education Act of 1981 nominated Anadolu University as the national provider of distance education. As such, one of the university's goal is to educate Turks who live in rural areas and others "who do not have the time or resources to enroll in conventional schools.“ This effort has been largely successful, as enrollment in open education programs has increased from under 30,000 in 1982-83 to over 2,000,000 in 2024 and is now also available to Turkish communities in Northern Cyprus and the European Union.












  





 

















round tables & concerts at CRR concert hall, 6-8 May 2023
world premieres by Şahin Kureta, Egemen Kurt, Ata Gökalp Öz,
Tokzhan Karatai, Deniz Hatipoğlu, Gökçe Türkoğlu, Yunus Eren Kirmizigül



 









































performing im störgarten (Turkish premiere) at Bilgi University, 3 May 2023














 



performing einfalt (Turkish premiere) at ITÜ MIAM, 4 May 2023
further works by Anton Svetlichny, Erik Oña and Stefano Gervasoni














 

rehearsing the new pieces with Şahin Kureta, Egemen Kurt, Ata Gökalp Öz, Tokzhan Karatai,
Deniz Hatipoğlu, Gökçe Türkoğlu, Yunus Eren Kirmizigül and Stefano Gervasoni























this & that, Istanbul, 05/2023







NOV/2013
Babylon Lounge Istanbul, concert pics
farewell lunch with Reuben de Lautour

 

 



NOV/2013
Büyükada Island/Istanbul, Hagios Dimitrios Cathedral
concert with works by Stefan Pohlit, Guo Wenjing, Max E. Keller, Markus Hofer, Luis Codera Puzo, UMS a.o.

 




NOV/2013
ITU MIAM Istanbul, Composition Department
workshop with composers Stefan Pohlit, Mehmet Ali Uzunselvi, Murat Yakin

 



NOV/2013
ITU MIAM Istanbul, world premieres The Turkey Project
with composers Stefan Pohlit, Mehmet Can Özer, Mehmet Ali Uzunselvi, Murat Yakin, Reuben de Lautour

 



NOV/2013
chilling after the world premieres
with Mehmet Can Özer, Mehmet Ali Uzunselvi, Murat Yakin, Reuben de Lautour and friends

 



NOV/2013
ITU MIAM Istanbul, open rehearsals
with composers Stefan Pohlit, Mehmet Can Özer, Mehmet Ali Uzunselvi, Murat Yakin, Reuben de Lautour

 

 



NOV/2013
visting the Istanbul cisterns
with composer Mehmet Ali Uzunselvi

 

 



NOV/2013
visiting Hagia Sophia

 



 

 



APR/2013
concert at Mustafa Kemal Concert Hall, ITÜ MIAM Istanbul
with composers Mehmet Ali Uzunselvi, Murat Yakin, Reuben de Lautour

 




APR/2013
workshop at ITÜ MIAM Istanbul

 



APR/2013
crossing the Bosphorus

 



APR/2013
Istanbul Composer's Festival, Kadiköy Opera
UMS 'n JIP with Istanbul based composers Stefan Pohlit, Adam Roberts, Reuben de Lautour

 



APR/2013
Cafe atmospheres, Kadiköy
UMS 'n JIP with Istanbul based composers Stefan Pohlit, Adam Roberts

 



The Blue Mosque, Istanbul / Topkapi Palace, Istanbul / Grand Bazaar, Istanbul



Grand Bazaar, Istanbul / Hagia Sophia, Istanbul



Migros Turkey (since 1958)

 



MAY/2014
Tokyo, Kunitachi College of Music, presenting The Recorder Map
and works by de Lautour, Uzunselvi a.o.

 

 



MAY/2014
Palma de Mallorca, Spain, ME_MMIX
works by Codera Puzo, Du Yun, de Lautour, Svetlichny, UMS 'n JIP a.o.

 

 

5-9 JUN/2014
Schloss Leuk (Switzerland), Forum Wallis
dissonArt ensemble performing 'The Collaborative Miniature Project' featuring a.o. works by UMS 'n JIP
UMS 'n JIP performing works by Swiss composers Porten, Keller, Steinauer, Schiess together with Takao Hyakutome
UMS 'n JIP performing works by de Lautour, Uzunselvi, Fuchsmann, Svetlichny (pics by courtesy of Arthur Silve)

 

FESTIVAL D'AVIGNON 7/2014

JUL/2014
Avignon Festival, Theatre Notre Dame
concerts featuring UMS 'n JIP's programs 'silence' and 'Three Voices'
as well as works by de Lautour, Codera Puzo, Bages, Alonso, Suzuki, Miyama, Fuchsmann,
de Lautour, Uzunselvi, Yakin, Lapidakis, Seglias, Papageorgiou, Gysin and UMS 'n JIP

 

 

ME_MMIX 2014, PALMA DE MALLORCA (SPAIN) 6/2014

JUN/2014
Palma de Mallorca, Ses Voltes/Oiko Logika/Casal Sol.leric
Round Table with Raquel Garcia, Miguel Angel Berbis, Luis Codera Puzo, JIP and Pedro Trotz
Mallorca Summer Academy featuring WP by Carmen Lluch, Xavier Pala, Alan Taylor and UMS 'n JIP's program 'silence'
ME_MMIX Festival concert featuring works by de Lautour, Codera Puzo, Bages, Stockhausen, Steinauer

 

 



Arena New Music Festival 2014 (Arena Jaunas Musikas Festivals 2014) - 31/OCT/2014
2 concerts at the Anglican Church Riga - 'Baroks un Avangards'
with Latvian musicians Sergejs Jegers (countertenor) and Ilze Reine (organ)
works by Keller, Svetlichny, JIP as well as Stradella, Grandi, Gluck and Purcell



Arena New Music Festival 2014 (Arena Jaunas Musikas Festivals 2014) - 29/OCT/2014
lecture at JVLMA 'Is contemporary music a citizenship?'
with Gundega Smite (ISCM Latvia), works by Uzunselvi, Porten, Codera Puzo, Lee, UMS

 

 

Encuentros Sonoros Sevilla 2014, festival opening concert, 21/Nov/2014
Espacio Santa Clara, works by Steinauer, Gysin, de Lautour, Svetlichny, Suzuki, Codera Puzo, Uzunselvi

 

 

New Music Festival 'deciBels' Riga (Latvia) 2/2015
Gertrudes Ielas Teatris Riga, 'EINER' - electropop opera by UMS 'n JIP
JVLMA Riga, world premieres by Pousson, Smite, works by Rouvelas, Uzunselvi, JIP

 

 

THE TURKEY PROJECT
 (WP new commissions, Basel/Zürich/Brig, 4/2015)

performing the new commissioned works in Basel and Zürich, 4/2015
WP by Ataç, Erçetin, Roberts, Kaya


performing the new commissioned works in Basel and Zürich, 4/2015
WP by Ataç, Erçetin, Roberts, Kaya and former works by Gedizlioglu, Yakin, Uzunselvi, de Lautour, Özer