About myself

About myself

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OZAN YARMAN, Ph.D.

Is a Doctor and Associate Professor of Musicology.

Currently Art Counselor to Işık University

Is advanced in the fields of pianism, composition, and music theory.

Has mastery over Classical Western music and is professionally interested in Turkish Maqam music.

Commands a high level of English.

EXPERIENCE

Has seasoned knowledge on piano tuning.

Plays the bowed tanbur, qanun and ney.

Is highly experienced in using such music programs as Logic Pro, Sibelius, Finale, Turandot, Encore, Mus2 and Scordatura.

Has mastery over computers with Mac OS X and Windows XP/7 operating systems and office/multimedia software.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Residence:

Vaniköy street, Üsküdar-İSTANBUL

E-mail address: ozanyarman@ozanyarman.com

GSM phone: 0533 477 22 12

STABLE PARAMETERS

Height: 1.75 metres

Weight: ~115 kg (81 kg muscle and bone)

Eye colour: Dark brown

Voice: Bass-Baritone

Creed/Stance: Communal Anarchist Mu’tazilite Islam

Tobacco and alcohol: don’t consume

Driver’s license: don’t have

Countries visited: USA, Russia, Benelux, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Pakistan, Japan, Singapore, Peru, Azerbaijan.

Foreign cities travelled to: New York, Los Angeles, Moscow, Brussels, Copenhagen, Paris, Cologne, Athens, Delphi, Lahore, İslamabad, Murree, Tokyo, Singapore, Lima, Arequipa, Cuzco, Baku.

I was born in Istanbul on 18 April 1978. I inclined toward music and composition since early years.
I have begun my Piano education during the age of attending primary school in Kadıköy Municipality Conservatory.
In 1992, I gained entrance to Moscow Gnessin State Conservatory.
In 1993, I have returned to Istanbul due to developments pertaining to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The same year, I became the student of Ergican Saydam after succeeding in the entrance examination of Mimar Sinan State Conservatory.
In 1994, I was accepted under special provisions to the Brussels Royal Conservatory.
I continued my Piano education in this institution as the student of Yevgeny Moguilevski and his wife Olga Roumshevich.
In 1997, having completed a 5-year Piano course in 3-years, I have graduated from the said institution with the degree of “First Prize”.
During the same period, I have succeeded in the Postgraduate entrance examination of Brussels Royal Conservatory.
In 1998, I returned to my former Kadiköy Conservatory that has since been enjoined to Istanbul University and attended there the Postgraduate Composition Principal Art Department.
In 2001, I graduated from this school with my Master’s Thesis titled "Türk Musıkisi ve Çokseslilik".
In 2002, I was accepted to the Doctorate programme of the Musicology Principal Science Division of Istanbul Technical University Turkish Music State Conservatory.
In 2008, I successfully defended my Thesis titled “79-tone Tuning & Theory For Turkish Maqam Music As A Solution To The Non-Conformance Between Current Model And Practice” and achieved my Doctorate degree with the unanimous decision of the Jury.

On the 28th of June 2011, following the united decision of the Academic Committee before whom I made my appearance in Gazi University, Ankara, I was conferred the title of Associate Professor in the dual disciplines of Musicology and Music Theories.

I was the mastermind and pioneer of the Işık & Başkent Universities Joint Initiative: “Microtonalist Entrepreneurs International Meeting” (MELM) conducted throughout 7-14 December 2011.
Throughout my life, I have cultivated myself in the field of piano, composition, and music theory. I have performed my own piano works in the various exams of above-mentioned schools. Aside from compositions for piano and with piano accompaniment, I also wrote works for orchestra that have been performed.