İlhan Baran (1934,

Artvin Artvin ( Laz and ; hy, Արտուին, translit=Artuin) is a city in northeastern Turkey about inland from the Black Sea. It is located on a hill overlooking the Çoruh River near the Deriner Dam. It is a former bishopric and (vacant) Armenia ...

– 27 November 2016) was a Turkish composer. Baran studied

double bass The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or #Terminology, by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched Bow (music), bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding unorthodox addit ...

and was a

composition Composition or Compositions may refer to: Arts and literature * Composition (dance), practice and teaching of choreography *Composition (language), in literature and rhetoric, producing a work in spoken tradition and written discourse, to include ...

student of Ahmed Adnan Saygun at Ankara State Conservatory, graduating in 1960. He continued his studies in France at

École Normale de Musique de Paris The École Normale de Musique de Paris "Alfred Cortot" (ENMP) is a leading conservatoire located in Paris, Île-de-France, France. At the time of the school's foundation in 1919 by Auguste Mangeot, Alfred Cortot. The term ''école normale'' (En ...

with

Henri Dutilleux Henri Paul Julien Dutilleux (; 22 January 1916 – 22 May 2013) was a French composer active mainly in the second half of the 20th century. His small body of published work, which garnered international acclaim, followed in the tradition of ...

and

Maurice Ohana Maurice Ohana (12 June 1913 – 13 November 1992) was a French composer. Ohana's output includes choral works, string quartets, suites for ten-string guitar, a ''Tiento'' for six-string guitar, and operas. Life and career Ohana was born in Casab ...

. After returning to Turkey, he taught composition at the Ankara State Conservatory from 1964 to 2000.Bilgenoğlu, Evren (2008). ''A Guide for Undergraduate Level Students to Perform Music for Solo Viola, Viola and Piano, and Viola and Orchestra by Turkish Composers'', Florida State University, pp. 45-46.
Retrieved 29 November 2012.

Selected works

;Orchestra * ''Töresel Çeşitlemeler'' (Modal Variations) (1980) ;Chamber music * ''Bir Bölümlü Sonatina'' (Sonatina in One Movement) for violin (or viola, or cello) and piano (1965) * ''Yaylı Çalgılar Dördülü'' (String Quartet) * ''Demet'' (Miracles) for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (1966–1967) * ''Dönüşümler'' (Transformations) for violin, cello and piano (1975) * ''Uygulamalar'' (Applications), Volumes I & II for double bass and piano * ''Dört Zeybek'' (4 Zeybek Dances) for double bass and piano * ''Dört Parça'' (4 Pieces) for 2 flutes ;Keyboard * ''Çocuk Parçaları'' (Children's Pieces) for piano or harpsichord (1984) * ''Küçük Süit'' (Junior Suite) for piano * ''Üç Soyut Dans'' (3 Abstract Dances) for piano * ''Üç Bagatel'' (3 Bagatelles) for piano (1974) * ''İki Sesli Sonatına'' (2 Audio Sonatinas) for piano * ''Siyah Beyaz'' (Black and White) for piano * ''Mavi Anadolu'' (Blue Anatolia) for piano (1999) ; Choral * ''Eylül Sonu'' (End of September) for mixed chorus * ''Ezgi Demeti'' for mixed chorus * ''Şarkılar'' (Songs) for mixed chorus

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baran, Ilhan 1934 births 2016 deaths Turkish classical composers Turkish classical double-bassists Ankara State Conservatory alumni Academic staff of Ankara State Conservatory Academic staff of Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory École Normale de Musique de Paris alumni People from Artvin Turkish male classical composers 21st-century double-bassists Male double-bassists 20th-century double-bassists 20th-century classical composers 21st-century classical composers 20th-century male musicians 21st-century male musicians