Evren Celimli (born May 2, 1971) is an American composer and producer of music for modern dance, theater, film and the concert hall. His music has been heard throughout the U.S. and Europe at music festivals, in theaters and film festivals.

Biography

Evren began violin lessons in grade school and took music theory, piano, and composition lessons at the

New England Conservatory The New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) is a Private college, private music school in Boston, Massachusetts. The conservatory is located on Huntington Avenue along Avenue of the Arts (Boston), the Avenue of the Arts near Boston Symphony Ha ...

extension school at 11 years old. He graduated from

Brandeis University Brandeis University () is a Private university, private research university in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. It is located within the Greater Boston area. Founded in 1948 as a nonsectarian, non-sectarian, coeducational university, Bra ...

in 1993, where he studied with

Eric Chasalow Eric David Chasalow (born 1955) is an American composer of acoustic and electronic music. He is currently chair of the Brandeis University Department of Music, and the Director of BEAMS, the Brandeis Electro-Acoustic Music Studio. Biography He wa ...

and received an M.A. at Sussex University, where he studied with

Michael Finnissy Michael Peter Finnissy (born 17 March 1946) is an English composer, pianist, and pedagogue. An immensely prolific composer, his music is "notable for its dramatic urgency and expressive immediacy". Although he rejects the label, he is often reg ...

. Evren wrote the soundtrack to '' Beyond Belief'' (2007), a film that follows two widows of the September 11, 2001 attack on the

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in New York City.Evren Celimli – IMDb
/ref> He has worked with many New York City based choreographers, including Ben Munisteri, Doug Elkins, and Murray Spalding, for whom he is currently composer-in-residence. Evren received the Stockhausen Prize from

Sussex University The University of Sussex is a public research university located in Falmer, East Sussex, England. It lies mostly within the city boundaries of Brighton and Hove. Its large campus site is surrounded by the South Downs National Park, and provide ...

and First Prize from the

Harvard Musical Association The Harvard Musical Association is a private charitable organization founded by Harvard University graduates in 1837 for the purposes of advancing musical culture and literacy, both at the university and in the city of Boston. Though initially a s ...

as well as the Reiner Composition Prize from Brandeis University two years in a row.

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Evren Celimli
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Celimli, Evren American male composers 21st-century American composers Living people 1971 births Alumni of the University of Sussex Musicians from New York City 21st-century American male musicians