Onur Yildirim Onur Yıldırım Istanbul Onur Yıldırım (b. 1985) is a Turkish composer currently based in New York, where he pursues doctoral studies in composition at Columbia University. His music has been performed at festivals such as Impuls, ManiFeste, June in Buffalo, the Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice (SICPP), and as part of Unerhörte Musik and Jeunesse series. Performers of his music include Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Interface, Callithumpian Consort and Hezarfen Ensemble. Onur holds a master's degree from Istanbul Technical University and a bachelor's degree from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. His principal teachers include Georg Friedrich Haas, George Lewis, Fred Lerdahl, Adam Roberts and John Mallia. He has also participated in master classes and/or had private lessons with Pierluigi Billone, Chaya Czernowin, Aydın Esen, Beat Furrer, Kamran Ince, Tristan Murail, Rand Steiger, and Tolga Tüzün, among others. In addition to his studies in music, Onur has participated in the Leiden University Summer School in Linguistics and attended classes in comparative linguistics — a discipline that has greatly influenced his music. Onur Yildirim’s tracks eschaton according to bēl-rēʾu-šu (2016), for percussion trio by Onur Yildirim published on 2017/03/14 22:04:16 +0000 Mûş-ı Zamân II (2012-2013), for ensemble by Onur Yildirim published on 2013/12/02 18:08:12 +0000 upa.naxturušu (2013), for flute, cello, percussion and piano by Onur Yildirim published on 2013/12/02 17:29:14 +0000 aśvamedha/*eḱu̯o-mei̯dʰo (2010), miniature for cello by Onur Yildirim published on 2012/11/15 17:10:10 +0000 tek hücreliler (2011), for violin, viola and double bass by Onur Yildirim published on 2012/07/21 15:27:29 +0000
eschaton according to bēl-rēʾu-šu (2016), for percussion trio by Onur Yildirim published on 2017/03/14 22:04:16 +0000
upa.naxturušu (2013), for flute, cello, percussion and piano by Onur Yildirim published on 2013/12/02 17:29:14 +0000
aśvamedha/*eḱu̯o-mei̯dʰo (2010), miniature for cello by Onur Yildirim published on 2012/11/15 17:10:10 +0000
tek hücreliler (2011), for violin, viola and double bass by Onur Yildirim published on 2012/07/21 15:27:29 +0000
