Contemporary electronic music composers biography

Composer of contemporary classical and electronic music from Turkey Date of Birth: Country: Turkey

Content:

1. Bülent Arel: A Pioneer of Electronic Music
2. Career in Turkey
3. Rockefeller Foundation Grant
4. Collaboration with Edgard Varèse
5. Yale University and Stony Brook University
6. Compositions and Innovations
7. Notable Students
8. Later Life and Legacy

Bülent Arel: A Pioneer of Electronic Music

Early Life and Education

Bülent Arel was born on April 23, , in Istanbul, Turkey.

He studied composition at the Ankara Conservatory and sound engineering in Paris.

Career in Turkey

Arel taught at the Ankara Conservatory and served as the first music director of Radio Ankara from to

Rockefeller Foundation Grant

In , the Rockefeller Foundation invited Arel to work on the "Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center" album, released in

Collaboration with Edgard Varèse

In , Arel collaborated with Edgard Varèse on the electronic realization of Varèse's "Déserts."