(b. 15 June 1957, Gümüşhane).
Turkish composer of mostly stage, orchestral and chamber works that have been performed in Asia and Europe.
Mr. Erdener studied mandolin with Rıfat Akaltan as a child. He studied piano with Kâmuran Gündemir at the Hacettepe Üniversitesi Ankara Devlet Konservatuvarı – State Conservatory of Hacettepe University in Ankara from 1968–72, where he also studied composition with Nevit Kodallı and Erçivan Saydam and music theory with İlhan Baran from 1968–78.
He has taught analysis, composition and harmony at the Hacettepe Üniversitesi Ankara Devlet Konservatuvarı since 1979.
In addition to the works listed below, Mr. Erdener has arranged and composed many popular songs.
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE:
Azizname (incidental music, play by Aziz Nesin), 1979
Der Aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui (incidental music, play by Bertolt Brecht), 1980
Frank der Fünfte (incidental music, play by Friedrich Dürrenmatt), 1980
Illustrated Ottoman History (incidental music, play by Turgut Özakman), 1981
İstanbulname (operetta, libretto by Ferdi Merter), 1993
Komik komik şeyler oluyor (musical, libretto by Murat Göksu), 1993
An Giall – The Hostage (incidental music, play by Breandán Ó Beacháin), 1993
Dörtbaşı Mamur Şahin Çakırpençe (incidental music, play by Turan Oflazoğlu), 1995
Prometheus (incidental music, play by Nihat Asyalı), 1996
Mann ist Mann (incidental music, play by Bertolt Brecht), 1997
Afife (ballet, scenario by Turan Oflazoğlu), soprano, qanun (zither from the Middle East), orchestra, 1998
Antigone (incidental music, play by Sophocles), 1998
Bodas de sangre (incidental music, play by Federico García Lorca), 1998
Mavi Gözlü Dev (ballet), 2002
ORCHESTRAL:
Mi'den dört bölüm – Four Movements on E, string orchestra, 1985
Sait Faik'ten dört hikaye – Four Short Stories from Sait Faik, double bass, orchestra, 1990
Konçertinosu – Concertino, oboe, string orchestra, 1992
Doksan üç – Ninety-three, 1993
Konçertosu – Concerto, clarinet, orchestra, 1995
Adagio for Orchestra, 'Teo', 1995
Yeşil düşler – A Green Dream, flute, string orchestra, 1995
Beş Bölüm – Five Movements, string orchestra, 1996
Senfoni – Symphony, 2002
Bir Deniz Senfonisi – A Sea Symphony, 'Dedicated to the Turkish Naval Forces', large orchestra, 2005
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Kuvarteti – Quartet, 4 bassoons, 1980
Metamorphosis, double bass, piano, 1984
Beş Özgür parça – Five Free Pieces, clarinet, piano, 1987
Beş Grotesk – Five Grotesques, guitar, 1990
Loneliness, a leaf falls down, guitar, 1991
Sonat – Sonata, guitar, 1994
Üç Türk melodisi – Three Turkish Melodies, guitar, 1994
VOCAL:
Denizi özleyenler için – For those yearning for the sea (text by Orhan Veli Kanık), 2 sopranos, piano, 1989
Evlerinin önü tahta daraba (text from a folksong from Ankara), baritone, orchestra, 1999
PIANO:
Pardon, 2 pianos 8 hands, 1987
FILM SCORES (DIRECTOR):
Likya'nın sönmeyen ateşi – Eternal Flames of Lycia, 1977 (Süha Arın)
Mimar Sinan'ın Anıları – Sinan the Architect, 1989 (Süha Arın)
TV PRODUCTION (DIRECTOR):
Parmak Damgası, 1985 (Okan Uysaler)
DISCOGRAPHY
Üç Türk melodisi. Ahmet Kanneci, guitar (Boyut Yayıncılık/BMG, 1997)
Adagio for Orchestra, 'Teo'. Rengim Gökmen/Düsseldorfer Symphoniker (Deutsche Welle Classics: A-511673, 1997)
Afife. Selva Erdener, soprano; Tahir Aydoğdu, qanun; Rengim Gökmen/Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra (Yapı Kredi Yayınları, c. 2000)
Sen Sen Sen (popular songs). Selva Erdener, soprano; Ekrem Öztan, clarinet; Tahir Öğüt, trumpet; Ahmet Kanneci, guitar; Tahir Aydoğdu, qanun; Derya Bozok, Tayfun Bozok, violins; Ercan Gören, viola; Erdoğan Davran, cello; Bora Akyol, bass guitar; İvan Çelak, accordion (Kalan Müzik: CD195, 2001)
Konçertinosu; Mi'den dört bölüm. Taşkın Oray, oboe; Rengim Gökmen/Düsseldorfer Kammerorchester (Carillon: 24 753)
Yeşil düşler. Şefika Kutluer, flute; Saim Akçıl/Borusan İstanbul Filarmoni Orkestrası (Sony: SAM P CD.30.2004444.10)