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Karlıbel, Aydın (b. October 4, 1957, İstanbul). Turkish composer of orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and piano works that have been performed in Europe; he is also active as a pianist.
Mr. Karlıbel began playing piano at age four. He studied composition, conducting, harmony, music history, music theory, orchestration, and piano privately with Cemal Reşit Rey in İstanbul from 1966–85. He also studied at the Collège Saint-Michel, Robert College and Boğaziçi Üniversitesi and was the first Turkish citizen to receive the LRSM Performing Diploma for Piano of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music in London in 1986. He later studied piano with Alexander Jenner and James Tocco at the Wiener Meisterkurse in 1990–91. In addition, he received his master's degree at İstanbul Technical University in 2001.
Among his numerous honors are the Prize for Composition from the İstanbul Municipal Conservatory of Music (1977, for Fantasy), the Jury Prize in the Nejat Eczacıbaşı competition (1996, for Concerto). He was also a finalist in the competition of Turkish Radio and TV (1998, for March for the 75th Year of the Republic) and he was included in the publication Outstanding Musicians of the 20th Century (2000, Cambridge Biographical Centre). His music has been performed and recorded in France, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Turkey, and the UK.
As a pianist, he has worked as an accompanist and répétiteur at the İstanbul Devlet Opera ve Balesi since 1986. He often performs the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, Claude Debussy, Alberto Ginastera, Franz Liszt, Cemal Reşit Rey, and Igor Stravinsky.
Mr. Karlıbel is also active in other positions. As a scholar, he has issued the book Cemal Reşit Rey'in Marşları – Cemal Reşit Rey's Marches (1996, CRR Publications) and prepared new manuscripts of his Sonatin – Sonatina for piano (1928) and the symphonic poem Karagöz (1931), both in 1999. He copied the missing orchestral parts of the 4-act opera Çelebi (1942–73) by Cemal Reşit Rey in 2006, for première in 2010. In addition, he translated the analysis Hector Berlioz Les Troyens by Ian Kemp (2008, Pan Editions).
The Arends Musikverlag publishes some of his music.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: a.karlibel@superonline.com
Street address: Mr. Aydın Karlıbel, Cemal Sahır sok. 7/3 Kral Apt. A Blok, 80311 Mecidiyeköy, İstanbul, Turkey
Telephone: + 9021 2274 7934
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Eyyubiler – The Ayubites (2 act opera with ballet, libretto by the composer, after Sir Walter Scott), 1986–98
ORCHESTRAL: Büyükada Fantezisi, piano, orchestra, 1974 (also version for 2 pianos); Symphonic Piece after the Folksong 'Adana'nın Yolları', 1993; Fanfare, 1993; Concerto, piano, orchestra, 1995 (also version for 2 pianos); Harp Akademileri marşı, symphonic band, 1999; Concerto Movement for the Right Hand (in memoriam Vedat Kosal), piano right hand, orchestra, 2001
CHAMBER MUSIC: Doğaçlama – Improvisation, trumpet, piano, 1975; Fuga alla turca, string quartet, 1992 (version of piano work); Anımsayış – Erinnerung, violin, cello, piano, 1995; Füg – Fugue, guitar, 1995; Galop de bal, violin, cello, piano, 1996; Pastorale, oboe, piano, 1996; Romanze, soprano saxophone, piano, 1996; Suite, violin, piano, 1996; Rüya – Träumerei, flute, 1996; Waltz, 3 guitars, 1997; Waltz, harp, 1997; Two Character Studies, flute, bassoon, 1999; Quintessenz, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, vibraphone, 1999–2000
CHORAL: ENKA'nın otuzuncu yıl marşı – March for the 30th Year of ENKA (text by Zeki Ömer Defne), mixed chorus, 1987; A cappella ve piyano eşlikli altı parça – Six pieces a cappella and with piano accompaniment (texts by the composer, Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī [Turkish translation]), 1986–97; Hymn for Robert College (text by Max Ehrmann), mixed chorus, 1997; Twelve Pieces (texts by the composer, Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Michael Arends, Omer Bedrettin Uşaklı), children's chorus, piano, 1995–98; March for the 75th Anniversary of the Republic (text by the composer), mixed chorus, 1998 (also versions for mixed chorus, orchestra, 1998; any voice, piano); Alfabe Şarkısı (text by the composer), children's chorus, orchestra; Kaplan (text by the composer, after William Blake), children's chorus, orchestra; Halikarnassos (text by the composer), soprano, tenor, bass, children's chorus, orchestra; Anatolia (text by Michael Arends), children's chorus, orchestra; İlkbahar (text by the composer), children's chorus, orchestra
VOCAL: Liederpalette (song-cycle, texts by Joseph von Eichendorff, Michael Arends, Heinrich Heine), low voice, piano, 1996 (also version of first song [translated by Ahmet Haşim] for low voice, piano, 1996); Sirens (text by the composer), any voice, piano, 1998; March for the 75th Anniversary of the Republic, any voice, piano, 1998 (version of choral work); Six Songs on Poems by Yahya Kemal Beyatli, any voice, piano, 2002
PIANO: Büyükada Fantezisi, 2 pianos, 1974 (version of work for piano, orchestra); Aquaphonie (trilogy), 1975; Fantezi – Fantasy, 1977; Heceler – Syllables (suite), 1977; Fuga alla turca, 1992 (also version for string quartet); Bagatel – Bagatelle, 2 pianos, 1992; Cumhuretiyin onuncu yıl marşı – Tenth-Anniversary March for the Republic, 1992; Six Préludes, 1975–93; Cemal Reşit Rey'in 'Türkiye' senfonik şiirinden iki transkripsiyon ve parafraz – Two Transcriptions and a Paraphrase on Cemal Reşit Rey's Symphonic Poem 'Turkey', 1996; Gençlik albümü – Youth Album, 1993–97; Eski İstanbul'a dair tarihi resimler – Historic Pictures of Ancient İstanbul, 1997; Concerto, 2 pianos, 1998 (version of work for piano, orchestra); Twelve Marches (Originals and Arrangements), 1996–2001
ARRANGEMENTS: Four Pieces (Hasan Toraganlı, Muammer Sun, Cenan Akın, Johannes Brahms), children's chorus, orchestra, 1993; Menuet from Symphonie No. 6 in F-dur, K 43 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), piano, 1996; Himayei-i etfalin – Children's March (Cemal Reşit Rey), orchestra, 1997; Folksong Variations (Hikmet Şimşek), orchestra, 1997; Marche Troyenne, Act 1 from Les Troyens (Hector Berlioz), 3 pianos, 1997 (also version for piano, 2005); Four March Arrangements (Giuseppe Donizetti, Cemal Reşit Rey, Rıfat Bey, Hüsnü Öncü), 2 pianos, 2001; Hunter's Chorus from Der Freischütz (Carl Maria von Weber); Gülnihal (Dede Efendi), piano; Janissary Chorus from Çelebi (Cemal Reşit Rey), piano; Çayır İnce – Folksong (Cemal Reşit Rey), piano; Schafe können sicher weiden from Kantate Nr. 208, 'Was mir behagt ist nur die munter Jagd!', BWV 208 (Johann Sebastian Bach), piano/piano 4 hands/2 pianos; 12 symphonies (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), piano; Variation XVIII from Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 (Sergey Rachmaninov), piano; Turkish March from Mlada (Modest Mussorgsky), piano
DISCOGRAPHY (as composer)
Cemal Reşit Rey'in 'Türkiye' senfonik şiirinden iki transkripsiyon ve parafraz; Allegro giocoso. Vedat Kosal, piano (Phil.Lip Verlag, Joseph Schmiedseder, 1998)
Liederpalette. Fred Silla-Silhanek, tenor; Anke Schwabe, piano (itonmusik: CD 65158, 2001)
Büyükada Fantezisi (original version); Fuga alla turca. Aydın Karlıbel, piano; Erol Erdinç/İstanbul Devlet Senfoni Orkestrası (itonmusik: CD 65177, 2005)
Twelve Pieces (excerpt). (CD-MC TRT)
DISCOGRAPHY (as pianist)
On iki prelüd ve füg – Twelve Preludes and Fugues (Cemal Reşit Rey). Aydın Karlıbel, Seher Tanrıyar, pianos (Yapı Kredi Sigorta, 1996)
(Last updated on July 22, 2008)
