Erol Erdinc
| Erol Erdinç | |
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November 30, 1945 Iskenderun, Turkey |
| Occupation | conductor, composer, Pianist and educator |
| Website | www |
Erol Erdinç (born 30 November 1945) is a Turkish conductor of classical music,composer, pianist and educator.
Erol Erdinç started out studying composition with Ahmed Adnan Saygun and piano with T. Çetiz at the Ankara State Conservatory. After graduating in composition he stayed on at the conservatory to teach, while also working as pianist for the Ankara Turkish State Opera and Ballet. In 1975, he went to Paris where he studied conducting under well-known musicians such as Jean Martinon at the Paris Conservatory; Pierre Dervaux at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris; composition with Nadia Boulanger and Pierre Petit; and accompaniment with Pierre Pontier. He also participated in master classes given by Pierre Boulez and Kirill Kondrashin.
Returning to his country in 1980, Erol Erdinç became conductor at the Ankara Turkish State Opera and Ballet.
Between 1983 and 2000, Erdinç was the chief conductor and musical director of the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra as well as conducting teacher at the Istanbul University Conservatory. He then became dean of the Faculty of Music at Bilkent University, serving in this position until 2002. In 2003 he became a member of the Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory, where he led the Composition Department and the Hacettepe Symphony Orchestra. In 2010 he created the jazz department of this music faculty.
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