Kamran Ince

Kamran N. Ince (spelled İnce in Turkish, born May 6, 1960) is a Turkish-American composer. He is the winner of many prestigious awards, including a Rome Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Lili Boulanger Memorial Prize, and various others. His work has been performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Prague Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Piano Quartet, the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, the Netherlands Wind Ensemble, the Milwaukee Opera Theatre, the Arkas Trio, Evelyn Glennie, Lily Afshar, and others, and his recordings can be found on Naxos, EMI, Albany, and Archer Records. He is known today as one of the leading composers of contemporary music. Born in Glendive, Montana and raised in Turkey, Ince began his studies at age 10 studying cello, piano, and composition at the Ankara State Conservatory. Ince later moved to the United States to study at Oberlin College and Eastman School of Music. His music is exclusively published by Schott Music. In addition to the music he has composed, he has received commissions from the Ford Foundation, the Irish Arts Council, the Fromm Foundation, the Koussevitzky Foundation, the Jerome Foundation, Reader’s Digest, Mavi Jeans, and the Pew Charitable Trust. Ince frequently travels to do exhibitions of his music, including at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music, the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, and the Istanbul International Music Festival. Ince is one of the most critically acclaimed living composers in the world today. He is currently based in Memphis, Tennessee. He is on the faculty of University of Memphis and Istanbul Technical University.