Hüseyin Sermet
Hüseyin Sermet (born in Istanbul, 1955) is a Turkish pianist and composer. He is a Doctor Honoris Causa by the Boğaziçi (1988) and Marmara (1998) universities, and was named a State Artist in 1991. He is Co-President of ADAP (Association of Artists for Peace), based in Paris.
Hüseyin Sermet
- Born
- 1955 · Istanbul.
- Nationality
- Turkey
- Occupation
- classical pianist · musician
- Fields
- classical music
- Education
- Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory · Conservatoire de Paris
- Teachers
- Ahmet Adnan Saygun · Ulvi Cemal Erkin · Ferhunde Erkin · Olivier Messiaen
- Honours
- laureate of the Queen Elisabeth Competition · honorary doctor of the Boğaziçi University · honorary doctor of Marmara University
- Languages
- Turkish
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Hüseyin Sermet (born in Istanbul, 1955) is a Turkish pianist and composer. He is a Doctor Honoris Causa by the Boğaziçi (1988) and Marmara (1998) universities, and was named a State Artist in 1991. He is Co-President of ADAP (Association of Artists for Peace), based in Paris.
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Record of piano prizes, incomplete • Year — Competition — Prize — 1st prize winner — Ex-aequo with.. • 1976 — Spain Paloma O'Shea, Santander — 1st prize • 1980 — Italy Ferruccio Busoni, Bolzano — 4th prize — 1st prize void — Italy Giovanni Umberto Battel • 1981 — Spain Premio de Jaén — 1st prize • 1981 — Italy Ettore Pozzoli, Seregno — 1st prize • 1981 — Spain José Iturbi, Valencia — 3rd Prize — Poland Elza Kolodin. • 1983 — Italy Paolo Neglia, Enna — 1st prize • 1983 — Belgium Queen Elisabeth, Brussels — Finalist — France Pierre-Alain Volondat • 1985 — Switzerland Géza Anda, Zürich — 2nd prize — 1st prize void — Japan Yukino Fujiwara
Hüseyin Sermet studied at Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory and Conservatoire de Paris. Training under Ahmet Adnan Saygun, Ulvi Cemal Erkin and Ferhunde Erkin is recorded. The recorded working language is Turkish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. Distinctions recorded are laureate of the Queen Elisabeth Competition, honorary doctor of the Boğaziçi University and honorary doctor of Marmara University.
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