Zeynep Gedizlioğlu

Zeynep Gedizlioğlu (; born 4 December 1977) is a Turkish composer who won the Ernst von Siemens Composer Prize Award in 2012.

Biography Zeynep Gedizlioğlu was born 4 December 1977 in İzmir and grew up in Istanbul. She has spent most of her life in Istanbul and Berlin. Her mother is the actress Şahika Tekand and her father, Levent Gedizlioğlu, is an architect. Gedizlioğlu attended the Istanbul Conservatory. She went on to study in Saarbrücken, Strasbourg and Karlsruhe. Over the years she has learned composition from such people as Cengiz Tanç, İlhan Usmanbaş, Theo Brandmüller and Wolfgang Rihm.

Works

Kesik – Portrait CD Zeynep Gedizlioglu, col legno (2012) 'Stop' for the Orchestra – 'Begegnung mit Beethoven' – Beethovenfest and Deutsche Welle (2013)