Emre Şener, composer  

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Saturday 26 July 1.10pm

Emre Şener is a composer from Istanbul, Turkey. He now studies composition and contemporary music at the Royal Academy of Music, London with a scholarship, under Rubens Askenar.

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    Programme

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    St James’s is grateful for the generous support of Rolex for this music programme.

     

     

    Artist bio

    He has worked with some of the leading composers of Europe including Salvatore Sciarrino, Stefano Gervasoni, Marco Momi, Peter Adriaansz, Frederic Durieux, Christian Mason, Hasan Uçarsu etc. He is the winner of the Ateneo de la Laguna composition award (Spain), The Alan Bush Prize (UK) and a recipient of the Ministry of Culture Choir Composition Award (Turkey). He is supported by the Talent Unlimited foundation. His works are performed regularly in Europe, primarily in France, England and Turkey and with a recent premier in the Auditorio de Tenerife. He was an invited artist to the 2021 Season of ‘Paris Youth Music Society’ in CNSMDP. His recent commissions include works for the Royal Academy of Music commemorating its bicentenary with the ‘200 Pieces’ project, by Talent Unlimited for a Double Concerto for Piano and Violin and for the festival ‘Les Journées de Pont ar Gler’ in Brittany. Also as a conductor he has directed orchestras, ensembles and choirs in Istanbul, London and Paris with a wide ranging repertoire and he is the co-founder and conductor of London Contemporary Soloists. 

    Presented in association with Talent Unlimited