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Muhiddin Dürrüoglu
piano
short biography
Holder of numerous national and international prizes as a pianist and composer
(Foundation of France Prize, Prize for Musical Creation of the Conservatory
of Lutèce, A. de Greef Prize, I. Fuerison Prize of the Belgian Conservatory
of Fine Arts, and the Nany Philippart Prize), Muhiddin’s career as a soloist
and chamber musician has taken him to every continent. He is Professor of
Chamber Music at the Brussels Royal Conservatory of Music.
full biography
Pianist and composer, Muhiddin Dürrüoglu started his musical education at the
age of eleven at Ankara State Conservatory and began performing solo recitals and chamber music concerts at the age of twelve. At eighteen he entered the Royal Music Conservatory of Brussels and was subsequently admitted
to the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel where he received a Virtuosity Diploma
with ‘Grande Distinction‘ and continued his musical education at Indiana
University in the United States.
In 1991, as a finalist of the ‘European Piano Competition’ he was named Laureate of the ‘Nany Phillipart‘ competition. Four years later, he was named
Laureate of ‘Fondation Belge de la Vocation‘ and was awarded the ‘J. W.
Pelemans Prize‘ in 1997.
Mr. Dürrüoglu has performed around the world and has been accompanied
by orchestras on four continents with frequent appearances on television
and radio. He has performed in Europe’s leading concert halls including:
Flagey and Palais des Beaux Arts (Brussels), Queen Elisabeth Hall (Antwerpen), Salle Cortot, Les Invalides and Unesco Hall (Paris), Beethoven House
(Bonn), Gürzenich (Köln), Philharmonie (Luxembourg), Tivoli (Copenhagen)
and in prestigious festivals as Beethovenfest, Lichfield Festival, Festival de
Wallonie, Flanders Festival, Istanbul and Ankara Music Festivals, Festival des
Forêts and Juventus in France.
Passionate about chamber music, Mr. Dürrüoglu’s regular partners include:
Graf Mourja, Marc Danel, Ning Kam, Lise Berthaud, Hervé Joulain and clarinetist Ronald Van Spaendonck and renown cellist Marie Hallynck with whom
he co-founded The ‘Kheops Ensemble’.
Mr. Dürrüoglu is also an accomplished composer. He has received multiple
awards including: the ‘Prix Arthur de Greef’ for his composition Six Preludes
(1993) and the ‘Prix Irène Fuerison’ for his composition Nebula (2001) from
the Academy of Fine Arts, Letters and Sciences of Belgium. He also received
‘La Coupe de la Création Musicale’ for his piece Contact (1993) from the Paris
Lutèce Academy. The Chamber Music Composition competition of Hulste,
Belgium also awarded Mr. Dürrüoglu the ‘Prix de Sabam’ for his composition
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Contact II – Massspace (1996) and the ‘Prix of the City of Harelbeek’ for
Varioactivité (2000). Mr. Dürrüoglu also won the ‘Prix de Composition’ of the
International Piano Competition of 20th Century Music in Orléans, France for
his composition Le Tourneur (2000).
M. Dürrüoglu was honoured with the position of ‘Composer in Residence’
to the Juventus Festival (2011) and, today, remains a professor of Chamber
Music at the Royal Music Conservatory of Brussels where he started teaching
in 1992.
M. Dürrüoglu’s CD recordings are published under the record labels of Fuga
Libera, Pavane, Cyprès, Kalidisc, Talent, Megadisc and René Gailly.
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