Kamuran Gündemir

Kamuran Gündemir (1933 - 4 February 2006) was a Turkish pianist born in Ayvalık.

He was born in Ayvalık in 1933. Influenced by his father who was a tuba player at the local municipality band, he learned to read musical notes at the age of three and started to play accordion. [1]

He was discovered by Adnan Saygun and was advised to attend the conservatory. He entered Ankara State Conservatory in 1949 and graduated in 1958. He was a piano student of Ferhunde Erkin and studied composition from Necil Kazım Akses and Ulvi Cemal Erkin. He was sent to Paris where he was taught by Lazare Lévy in Paris Conservatory.

He was the teacher of Muhiddin Dürrüoğlu-Demiriz, Fazıl Say, Emrecan Yavuz and Emre Elivar. His last student was Mertol Demirelli.

He was awarded with a honorary gold medal by the Sevda-Cenap And Music Foundation in 2001. [2]

References
  1. Serhan Yedig, Yıldız piyanistlerin kırbaçsız öğretmeni, Hürriyet gazetesi, 02.04.2006
  2. Sevda-Cenap And Müzik Vakfı Onur Ödülü Altın Madalyaları, And Müzik Vakfı web sitesi, Erişim tarihi:17.10.2014
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