Ithaca College

 Dr. Timuçin Çevikoğlu is a world-renowned conductor, researcher, educator, vocal artist and ney (flute), kudum (kettle drum), and dendir (frame drum) player. He will be giving a lecture/performance on Wednesday, October 30th at 9:00 and 11:00 am in Nabenhauer Recital Room (Whalen Center for Music).

Dr. Timuçin Çevikoğlu was born in Adana in 1965. Since 1986, he has worked at the Turkish Ministry of Culture as a performing artist, ensemble vice-director (Konya Turkish Sufi Music Ensemble), conductor (Ankara State Classical Turkish Music Ensemble), and the General Director of Classical Turkish Music Research and Performance Ensemble in Ankara. 

Çevikoğlu received his master′s degree (1999) and doctoral degree (2010) in the field of Music Education and Musical Sciences at Selçuk University in Konya. He served in the establishment of state conservatories at Konya Selçuk (1994) and Afyon Kocatepe (1999) Universities, where he worked as instructor and Department Chair.

Dr. Çevikoğlu has prepared music programs and documentaries on radio and TV channels, directed several audio recordings of the Turkish Ministry of Culture, and performed in numerous concerts all over the world. He has served as an art director in many music festivals including Konya International Mystic Music Festival (from 2009 to 2012) and Eskişehir Yunus Emre International Sufism Music Festival (2011). He has published many books and scholarly articles on Mevlevî music traditions. He currently continues to perform at the Ankara State Classical Turkish Music Choir and to teach at Afyon Kocatepe University.