UMUT DENIZ TOPCUOGLU C.V.

Date of Birth: December 19, 1990

Citizen: Republic of Turkey

 Kadikoy/Istanbul

E-mail: umutdeniztopcuoglu@gmail.com

Telephone: +90-537-573-1930 (Turkey) 

WhatsApp: +373-677-37-224

EDUCATION

Republic of Turkey Ministry of Education 
Istanbul Atasehir Anatolian Lycée
2005 - 2008

Stafford House International Chicago
English Language School
Certificate Studies: Two Summer Sessions
Chicago, Illinois
2016 - 2017

Republic of Moldova Ministry of Education
Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts
Department of Musicology and Composition
Chisinau, Moldova
2010 - 2017

DIPLOMA

Diploma in Musicology and Composition
June, 2017

Diploma Composition
"Symphonic Poem ALTAY"
Symphonic Poem with Ethnic Turkic Themes 
and Turkish Instruments
Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts
Chisinau, Moldova
2017

LANGUAGES SPOKEN

Turkish, Russian, English

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Ali Erdogan's Cabaret Dev Aynasi
"Once a Human, Always a Human"
 Original Music Composition and Pianist
Baris Manco Culture Center
Istanbul, Turkey 
2008 - 2010

"Desire Under the Elms" by Eugene O'Neill
Original Music Composition
Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts
Chisinau, Moldova
2011

"Waiting for Godot" by Samuel Beckett
Original Music Composition
Caddebostan Culture Center and Duru Theatre
Istanbul, Turkey
2012

"Strangers on a Train" by Alfred Hitchcock
Original Music Composition
Duru Theatre
Istanbul, Turkey
2013

"On a Winter's Night the Actors Perform Shakespeare"
Shakespeare Collage
Original Music Composition
Kucuk Salon
Istanbul, Turkey
2016

Pedagogue:
Piano, Solfeggio, Music Theory
Private Classes 
Chisinau, Moldova
2016

Pedagogue:
Piano Classes For Children
Besik Academy
Istanbul, Turkey
2017

Language Teacher:
Private Turkish Language Classes
For Russian Speakers

Performance and Master Class:
Turkic Musical Instruments
With Drummer Lanny Grilly
Fine Arts Building
Chicago, Illinois
2018

Umut Deniz Topcuoglu Compositions Concert
 Performed by Midwest Young Artists Conservatory
Turkish Consulate General in Chicago
Chicago, Illinois 
2018

MASTER CLASSES
&
SEMINARS 
Conducted by Umut Deniz Topcuoglu

Republic of Moldova Ministry of Education
Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts
Conducted Master Class on Turkish Ney
Chisinau, Moldova
2014

Republic of Moldova Ministry of Education
State Music Lycée 
Conducted Master Class on Turkish Mouth Harp
Balti, Moldova
2015

Republic of Moldova Ministry of Culture
XEO PLANET: International Concourse of Musical Improvisation
In the name of "Denis Feofentov"
Umut Deniz Topcuoglu performed: 
Turkish Mouth Harp, Turkish Ney,
Turkish Throat Singing 
Diploma Honoree: Concourse Second Place
Chisinau, Moldova
2016

Old Town School of Folk Music
Conducted Two Seminars:
Turkic Musical Culture
Turkic Musical Instruments
Chicago, Illinois
2017

Stage 773
Conducted Master Class on ORHUN
Original Notation System

 For Turkish Mouth Harp

Created by Umut Deniz Topcuoglu
Chicago, Illinois
2017