# Selman Ada

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{{Short description|Turkish composer, pianist and conductor}}
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'''Selman Ada''' (born February 24, 1953,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Selman Ada {{!}} tiyatrolar.com.tr |url=https://tiyatrolar.com.tr/selman-ada |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=tiyatrolar.com.tr}}</ref> [Ceyhan](/source/Ceyhan)) is a Turkish [composer](/source/composer),<ref>{{Cite web |title="Mevlid Kantat"… Besteci ve Şef: Selman Ada … : Musiki Dergisi |url=http://www.musikidergisi.net/?p=1791 |access-date=2022-05-03}}</ref> [conductor](/source/Conductorless_orchestra)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Selman Ada'nın orkestra şefi olarak portresi |url=https://www.sanattanyansimalar.com/yazarlar/sefik-kahramankaptan/selman-ada-nin-orkestra-sefi-olarak-portresi/427/ |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=www.sanattanyansimalar.com |language=tr}}</ref> and [pianist](/source/pianist). When he started to conduct the [Istanbul Opera Orchestra](/source/Istanbul_Opera_Orchestra) in 1973 at the age of 20, he went down in history as "the youngest opera conductor in the world".<ref>{{Cite web |title=AŞK-I MEMNU |url=http://www.dobgm.gov.tr/ESER/info/S.Ada.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502044519/http://www.dobgm.gov.tr/ESER/info/S.Ada.htm |archive-date=2008-05-02 |access-date=2022-05-03 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Early years ==
He was born in 1953 in Ceyhan. He started music as a student of Ferdi Ştatzer and [Mithat Fenmen](/source/Mithat_Fenmen).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Selman Ada, Hocanın Namı |url=http://www.tiyatrom.com/selman_ada_001.htm |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=www.tiyatrom.com}}</ref> In 1973, he started to work as an assistant and student of General Music Director Robert Wagner at the Istanbul State Opera and Ballet.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yavuz Daloğlu, '''Olağanüstü Yetenekli Büyük Bir Sanatçı: Selman Ada''' |url=http://www.tiyatrom.com/yavuz_daloglu_05.htm |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=www.tiyatrom.com}}</ref>

== Works ==

=== Operalar ===

* “''[Ali Baba ve 40 Haramiler](/source/Ali_Baba_ve_K%C4%B1rk_Haramiler_(opera))''” Opera in 2 acts (libretto: Tarık Günersel, 1990, Strube Verlag München-Berlin)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ali Baba & 40 {{!}} tiyatrolar.com.tr |url=https://tiyatrolar.com.tr/tiyatro/ali-baba-40 |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=tiyatrolar.com.tr |language=tr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=odatv4.com |title=Bu dünya 'Başka dünya' |url=https://www.odatv4.com//kultur-sanat/bu-dunya-baska-dunya-0512151200-85853 |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=www.odatv4.com |language=tr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ALİ BABA VE 40 HARAMİLER - SELMAN ADA {{!}} Nadir Kitap |url=https://www.nadirkitap.com/ali-baba-ve-40-haramiler-selman-ada-kitap26808129.html |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=NadirKitap |language=TR}}</ref>
* “''[Aşk-ı Memnu](/source/A%C5%9Fk-%C4%B1_Memnu_(opera))''” Opera in 2 acts (libretto: Tarık Günersel, 2002, Strube Verlag München-Berlin)<ref>{{Cite web |first= |date=2014 |title=SELMAN ADA'NIN AŞK-I MEMNU OPERASININ ŞAN TEKNİĞİ VE DRAMATURGİ AÇISINDAN İNCELENMES |url=https://acikbilim.yok.gov.tr/bitstream/handle/20.500.12812/90606/yokAcikBilim_10041555.pdf?sequence=-1&isAllowed=y |access-date=3 May 2022 |website=acikbilim |publisher=T.C. HALİÇ ÜNİVERSİTESİ SOSYAL BİLİMLER ENSTİTÜSÜ TÜRK MUSIKISI ANA SANAT DALI}}</ref>

=== Piano works ===

* "''Piyano İçin Kırk Haramiler''" (1960)
* "''Piyano İçin Köçekçe''" (1964)
* "''Piyano İçin 5 Parça''" (1965, Strube Verlag München-[Berlin](/source/Berlin))
* "''Köye Doğru''" (1967, Strube Verlag München-Berlin)
* “''Nişabur''” (1973, Strube Verlag München-Berlin)
* "''12 Amodal Prelüd''" (1980–1991, Strube Verlag München-Berlin)
* “''Asimagies''” (1994, Strube Verlag München-Berlin)
* “''5 Etüd''” (1998, Strube Verlag München-Berlin)
* “''Rhapsodie''” (1998, Strube Verlag München-Berlin)
* “''Jeux de piano''” (2000, Strube Verlag München-Berlin)
* “''Deutsche Volksliederbuch für Klavier''” (2003, Strube Verlag München-Berlin)
* “''Three Instantaneous''” (2004, Strube Verlag München-Berlin)
* “''Mini Piano''” (2004, Strube Verlag München-Berlin)

=== Chamber music works ===

* “''3 Avrasyalı''” (1994, Edition Zurfluh Paris, Strube Verlag München-Berlin)
* “''Valse Charmante''” (1999, Strube Verlag München-Berlin)
* “''Karciğar Oyun Havası'2”'' (2001, Strube Verlag München-Berlin)
* “''Süit''” (2001, Strube Verlag München-Berlin)
* “''2 Konser Prelüdü''” (2 Concert Preludes) for flute, viola and harp (2002, Strube Verlag München-Berlin)
* “''Drei Konzertstücke''” for 2 trumpets (2003, Strube Verlag München-Berlin)
* “''Der Eurhythmus''” for flute and piano (2003, Strube Verlag München-Berlin).
* “''Blech-Quartett''” for trumpet, horn, trombone and tuba (2003, Strube Verlag München-Berlin)
* “''Kleine Jazz Süite''" for string quartet (2003, Strube Verlag München-Berlin)
* “''4 Préludes pour Guitare''” (2003, Strube Verlag München-Berlin)
* “''Drei Byzantynische Tänze''“ for clarinet and piano (2003, Strube Verlag München-Berlin).

=== Choral works ===

* “''Yemen Türküsü''” (2002, Strube Verlag München-Berlin).
* “''Rast Semai''” (2002, Strube Verlag München-Berlin).
* “''Gidelim Göksu’ya''” (2002, Strube Verlag München-Berlin)
* “''Vatan Marşı''” (2006)

=== Symphonic works ===

* “''40 Haramiler Uvertürü''” (1990)
* “''2 Raks'2” (1990)''
* “''Symphony''” (2004)

=== Oratorio/orchestra works ===

* “''Mavi Nokta''” Poetik Opera (9 Bölüm, libretto: Tarık Günersel, 1995, Strube Verlag München-Berlin)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mavi Nokta {{!}} tiyatrolar.com.tr |url=https://tiyatrolar.com.tr/tiyatro/mavi-nokta |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=tiyatrolar.com.tr |language=tr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=klasiknotlari.com |title=Klasik Müzik Notları - Klasik Müzik Şefi |url=http://www.klasiknotlari.com/tr/227/Selman_Ada.html |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Klasik Notları}}</ref>
* “''Ballade''” For Mezzo Soprano and Small Orchestra (2004, Poem: Gülseli İnal: “Yapayalnızsın”)

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