Doruk Somunkıran
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EDUCATION December 2000: Diploma, Berklee College of Music. Section: Contemporary Writing and Production. Graduation degree: magna cum laude (3.92 out of 4) Scholarships and awards won: • Berklee Entering Student Talent (BEST) Scholarship • Berklee Achievement Scholarship • John Dankworth Award for Musical Excellence Private lessons with Richard Evans, Dennis Grillo, Michael Farquharson and Bruce Bartlett and studies. June 1990: Bachelor's Degree, Middle East Technical University, Department of International Relations WORK EXPERIENCE January 2011 - Present: He teaches music and sound technology, film music and commercial music lessons at the Modern Music Academy in Istanbul. He established Turkey's first Film Music department within the Academy and prepared its curriculum, and is currently the head of this department. January 2000 - Present: Performs commercial music productions such as movie soundtracks, commercials, audio tags for radio channels and similar. Some of the projects whose music he prepared are as follows: • Sesten Music (Documentary, TRT) • GüneÅŸinoÄŸulları (movie) • Mihrap Yerinde (TV Series, Show TV) • Novice Müezzin (TV series, TRT) • 23 Nisan Diary (Documentary, TRT) • Ä°ÅŸkur Public Service (advertisement, various TV channels) • My Business Power Enterprise (personal development program, TRT)
• Is it correct? Is that wrong? (game show, TRT) • This Race is Another Race (game show, TRT) • Way to Success (radio program, TRT) • Special for Youth (radio program, TRT) May 2015 – September 2017: The documentary titled Sesten Music, prepared for TRT Documentary Channel has undertaken the writing and presenting of the script. In this documentary, which is a first in its field, the journey of sound that started as a vibration and extends to music albums, medicine and the defense industry is discussed. May 1998 - December 2000: Worked as a supervisor and lectured at Berklee College of Music training and practice laboratories. Course topics included analog and digital music technology, basic music theory, music software and editing. January 1996 - April 1998: T.C. He worked as Assistant Commercial Counselor at the Budapest Embassy. January 1991 - December 1997: T.C. He worked as a Specialist at the Prime Ministry Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade.
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