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Volkan Orhon
Associate Professor
Double Bass
Phone: (319) 335-1600
Office: 159 MWIB
volkan-orhon@uiowa.edu
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 Volkan
Orhon
Acclaimed for his musicality and virtuosity, Volkan Orhon has established
himself as one of the top double bassists in the world today. He was
a finalist and prizewinner in the Concert Artists Guild Solo Competition
in New York City, and was the co-first place winner of the International
Society of Bassists Solo Competition. Additionally, he distinguished
himself as the first double bass player ever to win the grand prize
overall and first prize for double bass at the American String Teacher's
Association Solo Competition.
Mr. Orhon has performed with internationally recognized musicians
including Gary Karr, Fazil Say, and the Emerson String Quartet, and
has been a soloist with the Adana and Bursa State Symphony Orchestras
(Turkey), the El Paso, Cedar Rapids, and Hartford Symphony Orchestras,
The Connecticut Orchestra, Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, and
New Britain Symphony. An avid chamber musician, Orhon has been a guest
with the Roycroft Chamber Music Festival (NY), the Saint Vincent College
Chamber Music Series (PA), and the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music.
He has also performed at prestigious festivals including the Montreux,
Saint Denis-Paris, Antibes, Montpellier, Istanbul, and Izmir jazz festivals.
As an orchestra musician, performed with the Detroit Symphony, Hartford
Symphony and Connecticut Opera Orchestras.
As a pedagogue, Mr. Orhon has been an invited clinician to workshops
across the U.S. and abroad, including conferences for the Suzuki Association
of the Americas and the International Society of Bassists. He has given
recitals and master classes at institutions including the Bursa State
Conservatory and Eskisehir Anatolian University (Turkey), Arizona State
University, University of Michigan, Butler University, and Northwestern
University. He has served on the faculties of the University of Connecticut,
Central Connecticut State University, University of Massachusetts Amherst,
The Hartt School Community Division of the University of Hartford, Kinhaven
Music School (VT) and Summer Strings Music Festival in Pocatello, Idaho.
Born and raised in Turkey, Mr. Orhon began playing the double bass
at the age of 12, and spent much of his youth touring Europe with the
Mediterranean Youth Soloists. After receiving his bachelor's degree
from the Ankara State Conservatory under the tutelage of Tahir Sumer,
he became a member of the Ankara Presidential Symphony Orchestra. In
1991, Mr. Orhon came to the United States to continue his studies with
Gary Karr at The Hartt School of Music, where he earned an Artist Diploma
and Master of Music.
Mr. Orhon is currently associate professor of double bass at The University
of Iowa and principal double bass in the Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra.
He is a D'Addario Diamond Performing Artist.
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20-aug-09
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