Aysegul Durakoglu
Teaching Professor
School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Education
- Ph.D. (1997) New York University (Music Theory and Performance)
- M.M. (1987) Juilliard School of Music (Music-Piano )
- B.M. (1982) Mimar Sinan Univ.-Istanbul Conservatory (Piano Performance)
- Other (1980) Istanbul Municipal Conservatory (Piano Performance and Composition)
Research
RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS & RECORDINGS
Books & Scholarly Publications
Editor & Contributor (2022)
Nietzsche and Music: Philosophical Thoughts and Musical Experiences
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Contributed chapter: An Eclectic Method of Nietzsche’s Selected Piano Compositions
Author (2018)
A Systematic Method of Keyboard Instruction Designed for College Programs
Studio di Musica Publishing, New Jersey
Article (2015)
“Atatürk and the Modernization of Turkish Music”
Published by Ataturk Society of America
Article (2008)
“Turkish Traditional and Polyphonic Music through Multicultural and Political Conflicts”
Contemporary Turkish Culture
Commercial Recordings
2025 — Piano Works by Friedrich Nietzsche
Klavier House Recording & Video Productions, New York
2024 — Piano Works by Debussy, Piazzolla, and Stravinsky
Klavier House Recording & Video Productions, New York
2019 — A Turk in America
Works of composer Münir N. Beken
North/South Recordings
2016 — Dances through the Keyboard
Recorded at Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York City
2013 — Claude Debussy: Douze Études Recorded at Toledo Studios in Florida
2010 — Favorite Piano Works by Ayşegül Durakoğlu Recorded at Kaleidoscope Studio in New Jersey
2005 — Alla Turca: Chamber Music Works by Contemporary Turkish Composers Live Recording from the Merkin Concert Hall, New York City
Present and Future Research Agenda
Ilhan Mimaroglu: Music and Legacy
Advance research on the music and legacy of pioneering electronic composer Ilhan Mimaroglu, with a focus on his piano works and compositions involving electronics. A primary objective is to complete and release an album featuring selected works, and contributing to the preservation and dissemination of Mimaroglu’s musical legacy.
Keyboard Pedagogy and Instruction
Continue developing the Systematic Method of Keyboard Instruction through research and compilation of pedagogical materials, with particular emphasis on completing the sections on harmonization and improvisation. This work will contribute to a comprehensive and systematic approach to keyboard pedagogy to be used in Keyboard Studies Courses.
Music of the Eastern Mediterranean
Continue research on contemporary musical cultures and practices of the Eastern Mediterranean, with the goal of developing scholarly and pedagogical resources for HMU 350 – Music of the Eastern Mediterranean Cultures. This research will strengthen the course’s engagement with contemporary musical practices and their broader cultural contexts.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES, LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS
Selected Invited Presentations
2026 — Spring Seminars, Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul-Turkey
Presenter: Reflections of Nietzsche’s Philosophy on His Music
2025 — International Conference: Music and Philosophy Days
Sureyya Opera House, Istanbul-Turkey
Organizer and presenter on music and philosophy
2025 — Goethe National Museum, Weimar-Germany
Lecture: Nietzsche’s Muses: Resonating Sounds and Thoughts
2025 — Berlin University of the Arts, Berlin-Germany
Presenter: Nietzsche’s Philosophy in Connection with His Music
2024 — 25th World Congress of Philosophy, Rome-Italy
Chair and presenter: Nietzsche and Music Roundtable
2024 — United Nations Civil Society Conference, New York
Presenter: How Can We Prevent Harmful Consequences of ICTs?
2024 — New York University: La Maison Francaise
Symposium: What Does Nietzsche Owe to French Thought?
2024- Arnold Hall, New School Symposium: Dissonances in Nietzsche’s Philosophy and Music
2023 — Goethe-Institute in Boston
International Conference on Nietzsche’s Philosophy and Music
2022 — King's College London, England
Royal Musical Association Conference
Presentation: Analysis and Performance of Nietzsche’s Piano Works
2022- Virtual Festival at Stevens Institute of Technology Organizer, Presenter and Performer: Beethoven@Stevens
2018 – World Piano Conference, Novi Sad-Serbia Lecture-Recital: Piano Compositions of F. Nietzsche
2018 — United Nations Security Council, New York City
Lecture: Empowering Women through Music Education
2017 — College Music Society International Conference, Vancouver-Canada
Presentation: The Piano Music of Nietzsche: Philosopher and Reluctant Composer
Books & Scholarly Publications
Editor & Contributor (2022)
Nietzsche and Music: Philosophical Thoughts and Musical Experiences
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Contributed chapter: An Eclectic Method of Nietzsche’s Selected Piano Compositions
Author (2018)
A Systematic Method of Keyboard Instruction Designed for College Programs
Studio di Musica Publishing, New Jersey
Article (2015)
“Atatürk and the Modernization of Turkish Music”
Published by Ataturk Society of America
Article (2008)
“Turkish Traditional and Polyphonic Music through Multicultural and Political Conflicts”
Contemporary Turkish Culture
Commercial Recordings
2025 — Piano Works by Friedrich Nietzsche
Klavier House Recording & Video Productions, New York
2024 — Piano Works by Debussy, Piazzolla, and Stravinsky
Klavier House Recording & Video Productions, New York
2019 — A Turk in America
Works of composer Münir N. Beken
North/South Recordings
2016 — Dances through the Keyboard
Recorded at Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York City
2013 — Claude Debussy: Douze Études Recorded at Toledo Studios in Florida
2010 — Favorite Piano Works by Ayşegül Durakoğlu Recorded at Kaleidoscope Studio in New Jersey
2005 — Alla Turca: Chamber Music Works by Contemporary Turkish Composers Live Recording from the Merkin Concert Hall, New York City
Present and Future Research Agenda
Ilhan Mimaroglu: Music and Legacy
Advance research on the music and legacy of pioneering electronic composer Ilhan Mimaroglu, with a focus on his piano works and compositions involving electronics. A primary objective is to complete and release an album featuring selected works, and contributing to the preservation and dissemination of Mimaroglu’s musical legacy.
Keyboard Pedagogy and Instruction
Continue developing the Systematic Method of Keyboard Instruction through research and compilation of pedagogical materials, with particular emphasis on completing the sections on harmonization and improvisation. This work will contribute to a comprehensive and systematic approach to keyboard pedagogy to be used in Keyboard Studies Courses.
Music of the Eastern Mediterranean
Continue research on contemporary musical cultures and practices of the Eastern Mediterranean, with the goal of developing scholarly and pedagogical resources for HMU 350 – Music of the Eastern Mediterranean Cultures. This research will strengthen the course’s engagement with contemporary musical practices and their broader cultural contexts.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES, LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS
Selected Invited Presentations
2026 — Spring Seminars, Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul-Turkey
Presenter: Reflections of Nietzsche’s Philosophy on His Music
2025 — International Conference: Music and Philosophy Days
Sureyya Opera House, Istanbul-Turkey
Organizer and presenter on music and philosophy
2025 — Goethe National Museum, Weimar-Germany
Lecture: Nietzsche’s Muses: Resonating Sounds and Thoughts
2025 — Berlin University of the Arts, Berlin-Germany
Presenter: Nietzsche’s Philosophy in Connection with His Music
2024 — 25th World Congress of Philosophy, Rome-Italy
Chair and presenter: Nietzsche and Music Roundtable
2024 — United Nations Civil Society Conference, New York
Presenter: How Can We Prevent Harmful Consequences of ICTs?
2024 — New York University: La Maison Francaise
Symposium: What Does Nietzsche Owe to French Thought?
2024- Arnold Hall, New School Symposium: Dissonances in Nietzsche’s Philosophy and Music
2023 — Goethe-Institute in Boston
International Conference on Nietzsche’s Philosophy and Music
2022 — King's College London, England
Royal Musical Association Conference
Presentation: Analysis and Performance of Nietzsche’s Piano Works
2022- Virtual Festival at Stevens Institute of Technology Organizer, Presenter and Performer: Beethoven@Stevens
2018 – World Piano Conference, Novi Sad-Serbia Lecture-Recital: Piano Compositions of F. Nietzsche
2018 — United Nations Security Council, New York City
Lecture: Empowering Women through Music Education
2017 — College Music Society International Conference, Vancouver-Canada
Presentation: The Piano Music of Nietzsche: Philosopher and Reluctant Composer
General Information
MEDIA & DIGITAL FEATURES
Featured Interviews and Articles
Yeldegirmeni Sanat: Dialogues on Mimaroglu on Youtube (2026)
Featured interview: Acik Radio FM Istanbul-Turkey (2026)
Featured interview: Istanbul Art Magazine at Istanbulsanatdergisi.com (2026)
Featured interview: Cazkolik Magazine at Cazkolik.com (2026)
Article on Aysegul Durakoglu: Turk Network Magazine (2024)
Magazine Interview: Stevens Indicator (2018) TRT-TV interview: My Story at Juilliard School and Lincoln Center (2015)
Performance videos and recordings released through KlavierHouse Productions and academic concert archives (2022-2023):
1- Heldenklage by Nietzsche: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mepRHXak0uA, Spring 2024
2- Two Polish Dances: Mazurka and Aus Der Czarda by Nietzsche: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp9oQvfjjfg&t=9s, Fall 2024
3- Stravinsky Tango: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fQY_Hv15XI, 2023
4- Debussy Valse Romantique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48meafojoxc, 2023
Livestream from the World Piano Day Concert: Stevens Institute (2023) Documentary appearance: Robinson of Manhattan (DOC NYC Film Festival, 2021)
M&T Faculty Concert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWgFWG3qutw&t=1071s, Fall 2023
SELECTED PERFORMANCES & ARTISTIC PRODUCTIONS
2026 - Recording of Ilhan Mimaroglu’s Piano Music MIAM Studios at the Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
2026 — Mimaroğlu at 100! Centennial Celebration
Yeldegirmeni Arts and Culture Center, Istanbul-Turkey
2026 — World Piano Day Concert, Hoboken-New Jersey
Organizer and Performer at Stevens Institute of Technology
2026 – Centennial Celebration of Ilhan Mimaroglu Producer and Performer at Drom-New York City
2025 — A Musical Journey to Latin America
Organizer and Performer: Chamber music concert in Istanbul, Turkey
2024 — Fundraising Concert for Global Executive Committee to UN Producer and performer: Drom, New York City
2024 – Voice and Piano Works by Japanese and Turkish composers Organizer and performer: National Opera Center, New York City
2023 — Centennial Celebration of the Turkish Republic
Producer and Performer: Cosmos Club, Washington DC
2023 — Piano Concert by Candlelight
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken-New Jersey
2023 _ Music and Tech Faculty Concert at DeBaun Auditorium, Stevens Institute
2023 - Solo Performance at the Earthquake Relief Concert in Drom-NYC,
2022 – Piano Recital at the Anatolian Artists Festival Blue Gallery, New York City
2021 – Piano Recital at the Historical Society Parkersburg, West Virginia
2020 — A Musical Journey with the Orient Express
Producer, Artistic Director, and Pianist DeBaun Performing Art Center at Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey
2019 – Musica Mundana, Chamber Music Performance Program Curator and Performer: Cosmos Club, Washington DC
2018 — Solo Recital at the Embassy of the Republic of Türkiye
Vienna, Austria
2017 – From Bach to Brazil: Chamber Music Performance St. Peters Church Concerts, New York City 2016 — The Shannon Effect: Music, Technology and Multimedia
Bell Labs, New Jersey
2014 – Piano Recital at the Ankara International Jazz Festival
2013 — A Musical Journey with the Orient Express
Artistic Director, Producer and Performer
Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York City
Featured Interviews and Articles
Yeldegirmeni Sanat: Dialogues on Mimaroglu on Youtube (2026)
Featured interview: Acik Radio FM Istanbul-Turkey (2026)
Featured interview: Istanbul Art Magazine at Istanbulsanatdergisi.com (2026)
Featured interview: Cazkolik Magazine at Cazkolik.com (2026)
Article on Aysegul Durakoglu: Turk Network Magazine (2024)
Magazine Interview: Stevens Indicator (2018) TRT-TV interview: My Story at Juilliard School and Lincoln Center (2015)
Performance videos and recordings released through KlavierHouse Productions and academic concert archives (2022-2023):
1- Heldenklage by Nietzsche: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mepRHXak0uA, Spring 2024
2- Two Polish Dances: Mazurka and Aus Der Czarda by Nietzsche: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp9oQvfjjfg&t=9s, Fall 2024
3- Stravinsky Tango: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fQY_Hv15XI, 2023
4- Debussy Valse Romantique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48meafojoxc, 2023
Livestream from the World Piano Day Concert: Stevens Institute (2023) Documentary appearance: Robinson of Manhattan (DOC NYC Film Festival, 2021)
M&T Faculty Concert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWgFWG3qutw&t=1071s, Fall 2023
SELECTED PERFORMANCES & ARTISTIC PRODUCTIONS
2026 - Recording of Ilhan Mimaroglu’s Piano Music MIAM Studios at the Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
2026 — Mimaroğlu at 100! Centennial Celebration
Yeldegirmeni Arts and Culture Center, Istanbul-Turkey
2026 — World Piano Day Concert, Hoboken-New Jersey
Organizer and Performer at Stevens Institute of Technology
2026 – Centennial Celebration of Ilhan Mimaroglu Producer and Performer at Drom-New York City
2025 — A Musical Journey to Latin America
Organizer and Performer: Chamber music concert in Istanbul, Turkey
2024 — Fundraising Concert for Global Executive Committee to UN Producer and performer: Drom, New York City
2024 – Voice and Piano Works by Japanese and Turkish composers Organizer and performer: National Opera Center, New York City
2023 — Centennial Celebration of the Turkish Republic
Producer and Performer: Cosmos Club, Washington DC
2023 — Piano Concert by Candlelight
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken-New Jersey
2023 _ Music and Tech Faculty Concert at DeBaun Auditorium, Stevens Institute
2023 - Solo Performance at the Earthquake Relief Concert in Drom-NYC,
2022 – Piano Recital at the Anatolian Artists Festival Blue Gallery, New York City
2021 – Piano Recital at the Historical Society Parkersburg, West Virginia
2020 — A Musical Journey with the Orient Express
Producer, Artistic Director, and Pianist DeBaun Performing Art Center at Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey
2019 – Musica Mundana, Chamber Music Performance Program Curator and Performer: Cosmos Club, Washington DC
2018 — Solo Recital at the Embassy of the Republic of Türkiye
Vienna, Austria
2017 – From Bach to Brazil: Chamber Music Performance St. Peters Church Concerts, New York City 2016 — The Shannon Effect: Music, Technology and Multimedia
Bell Labs, New Jersey
2014 – Piano Recital at the Ankara International Jazz Festival
2013 — A Musical Journey with the Orient Express
Artistic Director, Producer and Performer
Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York City
Experience
(Please see attached CV)
Since her acclaimed New York Debut Recital, Aysegul Durakoglu has been concertizing as soloist and chamber musician nationally and internationally. She was featured as soloist in the International Istanbul Music Festival with James Galway, International Ankara jazz Festival, Contemporary Music Festivals in Russia, Musical Intersections and International Niagara Chamber Music Festival in Canada, Borges Cultural Center in Buenos Aires, and has participated in the World Piano Conference in Serbia. She has also appeared as soloist with major orchestras in Turkey and has been featured in radio and television programs in the States.
Aysegul began her musical life in Istanbul and received her Bachelor of Music degree at the Istanbul State Conservatory. As a recipient of a scholarship, she came to the United States to pursue her graduate studies. She received her Master’s from the Juilliard School and a Ph.D. degree with notable distinction at the New York University where she also served on the piano faculty. As a member of the NYU Chamber Music Society she premiered numerous works at Merkin Concert Hall and won the NYU’s Chamber Music Special Award.
Durakoglu has been the director of the Chamber Music Society, Musica Mundana and has presented chamber music programs in major venues like the Jazz at Lincoln Center in NY, Merkin Concert Hall, and Jumeirah Pera-Palas in Istanbul. She has released a few albums, recently an album titled “Dances through the Keyboard” featuring the piano works of Bach, Chopin, and Debussy, and has contributed to the publication of an anthology on the philosophy and music of Nietzsche. Since then, she has been presenting lecture-recitals and performing Nietzsche's piano works in various conferences and music venues.
Aysegul has participated as presenter and round table chair at the 25th World Philosophy Congress in Rome, Italy. Most recently, she presented a lecture-recital on the piano music of F. Nietzsche in the University of Arts in Berlin, and Goethe Institute Museum in Weimar where she also presented an analysis of Nietzsche's original manuscripts at the Goethe-Schiller Archives. Recently, she has organized a series of concerts to commemorate the centennial of the iconic electronic music composer, Ilhan Mimaroglu in New York and Istanbul-Turkey.
Dr. Durakoglu has been a faculty member in the Music and Technology Division of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Stevens Institute of Technology.
Since her acclaimed New York Debut Recital, Aysegul Durakoglu has been concertizing as soloist and chamber musician nationally and internationally. She was featured as soloist in the International Istanbul Music Festival with James Galway, International Ankara jazz Festival, Contemporary Music Festivals in Russia, Musical Intersections and International Niagara Chamber Music Festival in Canada, Borges Cultural Center in Buenos Aires, and has participated in the World Piano Conference in Serbia. She has also appeared as soloist with major orchestras in Turkey and has been featured in radio and television programs in the States.
Aysegul began her musical life in Istanbul and received her Bachelor of Music degree at the Istanbul State Conservatory. As a recipient of a scholarship, she came to the United States to pursue her graduate studies. She received her Master’s from the Juilliard School and a Ph.D. degree with notable distinction at the New York University where she also served on the piano faculty. As a member of the NYU Chamber Music Society she premiered numerous works at Merkin Concert Hall and won the NYU’s Chamber Music Special Award.
Durakoglu has been the director of the Chamber Music Society, Musica Mundana and has presented chamber music programs in major venues like the Jazz at Lincoln Center in NY, Merkin Concert Hall, and Jumeirah Pera-Palas in Istanbul. She has released a few albums, recently an album titled “Dances through the Keyboard” featuring the piano works of Bach, Chopin, and Debussy, and has contributed to the publication of an anthology on the philosophy and music of Nietzsche. Since then, she has been presenting lecture-recitals and performing Nietzsche's piano works in various conferences and music venues.
Aysegul has participated as presenter and round table chair at the 25th World Philosophy Congress in Rome, Italy. Most recently, she presented a lecture-recital on the piano music of F. Nietzsche in the University of Arts in Berlin, and Goethe Institute Museum in Weimar where she also presented an analysis of Nietzsche's original manuscripts at the Goethe-Schiller Archives. Recently, she has organized a series of concerts to commemorate the centennial of the iconic electronic music composer, Ilhan Mimaroglu in New York and Istanbul-Turkey.
Dr. Durakoglu has been a faculty member in the Music and Technology Division of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Stevens Institute of Technology.
Institutional Service
- Maintenance of Keyboard Lab and Tuning of Pianos Member
- Portfolio Review Committee Member
- Expanded P&T Committee Member
- Admitted Students Service Member
- Music and Technology Program Member
- Stevens Piano Club Chair
- Faculty Training Development Group Member
- HASS Expanded P&T Committee Member
- M101-Maintenance of Keyboard Lab and Hiring Lab Monitors Member
- Music and Technology Program-HASS Member
- Piano Club Member
- P&T Committee Job Search Member
- Music and Technology Search Committee Member
- Search Committee Member
- Portfolio Review Member
- Study Plan Development Member
- Cooedinator of HMU 497-Recital Chair
- Coordinator of HMU 496-Private Instruction Chair
- M101 Keyboard Lab Monitoring Member
- Search Committee-M&T and CAL Member
- Portfolio Review Committee Member
- Monitoring M101-Keyboard Lab and Distribution of Keyboards Member
- Coordination of Private Instructions and Recitals Chair
- Portfolio Review of Undergraduate Applications Member
- Coordination of Private lessons Chair
- Coordination of Student Recital Member
- Monitoring M101-Keyboard Lab Member
- Portfolio Review Member
- Portfolio Webinar Member
- Monitoring M101; Piano Tuning and Keyboard Repair Member
- Music and Technology Program: Coordinating Private Instruction Chair
- M&T Program: Coordinating Student Recitals Chair
- Representation of M&T and CAL in Admitted Student Weekend Member
- M&T Faculty Search Committee Member
- M&T Program: Portfolio Review for Admissions Member
Professional Service
- GNEC: Global NGO Executive Committee Advisory Member
- ASA:Ataturk Society of America Advisory Member
- GNEC: Global NGO Executive Committee to the United Nations Director of GNEC: Global NGO Executive Committee to the United Nations
- ASA-Ataturk Society of America Advisory Member
- GNEC-Global NGO Executive Committee to the United Nations Director Member
- ASA-Ataturk Society of America Fellow Member
- Musica Mundana-Chamber Music Society Director
- The Global NGO Executive Committee Board Member
- WPTA-World Piano Teachers Association Advisory Member
- Ataturk Society of America NGO Member-Representative of ASA to the United Nations
- WPTA-International World Piano Teachers' Association Member of World Piano Teachers' Association
- Musica Mundana, Chamber Music Society Artistic Director
- Musica Mundana, Chamber Music Society Director
- Director of the Chamber Music Society, Musica Mundana
- Nietzsche Circle of New York Member
- ASA DPI-NGO Representative to the UN
Consulting Service
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Advisory Board, Global NGO Executive Committee to UN (2025-Present)
Representative of the Ataturk Society of America to UN (2017–Present)
Board Director, Global NGO Executive Committee to UN (2022–2025)
Member, American Musicological Society (2022–2024)
Member, World Piano Conference-Teacher Association (2015-2025)
Member, College Music Society (2011–2020) Member, Chamber Music America (2014–2019)
Founder & Artistic Director, Musica Mundana (1998–Present) Consulting services for young musicians to create performance opportunities as part of the Chamber Music Society, Musica Mundana's services.
Advisory Board, Global NGO Executive Committee to UN (2025-Present)
Representative of the Ataturk Society of America to UN (2017–Present)
Board Director, Global NGO Executive Committee to UN (2022–2025)
Member, American Musicological Society (2022–2024)
Member, World Piano Conference-Teacher Association (2015-2025)
Member, College Music Society (2011–2020) Member, Chamber Music America (2014–2019)
Founder & Artistic Director, Musica Mundana (1998–Present) Consulting services for young musicians to create performance opportunities as part of the Chamber Music Society, Musica Mundana's services.
Appointments
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Stevens Institute of Technology
HASS Expanded Promotion Committee Member (2026)
HASS Expanded Promotion & Tenure Committee Member (2024–2025)
Stevens Institute Faculty Training and Development (2024-2025)
Stevens Piano Club Advisor (2020-2026) Music and Technology Portfolio Reviews (2019-2026)
Music & Technology Faculty Search Committee Member (2017–2024) Coordinator of Private Instruments and Recitals (2018–2023)
CAL Extended P&T Committee Member (2016-2017) Chair, Music & Technology Search Committee (2015)
Stevens Institute of Technology
HASS Expanded Promotion Committee Member (2026)
HASS Expanded Promotion & Tenure Committee Member (2024–2025)
Stevens Institute Faculty Training and Development (2024-2025)
Stevens Piano Club Advisor (2020-2026) Music and Technology Portfolio Reviews (2019-2026)
Music & Technology Faculty Search Committee Member (2017–2024) Coordinator of Private Instruments and Recitals (2018–2023)
CAL Extended P&T Committee Member (2016-2017) Chair, Music & Technology Search Committee (2015)
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship Events
Organization and Production of Fundraising Concert Event at Drom-NYC: April 2024.
Organization of Performance event with Japan Society at the National Opera Center-NYC: March 2024
Production and Organization of Chamber Music Society event at Cosmos Club-Washington DC to celebrate the centennial anniversary of Turkish Republic, October 2023
Workshop and master class at the Lycee Saint-Benoit, Istanbul-Turkey, 03/2023
Organization of Earthquake Relief Concert at Drom-New York City, 02/2023
Lecture-Recital for the students of the West Virginia University and the Historical Society of Parkersburg, West Virginia. 04/2022
Virtual Festival: Beethoven@Stevens (11/2020)
Chamber Music Concert: A Musical Journey with the Orient Express at DeBaun Auditorium (02/2019)
Organization and Production of Fundraising Concert Event at Drom-NYC: April 2024.
Organization of Performance event with Japan Society at the National Opera Center-NYC: March 2024
Production and Organization of Chamber Music Society event at Cosmos Club-Washington DC to celebrate the centennial anniversary of Turkish Republic, October 2023
Workshop and master class at the Lycee Saint-Benoit, Istanbul-Turkey, 03/2023
Organization of Earthquake Relief Concert at Drom-New York City, 02/2023
Lecture-Recital for the students of the West Virginia University and the Historical Society of Parkersburg, West Virginia. 04/2022
Virtual Festival: Beethoven@Stevens (11/2020)
Chamber Music Concert: A Musical Journey with the Orient Express at DeBaun Auditorium (02/2019)
Honors and Awards
HONORS & AWARDS
2025 — HASS International Travel Grant, Germany Conferences
2024 — Appreciation Certificate, UN Civil Society Conference 2024 — HASS Travel Grant, World Congress of Philosophy, Rome
2023 — Contribution & Appreciation Award, Ataturk Society of America
2022 — HASS Travel Grant, King’s College London
2021 - Recognition of Service, Stevens Institute of Technology
2018 — Contribution & Recognition Award, Ataturk Society of America
2017 — CAL Travel Grant, Vancouver International Conference
2016 – CAL Travel Grant, 7th World Piano Conference, Serbia
2014 — Recognition Award, Ankara International Music Festival
1998 — Chamber Music Society Leadership Award, New York UniversitySpecial Appreciation Award by Ataturk Society of America 2023
2025 — HASS International Travel Grant, Germany Conferences
2024 — Appreciation Certificate, UN Civil Society Conference 2024 — HASS Travel Grant, World Congress of Philosophy, Rome
2023 — Contribution & Appreciation Award, Ataturk Society of America
2022 — HASS Travel Grant, King’s College London
2021 - Recognition of Service, Stevens Institute of Technology
2018 — Contribution & Recognition Award, Ataturk Society of America
2017 — CAL Travel Grant, Vancouver International Conference
2016 – CAL Travel Grant, 7th World Piano Conference, Serbia
2014 — Recognition Award, Ankara International Music Festival
1998 — Chamber Music Society Leadership Award, New York UniversitySpecial Appreciation Award by Ataturk Society of America 2023
Professional Societies
- ASA in DC – Ataturk Society of America Fellow
- GNEC – Global NGO Executive Committee to the United Nations Member
- Musica Mundana-Chamber Music Society Senior member
- AMS – American Musicological Society Member
- WPTA – World Piano Teacher Association Member
- WPTA – World Piano Teacher Association Member
- Musica Mundana, Chamber Music Society Senior member
- ASA – Ataturk Society of America Senior member
- WPTA – World Piano Teachers Association Member
- ASA – UN-NGO Representative to the United Nations Member
- CMS – College Music Society Member
- CMA – Chamber Music America Member
- CMS – College Music Society Member
- MMCMS – Musica Mundana Chamber Music Society Senior member
- NC-NY – Nietzche Circle/New York Member
Grants, Contracts and Funds
NA
Patents and Inventions
NA
Selected Publications
Book
- Durakoglu, A. (2022). Nietzsche and Music: Philosophical Thoughts and Musical Experiments (pp. 513). London: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-8371-9.
Book Chapter
CD Album
- Durakoglu, A. (2019). A Turk in America. Piano and Chamber Music Compositions by Munir Nurettin Beken (N/S R 1067 ed., vol. 1, pp. NA). Albany, New York: North/South Consonance.
www.northsouthmusic.org.
Courses
COURSES TAUGHT
HMU 220-221-322 Keyboard Studies I–III
HMU 496-497. Private Piano Instruction and Recital
HMU 350. Music of Eastern Mediterranean Cultures History of European Music I–II HASS 498-499 Thesis Preparation and Senior Thesis
HMU 498. Ensemble Performance
HMU 101 History of European Music 1
HMU 102 History of European Music 2
HMU 220-221-322 Keyboard Studies I–III
HMU 496-497. Private Piano Instruction and Recital
HMU 350. Music of Eastern Mediterranean Cultures History of European Music I–II HASS 498-499 Thesis Preparation and Senior Thesis
HMU 498. Ensemble Performance
HMU 101 History of European Music 1
HMU 102 History of European Music 2