NECMETTİN ERBAKAN UNIVERSITY

TURKISH MUSIC STATE CONSERVATORY

Necmettin Erbakan University Turkish Music State Conservatory was established in 2011 under the name of “State Conservatory” and in the 2016-2017 academic year, the name was changed to “Turkish Music State Conservatory” in line with its mission and vision and its founding objectives.

As a result of the establishment of departments, programs, majors and departments at undergraduate and graduate level in accordance with the field of Turkish music, the creation of qualified staff in the field of Turkish music and the development of physical conditions for the conservatory, today, “Department of Instrument Education” and “Department of Instrument Education” under the department and “Department of Voice Education” and “Department of Voice Education” under the department were established within our Conservatory. In line with the same purpose, our Conservatory still continues to work on the creation of qualified performer academic staff in the fields of Turkish music instrumental / vocal performance and education, improvement and / or development of physical conditions, as well as academic studies and performance activities in the field of Turkish music with the performance committee formed within our conservatory.

Currently, under the Department of Instrument Education / Instrument Education Department, there are 7 academic and 2 administrative staff in total, including 1 Professor Doctor, 1 Assistant Professor, 4 Lecturers, 1 Research Assistant (Assignment), 1 Conservatory Secretary and 1 Officer.

Objective

Konya, which is closely known throughout the world with its history and unique cultural heritage dating back to seven thousand BC and has hosted many important art movements from the past to the present, from architecture to music, is an ancient city that has been one of the leading centers of Turkish-Islamic arts, adorned with national and spiritual values that have been recorded in its memory and passed down from generation to generation for centuries.

Turkish Music, which has brought the masses together in the widest denominator throughout history in the development of Turkish-Islamic civilization, has been given special importance with the encouragement, commendation and advice of Hz. Mevlana, one of the spiritual architects of Konya.

Turkish music has been one of the essential elements of Mevleviism, which was founded in Konya by his son Sultan Veled and his grandchildren after his death in order to convey Hz. Mevlânâ's actions and discourses on divine love to the next generations, and many Mevlevi Rites, each of which is accepted as a monument, have brought together muhibbânı and mutrıbanı in Konya during "Mevlevi mukâbele".

As a legacy of Hz. Mevlânâ, music, and therefore Mevlevî âyins, which are highly regarded with a special importance and depth, have a very important influence on other genres and forms of Turkish music. Very important artists, who are the originators of many works created in other forms of Turkish music, have made very valuable contributions to the formation and performance of Mevlevî âyins, and have contributed very important works to the works and theory of Turkish music. The fact that the Mevlevi âyins, which are considered to be monumental works of Turkish music, reached their peak in this city with their form structure and performance, increases Konya's responsibility to work in depth in the field of Turkish music.

The task of recognizing, processing and transferring the ancient Turkish arts to the next generations by creating specialized fields in the academic community falls to our Universities, which are meticulously carrying out their studies in many fields of science and art today.

Our Conservatory, which was transformed into the Turkish Music State Conservatory in 2016 in order to train qualified artists in the field of Turkish music and academic staff needed by our country, desires and aims to fulfill its responsibility to this ancient city, which has a unique cultural treasure.