Background
Aykal, Gürer was born on May 22, 1942 in Eskisehir, Turkey. Son of Tevfik and Sadiye Aykal.
Aykal, Gürer was born on May 22, 1942 in Eskisehir, Turkey. Son of Tevfik and Sadiye Aykal.
Aykal was born in Eskişehir, Turkey. He studied at the Ankara State Conservatory, completing a course on violin in 1963 (under Necdet Remzi Atak) and another on composition in 1969 (under Ahmed Adnan Saygun). He went on to study conducting in London at the Guildhall School of Music, where he was taught by such conductors as André Previn and George Hurst.
He then went to Italy for further study, graduating with a Doctorate.M.A. in conducting from Santa Cecilia Academy of Music in 1973.
Finally, on Adnan Saygun"s request, he stayed in Italy to study Gregorian chant and polyphonic Renaissance music at the Pontificio Istituto di Musica Sacra.
Assistant conductor to Franco Ferrara, Academia Santa Cecilia, Rome
violinist, Presidential Symphony Orchestra, Ankara
conductor, music director, Presidential Symphony Orchestra, Ankara, since 1975;
conductor, music director, Lubbock (Texas) Symphony Orchestra. Founder, music director Ankara Chamber Orchestra. Principal guest conductor Oulu State Orchestra, Finland.
Guest conductor various prominent orchestras in England, Ireland, Italy, France, Spain, Belgium, The Netherlands, Yugoslavia, Finland, Norway, Federal Republic Germany, German Democratic Republic, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Hungary, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, Singapore. Conductor English Chamber Orchestra for tour of South American and Caribbean, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra for tour of Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, Istanbul Symphony Orchestra on tour or Greece, 1989, Amsterdam Concertgebow Chamber Orchestra on tour of Germany,1989. Past conductor Ankara State Conservatory Orchestra, Turkish State Opera and Ballet Company.
Teacher conducting Indiana U., Texas Technology U.
Married Duygu Aykal, January 4, 1964 (deceased January 1988). Children: Kerem Tim, Emre T., John M.