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My Take
Kamran Ince fascinates me precisely because of how unlikely his origin story sounds. A Turkish-American composer born in Glendive, Montana, equally at home as pianist, cellist and professor, he has gathered the Rome Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship and more. I am always pulled toward artists who carry two cultures inside them, because that tension usually produces music you cannot get anywhere else. The big-sky emptiness of Montana and the modal color of Turkish tradition living in one mind is a combination I want to hear worked out in sound. He feels like a composer worth sitting down with properly rather than sampling, and I intend to.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kamran Ince
- Name (Japanese)
- カムラン・インス
- Reading
- かむらん・いんす
- Born
- May 6, 1960 (age 66)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Rat
- Origin
- Glendive, Montana, United States
- Occupation
- composer / pianist / cellist / university teacher
2. Background
- University
- Oberlin College
Awards & achievements
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- Rome Prize
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.kamranince.com
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%A0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9
Frequently asked questions
When was Kamran Ince born?
Born May 6, 1960 (age 66).
Where is Kamran Ince from?
Kamran Ince is from Glendive, Montana, United States.
What does Kamran Ince do?
Kamran Ince works as composer, pianist, cellist, university teacher.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.