Necil Kazım Akses (May 6, 1908, Istanbul – February 16, 1999, Ankara, Turkey) was a Turkish classical composer. Akses studied music and composition at the Musikakademie in Vienna with Joseph Marx and at the Prague Conservatory in Prague with Josef Suk and Alois Hába. He helped co-found the Ankara State Conservatory with the composer Paul Hindemith and served as director of the institution for a while. Together with Cemal Reşit Rey, Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Ahmet Adnan Saygun, and Hasan Ferit Alnar, Akses belonged to a group called The Turkish Five, who were the first Turkish composers to … read more
Necil Kazım Akses (May 6, 1908, Istanbul – February 16, 1999, Ankara, Turkey) was a Turkish classical composer. Akses studied music and composition at the Musikakademie in Vienna with Joseph Marx and at the Prague Conservatory in Prague with Josef Suk and Alois Hába. He helped co-found the A… read more
Necil Kazım Akses (May 6, 1908, Istanbul – February 16, 1999, Ankara, Turkey) was a Turkish classical composer. Akses studied music and composition at the Musikakademie in Vienna with Joseph Marx and at the Prague Conservatory in Prague with Josef Suk and Alois Hába. He helped co-found the Ankara State Conservatory with the composer Paul Hindemith and served as … read more