Funeral details for Prof. Dr. Nevzat Atlığ announced
State Artist Prof. Dr. Nevzat Atlığ, the grandfather of Ayşe Canan Atlığ, Director of the Türkiye İş Bankası Painting and Sculpture Museum, passed away at the age of 98. The funeral details for the master artist have been announced.
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Prof. Dr. Nevzat Atlığ’s funeral will be held on Tuesday, December 12, following the noon prayer at Zincirlikuyu Mosque, and he will be laid to rest in the family cemetery at the Old Kozlu Cemetery.
WHO IS NEVZAT ATLIĞ?
A distinguished artist and scientist who left behind numerous lasting achievements in his nearly century-long life, Prof. Dr. Atlığ donated all usage rights of his audio and visual archive recordings to the Istanbul University Ottoman Period Music Application and Research Center through a protocol signed in 2019.
Born on October 14, 1925, in the Sarayköy district of Denizli, Atlığ graduated from the Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine and specialized in X-ray diagnostics. He played the violin in the university choir, later becoming the conductor of this choir and the Director of Istanbul Radio (1955-1958). While conducting the Istanbul Radio Small Choir, he was appointed conductor of the Classical Choir in 1963 following the passing of Mesut Cemil Bey. He held this position until 1976. He served as the President of the Turkish Music Research and Evaluation Commission of the Ministry of National Education, as a member of the 1000 Basic Works Commission, and as a member of the TRT Board of Directors.
In 1976, when he founded the Ministry of Culture State Classical Turkish Music Choir, he was appointed as its conductor. He left his position as President of the Art Board and Turkish Music Instructor at the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory, where he had served for a quarter of a century. In 1981, he received the Ministry of Culture's achievement award in the field of Classical Turkish Music.
He was deemed worthy of the 1983 Turkish Culture Service Award by the Turkish National Culture Foundation. In 1983, he was elected as a member of the Atatürk Supreme Council for Culture, Language and History, and in 1984, he was appointed as a member of the Radio and Television Supreme Council. He received the title of "Professor" in 1985 and "State Artist" in 1987. In 1999, he was awarded the Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Award.
In 2004, he was honored with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism Culture and Arts Grand Award. Having trained many musicians, Nevzat Atlığ served as a faculty member at the ITU Turkish Music State Conservatory for 30 years starting in 1985.
In addition to countless stage, radio, and TV concerts he conducted, Prof. Dr. Nevzat Atlığ has published a twenty-CD music collection and a five-volume set of Turkish Music Classics sheet music.
Books published about him include "Nevzat Atlığ in His 50th Year of Art" by the Turkish Culture Service Foundation, "Nevzat Atlığ for Us to Take Pride in Our Music" by the Kubbe Altı Foundation, authored by Ergun Balcı, "Nevzat Atlığ in the Press," consisting of articles written by one hundred authors and writers since 1948, published by the Bakırköy Conservatory Foundation, and "Our Recent Music History in the Testimony of Nevzat Atlığ," authored by Mehmet Güntekin.
Finally, Dr. Nevzat Atlığ was honored with the 2013 Art Award dedicated to Turkish Music by the Aydın Doğan Foundation and the 2018 Presidential Respect for Necip Fazıl Award.