Emre Şener

Emre Şener (2001) is a composer, conductor and performer from Istanbul, Turkey.
As the recipient of the Promising Turks Fund and the Igor Stravinsky Foundation Scholarship, he pursues his masters degree at the Juilliard School in New York. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Music, London with the highest grade ever awarded in his field.

His music has been performed worldwide by close collaborators and leading ensembles including Ensemble Musikfabrik, Riot Ensemble, and International Contemporary Ensemble. He has won the Ateneo de la Laguna Composition Award (Spain), the Alan Bush Prize (UK), Salvemini 1990 Award (Italy), Verdehr Trio Commission Prize (US), and Turkey’s Ministry of Culture Choir Composition Award, alongside academic honors such as the Principal’s Prize for outstanding studentship and the Undergraduate Composition Award.

He is co-founder, artistic director, and conductor of the London Contemporary Soloists, with whom he has led three seasons of concerts, over 30 world premieres, and two international tours. In 2021 he was guest artist at the Paris Youth Society of Music led by Emmanuel Coppey. He also works extensively at the intersection of theater, cinema, and new music with director Çağla Karslıoğlu. He has been supported by Talent Unlimited since 2021.

As a performer, Emre appears on electronics, guitar, and the Turkish bağlama, and co-hosts the electronic performance series “Çın Diyarı” with composer Cem Güven. 

His viola concerto opened the 2024 season of the Gedik Philharmonic at Süreyya Opera House. Recent projects include an orchestral work for the Jacobs School of Music through ACO Earshot, a piece for Ensemble Dal Niente at California’s Taproot Festival, and concerts and recordings in New York, London, and Istanbul.