has also worked with various Turkish orchestras including the Presidential Symphony Orchestra, Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, Antalya Opera and the Borusan and Istanbul Chamber Orchestras. He gave a performance with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta in the Netherlands in the presence of HM Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands in December 2006 and in May 2008 with Alexander Rudin's orchestra, Musica Viva, in Moscow. Recent performances took place in Latvia and Estonia, including Tartu and Tallinn, the latter being in the historic Kadriorg Palace, as well as a concert in Aya Irini in Istanbul with the Naval Forces Band and the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra on 20 October 2008. Based in the United Kingdom, he continues his Turco-European historical music research under the patronage of the Çarmıklı family / Nurol Holding Inc. Works Voice and Orchestra Farewell to Halûk [A setting of the Turkish poet Tevfik Fikret's poem Halûk'un Vedaı], (baritone and orchestra), 1994 Orchestra Elegy for Erkel [for Osman Erkel], (strings and timpani), 1993 Marche Funèbre et Triomphale, (strings and percussion), 1995 Turkish Ambassador's Grand March, (Dedicated to Ambassador and Mrs Özdem Sanberk) (strings), 1998 In Search of Lost Time, for the Golden Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II (large orchestra), 2002 Solo Instrument and Orchestra Bosphorus by Moonlight [Inspired by Abdülhak Şinasi Hisar’s novel bearing the same title], Violin Concerto (strings), 1997 Voice and Piano In Memoriam Lord Leighton (soprano), 2002 Idyllic Prague [Inspired by Siegfried Sassoon’s poem Idyll], (baritone), 2003 Solo Piano Prelude alla Turca, 2004 Books and CDs European Music at the Ottoman Court (Kalan, CD 177) War and Peace: Crimea 1853-56 (Kalan, CD 257) Bosphorus by Moonlight (Kalan, CD 303) Istanbul to London (Kalan, CD 349) Invitation to the Seraglio (Warner Classics, 2564-61472-2) Euro-Ottomania (Brilliant Classics, 93613) Adnan Saygun – Doğu Batı Arası Müzik Köprüsü (YKY, 2001) [In Turkish] Donizetti Paşa – Osmanlı Sarayının İtalyan Maestrosu (YKY, 2006) [In Turkish] Naum Tiyatrosu – 19. Yüzyıl İstanbulu'nun İtalyan Operası (YKY, 2010) [In Turkish] Kayıp Seslerin İzinde (YKY, 2011) [In Turkish] Articles (in Turkish and English) ‘Saygun ve Tippett’, Orkestra, September 1996, 15-20 ‘İngiltere Kraliçesi II. Elizabeth’in Sultan III. Mehmed’e hediyesi’, Orkestra, November 1996, 7-11 ‘Adnan Saygun’u hatırlarken’, Orkestra, January 1997, 12-17 ‘Londra’da bir kitapçının tezgahındaki Türk marşı notası’, Orkestra, February 1997, 18-22 ‘Sir Michael Tippett’, Orkestra, April 1997, 20-26 ‘Franz Liszt’in İstanbul macerası’, Toplumsal Tarih, June 1997, 33-35 ‘Reforming Zeal’, The Musical Times, September 1997, 12-15 ‘Tchaikovsky: Tolstoy ile