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Emre Åžener (b. 2001) is a young and sought after composer, conductor and performer from Istanbul, Turkey. His music has a bold focus on harmony and melody in which familiarity is transformed.

His music is performed by the leading musicians of the International Contemporary Ensemble, Riot Ensemble and Ensemble Musikfabrik amongst many others. He is the winner of the Ateneo de la Laguna Composition Award (Spain), The Alan Bush Prize (UK), Salvemini 1990 Composition Award (Italy) and a recipient of the Ministry of Culture Choir Composition Award (Turkey). A selection of his music is published by BabelScores. He has worked extensively in the area where theater meets contemporary music, working intimately with the director ÇaÄŸla KarslıoÄŸlu. He has been supported by Talent Unlimited since 2021.

He co-founded the London Contemporary Soloists in 2022 and continues to serve as its co-artistic director and conductor. In 2021 he was the guest artist to Paris Youth Music Society. 

He studied composition with Rubens Askenar in the Royal Academy of Music, London with various scholarships. He graduated with the highest grade ever received in his department and he was awarded The Principal's Prize for his outstanding studentship. He now studies at the Juilliard School with Nina C. Young.

As a conductor he held a scholarship to study in Italy. Aside from being the conductor of London Contemporary Soloists, he has conducted the Paris Youth Music Society, Divertimento Ensemble and many other miscellaneous formations from symphony orchestras to soloist ensembles.

Emre also takes stage performing on electronics, the violin and the Turkish traditional instrument BaÄŸlama.

His recent commissions include works for the Silk Street Sinfonietta for a Viola Concerto, for the Royal Academy of Music commemorating its bicentenary, for Corti Chiese e Cortili for a piece for solo flute and electronics, by Talent Unlimited for a Double Concerto for Piano and Violin and for the festival ‘Les Journées de Pont ar Gler’ in Brittany.