Chronology

Ruhi Ayangil begins conducting the Boğaziçi University Turkish Music Chorus; his decision to organize choir members by voice type, rather than by height, is a first in the history of Turkish music.

The chorus tours Holland.

The chorus tours the USSR (1975); during this period, Ayangil also teaches Comparative Turkish Music at Boğaziçi University.

The chorus tours Poland; the ensemble's concert at Rumeli Hisarı holds a particularly commemorated place in its history.

Ruhi Ayangil founds the Ayangil Turkish Music Orchestra and Chorus (ATMOC), at the request of Aydın Gün, then artistic director of the Istanbul Art Festival.

Ayangil begins his academic career as founding faculty at Yıldız Technical University (YTÜ) Faculty of Art and Design.

Ruhi Ayangil is honored with the "Cultural Achievement Prize of Turkey (JAYCEES-TYOP, 1999)".

The approximately 40-voice Acappella Grup 34 is founded in June under Ruhi Ayangil's direction.

Acappella Grup 34 gives its first concert, "Yunus Emre Konseri," at Istanbul's Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall on 5 May and its second concert on 13 June; from 23 to 26 June it appears at the Alta Pusteria International Choir Festival in Italy.

Ruhi Ayangil founds the Ayangil Atölyesi – İfâde Dînî Mûsikî Meşk Topluluğu, an ensemble devoted to the study and performance of devotional music.

Ayangil retires as Dean of YTÜ-STF, concluding an academic career that began in 1997.

On 19 June, Ayangil performs "Yüz Yüze / Face to Face" with Ara Dinkjian, opening the International Istanbul Festival at the Galata Mevlevihanesi.

On 31 May, the Ayangil Atölyesi – İfâde ensemble performs the "İfâde-i Merâm Concerts II" programme at Mardin Artuklu University, where Ruhi Ayangil also gives a lecture on seventeenth-century Turkish music and Itrî.

On 7 June, the Ayangil Ensemble appears in the opening concert of the "Tage Alter Musik" festival in Bamberg, Germany.

ATMOC remains active under the chairwomanship of Hülya Ayangil, while Ruhi Ayangil continues his current academic and artistic positions.