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Born in Ankara in 1973. He was
graduated from TED Ankara College (1991) and Middle East Technical University
Mining Engineering Department (1995). At the moment he is a Research Assistant
at the same university. He is one of the young representatives of Turkish folk
instrument “Baglama”. He has studied Baglama Technique and Anatolian Music
Theory with Erhan Kurkcu, Mehmet Semiz, Okan Murat Ozturk, Veysel Aydin and
Tahir Aydogdu, and studied Jazz Theory with Durul Gence and Murat Arkan.
With many different groups and
with his own, he has performed in many concerts and festivals in Turkey and
other countries. He has appeared in many concerts and involved in various
research activites with Ali Fuat Aydin on “Zeybek” music. They have compiled
many unknown melodies in Anatolia and contributed to the Turkish Folk Music
Repertoire of Turkish Radio and Television Corporation. They are now in the
study of a CD on Zeybek Music and some concerts with Talip Ozkan who is one of
the great masters of baglama.
With his “Experimental Music
Ensemble”, mixing the spirits of Jazz and Anatolian Music he has performed in
most of the important music and jazz festivals in Turkey. Nowadays, he is
studying on a new jazz project on his compositions, featuring the leading jazz
musicians of Turkey. With group “Yagmur Oncesi”, of which he is one of the
founders, they are playing Anatolian melodies and their own compositions with
jazz-rock sound. He is also involved in ”Bachlama” project of Okan Murat Ozturk,
that contains the compositions of J. S. Bach in its repertoire.
He has also taken place in many
studio recordings, radio and TV programs as a musician, arranger and producer.
He is the academic consultant of the Turkish Folklore Club of Middle East
Technical University and he has been teaching “Baglama Techniques” and
“Anatolian Music Theory” in this club since 6 years. He has attended many
seminars and conferences on music as a speaker and director, and has many
written publications on music.
Albums:
“Duman Almis Yaylayi” by Yagmur
Oncesi, Ant Music 1998.
“Nisan” by Yagmur Oncesi, Ada
Music 2001.
“THBT’li
Turkuler”, mixed, Herdem Music 2001.
Publications (In Turkish):
Ida Dagi’ndan Agri Dagi’na Bir Anadolu
Hikayesi, Halkbilimi, Nr.1, pp.27, 1996.
Bir Cam Fanusta Hapistir Zaman,
Halkbilimi, Nr.2, pp.36, 1997.
Muzikte Dorduncu Boyut Arayislari,
Halkbilimi, Nr.3, pp. 50, 1997.
Fantastik,
Halkbilimi, Nr.4, pp.26, 1997.
Seker
de Yiyebilsinler, Halkbilimi, Nr.5, pp.16, 1998.
Seyfi
Hoca,Halkbilimi, Nr.7, pp.20, 1998.
ODTU-THBT’de
Cazin Kisa Tarihi, Halkbilimi, Nr.7, pp.40, 1998.
Yarim
Kalmis Bir Yazi, Halkbilimi, Nr.9, pp.19, 1999.
Duman
Almis Yaylayi, Halkbilimi, Nr.9, pp.70, 1999.
Hic (with Abdurrahman Tarikci),
Halkbilimi, Nr.11, pp.101, 1999.
Sayiklamalar,
Halkbilimi, Nr.12, pp.56, 2000.
Godot’u Beklerken Aldi da Bir Yagmur, Halkbilimi, Nr.13,
pp.65, 2001.
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