Derya Türkan

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Derya Türkan (2009)

Derya Türkan (* 1973 in Istanbul ) is a Turkish musician who plays the bowed lute Kemençe in both classical Turkish music and world music .

Live and act

Türkan grew up in a family of musicians. From 1984 he studied classical kemençe at the State Conservatory for Turkish Music in Istanbul with İhsan Özgen ; He graduated in 1994.

Türkan has been working with the music ensemble of TRT Istanbul Radio since 1991 ; In 2000 he became a permanent artist in this institution. Also in 1991 he became a member of the ensemble of Kudsi Ergüner , with whom he toured many countries in the Middle East and Europe and released several albums such as Chemins and Islam Blues . As early as 1992, Necdet Yaşar brought him to the State Ensemble for Classical Turkish Music at the Ministry of Culture, with whom he appeared as a guest artist for seven years. Together with Sokratis Sinopoulos he recorded the album Letters from Istanbul in 1997 (a sequel followed in 2018). He also worked with Cengiz Onural and Murat Aydemir in a duo and in the group İncesaz (several albums and one DVD).

In 2006 his album Minstrels Era (with Renaud Garcia-Fons and Uğur Işık) was released, which received very positive international attention. With this trio he also gave concerts in Germany, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Spain. In 2013 he appeared as a soloist with the Federal Youth Orchestra under the direction of Howard Griffiths and Sir Simon Rattle .

He also worked with Jordi Savall and the Ensemble Hespèrion XXI , the Pera Ensemble , Djivan Gasparyan , La Sublime Port and Mare Nostrum . Baki Dyuyarlar brought him in to record his album Kemenjazz (2012). There was also collaboration with Bojan Zulfikarpašić , Vincent Segal, Ross Daly , Enver Izmailov , Alim Qasımov , Jon Balke , Serkan Çağrı, Melihat Gülses, Erkan Oğur and Kayhan Kalho.

Discographic notes

  • Murat Aydemir, Derya Türkan Ahenk: Turkish Classical Music (Golden Horn 1997)
  • Minstrels Era (Kalan Müzik 2006)
  • Renaud Garcia Fons & Derya Türkan Silk Moon (E-Motive Records 2014)
  • İstanbul Kemeçesi (MMT Records 2014)
  • Derya Türkan, Kudsi Ergüner, Murat Aydemir, Zohar Fresco Tarab (Kalan 2018)
  • Derya Türkan & Sokratis Sinopoulos Letter From istanbul Vol. 2 (Kalan 2018)

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personal data
SURNAME Türkan, Derya
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish kemençe player
DATE OF BIRTH 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Istanbul