Erkan Aki

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Erkan Aki (born June 20, 1969 in Sursee ) is a Swiss tenor of Turkish descent who sings between pop and classical music . The classically trained musician sings in seven languages.

Life

Erkan Aki was born as the youngest of three brothers. His parents, mother Remziye and father Ahmet, emigrated from Turkey to the canton of Lucerne at the end of the 1960s. The family lived in Willisau until he was 11 years old . In 1980 the family moved to Neftenbach near Winterthur , where the parents opened a coffee house. Erkan Aki later moved to Zurich. In the period that followed, Erkan Aki met his current wife Anna Steiner. In 2010 the two had a son. Erkan Aki is also involved in social areas, including the José Carreras Foundation and UNICEF .

Erkan Aki's path to becoming a tenor began at the age of 17. After a performance of Johann Strauss “ Die Fledermaus ” in the Zurich Opera House , he decided to study classical singing. During his vocal studies with Paul Späni , he specialized in the subject of song and, parallel to his singing lessons, also completed a commercial training from 1986 to 1989, which he successfully completed. After the death of his singing teacher in 1993, Aki took music theory lessons in Istanbul for three years. Since his return he has been supervised by the music professor Jane Thorner-Mengedoht at the Zurich University of Music.

Erkan Aki made a studio recording with Atilla Şereftuğ . This came to the concert organizer and artist manager David Lieberberg by chance . He helped Aki get his first record deal, and Aki recorded his first album Here's to the Heros with producer Nigel Wright . The album rose high in the German charts.

Erkan Aki performed at the Brandenburg Gate on New Year's Eve 1999 and sang Here's to the Heroes at the turn of the millennium . The follow-up album to Here's to the Heroes is called Pop Classics . He recorded his next album, Zeit der große Emotions , in German. With Xavier Naidoo and Patricia Kaas he sang several titles for this album, such as the classic by Karat You must go over seven bridges . The song Unter der Haut by Patricia Kaas was recorded in a German-French version and was the theme song for the television drama Sturmzeit . Montserrat Marti, the daughter of Montserrat Caballé, played on his fourth studio album Songs for Lovers . With the fifth album Music in my Heart , Erkan Aki interpreted world hits like The Power of Love or Time to Say Goodbye . Two more albums followed: In Love for Europe , on which he sings in seven languages, and the Christmas album Romantic Christmas .

At a performance in the sold-out Xanten Arena in 2008, he not only sang classic pop hits with Montserrat Caballé, but also operatic arias. The result was joint concert tours with Sarah Brightman , in 2009 through South and Central America and in 2010 through Japan, Korea and Canada. In the meantime he was working on a best-of album, which was released in 2009 with the title Nur die Hits .

In 2012, after a long break, he released the album True Love , with the assistance of producer Jan-Eric Kohrs .

Awards

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
1999 Here's to the Heroes DE38 (9 weeks)
DE 		AT33 (3 weeks)
AT 		CH54 (5 weeks)
CH
First published: November 1999
2001 Pop Classics DE62 (2 weeks)
DE 		AT39 (6 weeks)
AT 		CH45 (8 weeks)
CH
First published: April 2001
Time of great feelings DE67 (5 weeks)
DE 		AT67 (2 weeks)
AT 		CH59 (5 weeks)
CH
First published: September 2001

more publishments

  • 2002: Songs for Lovers
  • 2005: Music in My Heart
  • 2008: Romantic Christmas
  • 2008: In Love for Europe
  • 2009: only the hits
  • 2012: True Love

Singles (chart successes)

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
1999 Under the skin
single track 		DE61 (5 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: December 1999
with Patricia Kaas
2000 Here's to the Heroes
Here's to the Heroes 		DE99 (1 week)
DE 		- -
First published: January 2000
2001 You have to cross seven bridges. A
time of great feelings 		DE40 (8 weeks)
DE 		AT51 (6 weeks)
AT 		CH58 (3 weeks)
CH
First publication: August 2001
with Xavier Naidoo ; Original: carat

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Aki, Erkan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th June 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Sursee