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Artist
The guitarist, composer and lecturer Ceyhun Şaklar was born in İstanbul in 1971. His interest in music started to develop as he had piano lessons with Ebru Doğan in his early highschool years. With her encouragement and guidance, he started studying classical guitar and prepared for the conservatory examinations. In 1987, he enrolled in İstanbul University State Conservatory, the Department of Classical Guitar, and had the chance to study with the renowned guitarist, Erdem Sökmen. After a long process of education, he graduated form the Conservatory and received a B.A. in 1997 with Excellence. Following his graduation, he started his career as a lecturer of guitar at the same institution. In 2002, he completed his M.A. in İstanbul University State Conservatory, the Department of Classical Guitar with his masters thesis titled A New Approach to the Use of the Right Hand Technique in Classical Guitar, supervised by Erdem Sökmen. In this process, he performed many concerts of singing - guitar with soprano Şebnem Tuncay Ünal and of solo guitar at various concert halls. Şaklar also developed an interest in the discipline of composition during his educational process, and from the year 1999 onwards, he focused on composition as well. His works “Sonata No.1” and “Melancholic Preludes No.1” were awarded with the First Place and the First Honorable Mention awards respectively at the National Guitar Compositions Competition of the III. Guitar Days Organization held by Yıldız Technical