Orhan Gencebay

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Orhan Gencebay (b. 1944) is a Turkish musician, composer, singer, arranger, music producer, music director, and actor. He born Orhan Kencebay on 4th August 1944 in the Turkish coastal town of Samsun. He started learning music at the age of six, taking violin and mandolin lessons from Emin Tarakci ,who was a classical musician from the Ukraine Conservatoire. At the age of seven Gencebay started playing the baglama (a traditional Turkish instrument), and continued taking traditional Turkish folk music lessons. At ten he created his first composition. At thirteen he started playing the tanbur, an instrument often used in Turkish classical music, to improve his theoretical and practical grasp of Turkish classical music. During his high-school years he performed in classical and traditional Turkish folk music societies, playing the tambur and baglama, gave music lessons, and helped to organise community music centres in Istanbul and Samsun. From sixteen he became interested in jazz and rock music, and played tenor saxophone in wind orchestras. He entered the Turkish conservatory in Istanbul, and stayed there for four years. In the military, continued to play saxophone in the military brass band. At twenty and twenty-two he passed the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) exams, allowing him to become a resident baglama player at the network for several months. In 1966 he got an excellent grade in a National Baglama Contest with Arif Sağ and Çinuçen Tanrıkorur, two oth

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Klasikler Sizin Seçtikleriniz

Klasikler Sizin Seçtikleriniz Vol.1

Utan / Dokunma

Batsin Bu Dünya

Klasikler Sizin Seçtikleriniz Vol.2

Ya Evde Yoksan / Seni Arıyorum

Orhan Gencebay Klasikleri Sizin Seçtikleriniz 66'dan 1993'e

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İdeal Aşk

Yarabbim

Sen de Haklısın

Klasikler Sizin Seçtikleriniz 66'dan 1993'e Vol.1

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