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Artist
Tahir AYDOĞDU, Kanun player, born in İstanbul in 1959, Tahir Aydoğdu graduated from the Physics Department of the Middle East Technical University,Ankara. He began his music studies in high school and attended various chorus activities. He received his first instruction from his father Gültekin Aydoğdu who is a kanun player at TRT Ankara Radio and conductor of the Turkish Fasıl Ensemble. He was also trained by various Turkish music authorities. Following his graduation from the Physics department of the M.E.T.U. (Ankara 1983), he was appointed to the TRT Ankara Radio Turkish Music Ensemble as a kanun player. Besides various concerts he gave in Turkey, he also represented his country in many important music venues in the United States and Asia with the “Modern Folk Trio”, With whom he worked for eight years. With the “AsiaMinor” Jazz Ensemble whose musical goal was to combine Turkish Music and Jazz, the artist played in many concerts,attended various work-shops and festivals abroad i.e. ten years of touring extensively throughout Europe and America. As a member of AsiaMinor he released several CD’s,namely, “Along the Street” (Vienna,1991), “Longanova” (1997) and “Cat’s Dream” (Ankara ,1998).Other CD’s include “Yahya Kemal in the music of Cinuçen Tanrıkorur” with the composer on Ud ; “Balkanatolia”with Jazz singer Yıldız İbrahimova; “from Sufi Music to Flamenco” with Dutch Guitarist Eric Vaarzon Morel; “Afife” Turkish Ballet composed by Turgay Erdener with Tschaikovksy Radio