music

Greetings from Turkey, Adana…
We have three very popular musicians...We hope you like them too…

TARKAN...(singer)
Tarkan Tevetoğlu popularly known as Tarkan, is a World Music award winning pop singer in Turkey. Tarkan has been known for the use of sexual and romantic themes in his work and has been nicknamed the "Prince Of Pop" by the media. He has released several platinum-selling albums during his career, with an estimated 15 million albums sold. One of a few European singers that has managed to span chart success over three continents without singing in English, the artist is also noted for his live stage performances.



İDİL BİRET...(pianist)


Born in Ankara, Idil Beret started to learn the piano at the age of three and later studied at the Paris Conservatoire under the guidance of Nadia Boulanger, graduating at the age of fifteen with three first prizes. A pupil of Alfred Cortot and of Wilhelm Kempff, she embarked on her career as a soloist at the age of sixteen, appearing with major orchestras in the principal musical centres of the world, in collaboration with conductors of the greatest distinction.

FAZIL SAY...(pianist)

Fazil Say was born in Ankara, Turkey, in 1970. He studied piano and composition. Say received a scholarship enabling him to study at the Robert Schumann Institute in Düsseldorf. From 1992 to 1995, he moved to Berlin in order to study at the Berlin Conservatory. Since the beginning of his career, he played together with worldwide leading orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, the Israel Philharmonic, the Baltimore Symphony, the St Petersburg Philharmonic, the BBC Philharmonic and the Orchestre National de France. Say also took part in numerous well-known festivals like the Salzburg Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival and the Harrod's Piano Series in London. As a composer and pianist with an international reputation, he performed at a variety of events, recorded many CDs and also composed own creations.