Ceylan Ertem Explained

Ceylan Ertem
Birth Date:26 December 1980
Birth Place:Adapazarı, Sakarya, Turkey
Years Active:2000–present
Label:Sony BMG
Associated Acts:Anima, Barana

Ceylan Ertem (born 26 December 1980) is Turkish singer-songwriter.

Early life and career

Ceylan Ertem started her musical career by joining the Akhisar Municipality’s children choir.[1] She started learning how to play piano in 1995 and moved to Istanbul in 1999 to continue her musical education. There she attended the Mujdat Gezen Art Academy and studied Western Music for 2 years. Then she enrolled in the Musicology department of Yıldız Technical University for her bachelor degree. In 2000, she formed the band Anima with Tuncay Korkmaz. Anima, with its all members studying in the same faculty at the YTU, released their first and only album Animasal in 2006. In 2008, she started producing the radio show SubidaP on Acık Radyo, the show aired for 26 weeks.

International work

In 2008, she recorded with Philipp Gropper and Wanja Slavin in Berlin for the project "Octophone". Later, she had many concerts in Berlin as well. She worked with other European bands such as "United Fools" of France and “Barana” of Netherlands.[2]

Albums

In 2010, she released her first solo album. The album was called Soluk.[3] She recorded the whole album with 40 musicians. She continued with her solo career with Ütopyalar Güzeldir in 2012, Amansız Gücenik in 2014, and cover album YUH! in 2015. In 2016, she was invited to work on the project which was attributed to Zülfü Livaneli, on which she covered Kız Cocuğu. She released her 4th studio album Yine de Amin in February 2017.

Discography

Solo albums
Split albums
Singles
As featured artist

Notes and References

  1. ., Editor .. "Ceylan Ertem." Ceylan Ertem. WordPress, 10 Mar. 2010. Web. 27 Nov. 2016.
  2. Web site: Plus on est de Fools… . 1 November 2011 . 7 October 2011 . sudouest.fr . https://web.archive.org/web/20140324091253/http://www.sudouest.fr/2011/10/07/plus-on-est-de-fools-519490-4608.php . 24 March 2014 . live .
  3. Web site: Ceylan Ertem'in albüm'ü "Soluk" çıktı . 1 November 2011. 17 January 2010. baykusmusic.com sitesi . https://web.archive.org/web/20140912093639/http://baykusmusic.com/2010/01/ceylan-ertemin-albumu-cok-yakinda-cikiyor/ . 12 September 2014.