Mesut İktu explained

Mesut İktu (Ankara, 22 May 1947) is a Turkish operatic baritone, administrator and voice teacher. He was manager and artistic director of the Turkish State Opera and Ballet 1987-1991 and again 2001-2003.^[1]

Discography

• Türk ezgileri - Turkish Folksongs. Kalan. 2009
• The Art of Turkish Song - Necil Kazım Akses (1908-1999), Ahmet Adnan Saygun (1907-1991), Nevit Kodallı (1924-2009), İlhan Usmanbaş (1921-), Muammer Sun (1932-), Cenan Akın (1932-2006), İlhan Baran (1934-), Cemal Reşit Rey (1904-1985), Ulvi Cemal Erkin (1906-1973), Gürer Aykal (1942-). Mesut Iktu, baritone. Sergey Gavrilov, piano VMS
• Bariton Opera arias - Ahmed Adnan Saygun, Gürer Aykal, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Verdi, Schubert, Brahms, Mahler and Glinka. cond. Maciej Niesiołowski. Kalan Music 2009.^[2]

Notes and References

1. http://www.turkishculture.org/whoiswho/music/mesut-iktu-539.htm WHO'S WHO IN TURKISH CULTURE AND ART
2. http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action;jsessionid=E4B7B7D42011EF1D908726A2FBED179B?pageNo=62&category=114&dt=0&newsId=182792&columnistId=0 Baritone Mesut İktu sings opera classics on new CD