Orhan Gencebay Explained

Orhan Gencebay
Background:solo_singer
Birth Name:Orhan Kencebay
Birth Date:1944 8, df=yes
Origin:Tekkeköy, Samsun, Turkey
Genre:Arabesque music, Turkish folk music, Ottoman classical music,[1] [2] Sufi music, pop folk, folk rock[3] [4]
Occupation:Singer, composer, music producer, music director, arranger, actor
Years Active:1963–present
Instrument:Bağlama, tambur, violin, sitar, guitar, ney, piano, cümbüş, oud, bouzouki, percussion

Orhan Gencebay (born 4 August 1944) is a Turkish musician, bağlama virtuoso, composer, singer, arranger, music producer, music director, and actor. Gencebay was born in the coastal town of Samsun on 4 August 1944. He is of Crimean Tatar descent.[5] In 1998, he was named a State Artist of Turkey.[6]

Career

At ages 20 and 22, he passed the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) auditions and became a resident bağlama player at the network for several months. In 1966, he was one of the primary contestants in National Bağlama Contest with Arif Sağ and Cinuçen Tanrıkorur, two other contemporary masters of Turkish music.

In the late sixties, he collaborated with a wide range of musicians in performances and film music. Between 1966 and 1968, he played bağlama with Arif Sağ in many records with singers such as Muzaffer Akgün, Yıldız Tezcan, Gülden Karaböcek, Ahmet Sezgin, Şükran Ay, Sabahat Akkiraz, and Nuri Sesigüzel. Gencebay also took part as a music director in many Turkish films such as Ana, Kuyu, Kızılırmak-Karakoyun. He also collaborated with many musicians from different genres, such as Erkin Koray,[7] Omar Faruk Tekbilek,[8] Ismet Siral, Burhan Tonguc, Ozer Senay, Vedat Yildirimbora, Neşet Ertaş, Abdullah Nail Bayşu. He appeared as a baglama performer and a well-known composer in musical societies, besides releasing several singles in genre of traditional Turkish folk music. In 1968, he released his first "free-style" single "Sensiz Bahar Gecmiyor/Basa Gelen Cekilirmis", and was rewarded. During the 1970s, he released many singles in a new genre that is a fusion of traditional Turkish folk music, Turkish classical music, Western classical music, jazz, rock, country, progressive, psychedelic, Indian, Arabic, Spanish, and Greek music styles. Even though some musical societies such as TRT named that kind of World fusion music recordings Arabesque music, Orhan Gencebay refused the term arabesque, saying it was inadequate to define his style.[9] [10] [11] In 1972, he founded the Kervan Record Company, attracting many other talented musicians such as Erkin Koray, Ajda Pekkan, Muazzez Abacı, Mustafa Sağyaşar, Ahmet Özhan, Kamuran Akkor, Semiha Yankı, Samime Sanay, Neşe Karaböcek, Bedia Akartürk, Nil Burak, Ziya Taşkent, Semiramis Pekkan and Ferdi Özbeğen.

Throughout his career, Orhan has performed leading roles in 36 movies, has been a composer almost in 90 movies, composed of about a thousand[12] works, released almost 35 singles, 15 albums, and dozens of MCs. His albums sold out over 65 million legal copies.[13] [14]

Discography

See main article: Orhan Gencebay discography.

Studio albums

Filmography

Cinema
YearTitleRoleNotes
1971 Orhan Orhan Gencebay's cinematic debut.[15]
1972Sev Dedi GözlerimOrhan
1973Ben Doğarken ÖlmüşümOrhan
1974Dertler Benim OlsunSebahattin
1975 Orhan
Orhan
1976Orhan
Haydar
1977 Orhan Akman
1978 Orhan
Himself
Himself
1979Orhan
1980 Orhan Gencebay
Orhan
Orhan
1981 Orhan Gencebay
1982 Orhan
Orhan
Kadir
1983 Zulüm Orhan
Orhan
1984 Orhan
Orhan
Orhan Gencebay
1985 Orhan
1987 Orhan
1988 Orhan
1989Orhan Gencebay
Kan ÇiçeğiOrhan
1990 Orhan Orhan Gencebay's last movie appearance.
Movie soundtracks
TV shows

References

  1. Web site: Bağlama Küsmesin Baba! . 25 July 2007 . Milliyet . 4 January 2003 . Esra . Akın . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306110647/http://www.milliyet.com.tr/content/kadin/kad015/kadin38.html . 6 March 2016.
  2. Web site: Arabesk Deyimi Beni Tanımlamaya Yetmez . 25 July 2007 . Sabah . 18 April 2004 . Tuğba . Balıkçıoğlu . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173224/http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/2004/04/18/cp/rop101-20040418-102.html . 3 March 2016.
  3. Web site: Orhan Baba Efsanesi 2 . 25 July 2007 . Tercüman . 26 April 2005 . Hakan . Akpınar . https://web.archive.org/web/20090116014922/http://www.tercuman.com.tr/v1/arsiv_yeni/yazaryazi.asp?id=64&yazitar=26.04.2005&yaziid=12239 . 16 January 2009 . dead .
  4. Web site: Arabesk Deyimi Beni Tanımlamaya Yetmez . 25 July 2007 . Sabah . 18 April 2004 . Tuğba . Balıkçıoğlu . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173224/http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/2004/04/18/cp/rop101-20040418-102.html . 3 March 2016.
  5. Web site: Kirim Tatar . 2012-11-27 . Orhan Gencebay Kırım Tatarı olduğunu açıkladı . https://web.archive.org/web/20150115095908/http://qha.com.ua/orhan-gencebay-kirim-tatari-oldugunu-acikladi-foto-119385tr.html . 15 January 2015 . dead .
  6. News: Sanatçılar unvansız kaldı. Evin Doğu. 19 July 2000. 7 December 2013. NTV-MSNBC.
  7. Web site: Erkin Koray . 18 January 2008 . 2008-05-13 . Erkin Koray met Gencebay in the early seventies. .
  8. Web site: Omar Faruk Tekbilek Biography . 2008-05-13 . Omar Faruk's skills blossomed in Istanbul playing with some of the leading Turkish musicians including Orhan Gencebay .
  9. Web site: Dinççan . M.Vehbi . O Bir Efsane (He is a Legend) . Akşam . 29 July 2001 . 2008-05-13 . tr . Yaptığım müziğe Arabesk ismini ben koymadım (I am not the one who named my music arabesque). . https://web.archive.org/web/20080608071258/http://www.aksam.com.tr/arsiv/aksam/2001/07/29/yazidizi/yazidizi2.html . 8 June 2008.
  10. Web site: Akpınar . Hakan . Orhan Baba Efsanesi (The Legend of "Father" Orhan) . Tercüman . 16 July 2004 . 2008-05-13 . tr . Müziğime arabesk denmesi çok saçma. Bu kavram hem yeterli değil, hem de yanlıştır.(It's foolish calling my music as arabesque. That term is not only inadequate, but also it's completely incorrect). . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090312005538/http://www.tercuman.com.tr/v1/yazaryazi.asp?id=64&yazitar=26.04.2005&yaziid=12239 . 12 March 2009 . dmy-all.
  11. Web site: Balıkçıoğlu . Tuğba . Mafya babası gibiyim (I am like Godfather) . Sabah . 18 April 2004 . 2008-05-13 . tr . Arabesk deyimi beni tanımlamaya yetmez (Arabesque is not enough to define me). . 3 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173224/http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/2004/04/18/cp/rop101-20040418-102.html . dead .
  12. Web site: Berköz . Elif . Ne Sazımın Yaşlanmaya Niyeti Var Ne de Benim (Neither my baglama nor me have in mind getting old) . Milliyet . 12 December 2005 . 2007-03-27 . tr . 1000'in üzerinde beste yapmış (He did over a thousand compositions). .
  13. Web site: Orhan Baba Efsanesi (Legendary Father Orhan) . Tercüman Gazetesi . 27 April 2005 . 2009-09-17 . tr . Yasal olarak 60 milyonun üstünde sattı albümlerim, 65–70 milyon arası galiba. (My albums have sold over 60 million legal copies, probably 65–70 million.) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110718232313/http://www.tercuman.com.tr/v1/yazaryazi.asp?id=64&yazitar=27.04.2005&yaziid=12241 . 18 July 2011 . dmy-all.
  14. Web site: 65 milyon albüm sattı (He has sold 65 million legal copies) . Akşam Gazetesi . 14 April 2006 . 2009-09-17 . Çıkardığım albümlerin resmi satış rakamı 65 milyon. (My albums have sold 65 million legal copies). . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111008230601/http://arsiv.aksam.com.tr/haber.asp?a=36254,8&tarih=14.04.2006 . 8 October 2011 . dmy-all.
  15. Web site: Birçok kez kafayı çektiğimiz oldu . 16 June 2012 . 1 May 2011 . Anti Newspaper . https://web.archive.org/web/20110802183519/http://www.antigazete.com/bircok-kez-kafayi-cektigimiz-oldu_haberi_4472.html . 2 August 2011 . dead .

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