Orhan Gencebay

Orhan Gencebay
Background information
Birth nameOrhan Kencebay
Born (1944-08-04) 4 August 1944 (age 80)
OriginTekkeköy, Samsun, Turkey
GenresArabesque music, Turkish folk music, Ottoman classical music,[1][2] Sufi music, pop folk, folk rock[3][4]
Occupation(s)Singer, composer, music producer, music director, arranger, actor
Instrument(s)Bağlama, tambur, violin, sitar, guitar, ney, piano, cümbüş, oud, bouzouki, percussion
Years active1963–present

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]

  1. ^ Akın, Esra (4 January 2003). "Bağlama Küsmesin Baba!". Milliyet. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2007.
  2. ^ Balıkçıoğlu, Tuğba (18 April 2004). "Arabesk Deyimi Beni Tanımlamaya Yetmez". Sabah. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2007.
  3. ^ Akpınar, Hakan (26 April 2005). "Orhan Baba Efsanesi 2". Tercüman. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2007.
  4. ^ Balıkçıoğlu, Tuğba (18 April 2004). "Arabesk Deyimi Beni Tanımlamaya Yetmez". Sabah. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2007.
  5. ^ "Kirim Tatar". Archived from the original on 15 January 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2012. Orhan Gencebay Kırım Tatarı olduğunu açıkladı
  6. ^ Evin Doğu (19 July 2000). "Sanatçılar unvansız kaldı". NTV-MSNBC. Retrieved 7 December 2013.