Cemil Bey

Tamburi Cemil Bey (Ottoman: طنبورى جميل بك)
Background information
Birth nameCemil
Born1871 or 1873
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died(1916-07-28)July 28, 1916 (aged 43)
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
GenresOttoman classical music
Instrument(s)tanbur, kemençe, cello, lavta, yaylı tambur
Labels(reissues) Kalan

Tanburi Cemil Bey (1873, Istanbul – July 28, 1916, Istanbul) was an Ottoman tanbur, Turkish tambur, yaylı tambur, kemençe, and lavta virtuoso and composer, who has greatly contributed to the taksim (improvisation on a makam/maqam) genre in Ottoman classical music. His son, Mesut Cemil Bey, was an equally renowned Turkish tambur virtuoso.