Ercan Şahin

1971 born in Turkey. His parents come from Sivas, a city in Anatolia which is known for his numerous poets and folk singers.

At the age of 13 years first enquiries and collections of undiscovered Anatolian folk songs. Travelling through different regions of Anatolia to get to know the musical variety closer.Ercan Sahin teaches in different "national education centres", youth centres, foundations and private music schools "Baglama", in Bursa/Turkey. In 1987 he founds his first music group and takes part in different concerts in Germany and Turkey, accompanies many singers and musicians with his "Bağlama".

At the end of 1994 Ercan Sahin moves to Cologne and continues his musical career in Germany. He works as musician in the Arkadas theatre. Since 1995 he teaches in the art house “Mosaik” and in different municipal music schools in Germany the Anatolian stringed instrument "Baglama" and music theory particularly for people from Turkey.

In 2000 Ercan Sahin publishes his first album "Gam Elinden”. In the same year he prepares his pupils for a musical big event. With a total of 174 his Baglama pupils takes part on the musical big event “Saga of Millenium“ in the event centre of Cologne, KölnArena. More than thousand Baglama players divided the stage of the KölnArena in this arrangement and were accompanied in their repertoire by the Cologne symphony orchestra. An arrangement which earned an entry in the Guinness book of records. In 2002 the same event takes place in Istanbul/Turkey.

In 2006 he meets the group ufermann. He publishes his second album “Selam” with the group ufermann.

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