- Mazlum Çimen
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Mazlum Çimen (June 18, 1958 in Elbistan, Kahramanmaraş) is a Turkish musician, ballet dancer, film actor, folk singer and an award-winning film score composer.
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Early life
He was born in Sevdilli village of Elbistan in Kahramanmaraş Province on June 18, 1958.He is the son of Nesimi Cimen who is a great Ashik, songwriter and Cura Virtuoso in history. His parents are originating however from Hozat in Tunceli Province.[1][2]
His family moved to Istanbul as he was still in pre-school age. After Mazlum finished his primary school education, he attended Istanbul State Conservatory to study violin. Four years later, he switched over to ballet dancing section of the same music school and graduated in 1981. He entered Istanbul State Opera and Ballet as a ballet dancer, where he is still employed.[1][2]
Music career
Mazlum toured across the country with his father Nesimi Çimen,[3] a well-known folk music singer, and was so introduced in music composing.[2] He created his first compositions already in 1980. With his music teacher İhsan Yüce's initiation, he stepped into the film music field, where he found the strong support of Onat Kutlar, a poet and co-founder of the Istanbul International Film Festival.[1][2]
His first commercial compositions were for the film Mem û Zin in 1991 and for the TV mini-series Aysarı'nın Zilleri in 1992. He was awarded three times the Golden Orange and twice the Golden Boll for best film score. In 2008, he received the Best Film Score Award for Nokta at the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival in France.[1][2]
Beside composing film and TV mini-series score in addition to his primary profession as ballet dancer, Mazlum Çimen plays in movies, sings and records folk music.[1][2]
Filmography
Film score
- 68'den 6 Mayıs'a
- Nazım Hikmet Belgeseli
- Mem û Zin (1991)
- Gelincik Tarlası (1993)
- Soğuk Geceler (1994)[2] aka Kalte Nächte
- Hollywood Kaçakları (1996)
- Işıklar Sönmesin (1996)[2]
- Büyük Adam Küçük Aşk (2002)[2] aka Hejar or Big Man, Little Love or Megali exousia, mikri agapi
- Gönlümdeki Köşk Olmasa (2002) aka Omfavn mig måne or House of Hearts
- Martılar Açken (2002)
- Oyun (2005)
- Solgun Duvarlı Kent (2007)
- Son Cellat (2008)
- Nokta (2008)[2] aka Dot
- Umut (film) (2009)[4]
- Köy (2009) aka The Village
TV mini-series score
- Aysarı'nın Zilleri (1992)
- Berivan (2002)
- Gelin (2003) aka The Bride
- Şıh Senem (2003)
- Hacı (2006) aka Hadji
- Kara Duvak (2007)
- Hanımın Çiftliği (2009)
Theatre music
- Yunus Emre (1989 Diyarbakır State Theatre)[2]
- Ferhat ile Şirin (İstanbul City Theatre)
Actor
- Hababam Sınıfı Güle Güle (1981)
- Hoşçakal Yarın (1998) or Goodbye Tomorrow - Yusuf Arslan
- Gönlümdeki Köşk Olmasa (2002) - Ali
- Anlat İstanbul (2004) - Şehmuz
- Son Cellat (2008) - Ampul Adam
- Yahşi Batı (2009) - Wanted Şerif I
- Umut (2009) - İlyas
Albums
- Çimen Türküleri, Ada Müzik (1995)[2]
- Mem ü Zin, Kalan Müzik (1996)[2]
- Çimen Sesleri, Ada Müzik (2001)[2]
- Feryadı İsyanım, Ada Müzik (2002)[2]
- Buluşmalar, Kalan Müzik (2006)
References
- ^ a b c d e "Biyografi" (in Turkish). Mazlum Çimen. http://www.mazlumcimen.net/mazlumcimen.html. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Maro, Asu (2009-07-06). "Halk ozanının balet oğlu!" (in Turkish). Milliyet. http://sanat.milliyet.com.tr/Sanat/HaberDetay.aspx?aType=HaberDetayArsiv&KategoriID=30&ArticleID=1114446. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
- ^ "Kahraman devlet olsun babalarımızı korusun!" (in Turkish). Milliyet. 2009*05-23. http://www.milliyet.com.tr/Yazdir.aspx?aType=HaberDetayPrint&ArticleID=1109646. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
- ^ "Filmler" (in Turkish). Milliyet. http://sinema.milliyet.com.tr/Arama2.aspx?Ara=Mazlum%20%C3%87imen&AramaTip=2. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
External links
Awards Preceded by
Serdar KalafatoğluGolden Orange Award
for Best Music Score
1995
for Soğuk GecelerSucceeded by
Yalçın TuraPreceded by
Timur SelçukGolden Boll Award
for Best Music Score
1995
for Soğuk GecelerSucceeded by
Can HakgüderPreceded by
Kardeş TürkülerGolden Orange Award
for Best Music Score
2002
for Gönlümdeki Köşk OlmasaSucceeded by
Timur SelçukPreceded by
Zülfü LivaneliGolden Orange Award
for Best Music Score
2008
for NoktaSucceeded by
Mehmet Erdem
Özgür AkgülPreceded by
Rahman AltınGolden Boll Award
for Best Music Score
2008
for NoktaSucceeded by
Nail YurtseverGolden Orange Award for Best Music Nedim Otyam (1965) · Nedim Otyam (1966) · Yılmaz Duru (1974) · Atilla Özdemiroğlu-Şanar Yurdatapan (1975) · Melih Kibar (1976) · Cahit Berkay (1978) · Arif Erkin (1979) · Zülfü Livaneli (1980) · Nedim Otyam (1981) · Cahit Berkay (1982) · Yeni Türkü Topluluğu (1983) · Yalçın Tura (1984) · Tarık Öcal (1985) · Atilla Özdemiroğlu (1986) · Atilla Özdemiroğlu (1987) · Atilla Özdemiroğlu (1988) · Selim Atakan (1989) · Atilla Özdemiroğlu (1990) · Cahit Berkay (1991) · Münir Nurettin Beken (1992) · Can Hakgüder (1993) · Serdar Kalafatoğlu (1994) · Mazlum Çimen (1995) · Yalçın Tura (1996) · Pivio-Aldo D. Scaltzi (1997) · Uğur Dikmen (1998) · Tamer Çıray (1999) · Cahit Berkay (2000) · Kardeş Türküler (2001) · Mazlum Çimen (2002) · Timur Selçuk (2003) · Erkan Oğur (2004) · Tamer Çıray (2005) · Gökçe Akçelik (2006) · Zülfü Livaneli (2007) · Mazlum Çimen (2008) · Mehmet Erdem-Özgür Akgül (2009) · Mircan (2010)} · Frank Schreiber-Hemin Derya (2011)
Golden Boll Award for Best Music Score Nedim Otyam (1969) · Arif Erkin (1970) · Metin Bükey (1971) · Cahit Oben (1973) · Vladimir Cosma (1993) · Timur Selçuk (1994) · Mazlum Çimen (1995) · Can Hakgüder (1996) · Atilla Özdemiroğlu (1997) · Atilla Özdemiroğlu (2005) · Taner Onat – Serkan Sönmezocak (2006) · Rahman Altın (2007) · Mazlum Çimen (2008) · Nail Yurtsever (2009)Categories:- 1958 births
- People from Kahramanmaraş Province
- Turkish musicians
- Turkish classical violinists
- Turkish ballet dancers
- Turkish film score composers
- Turkish folk singers
- Living people
- Best Music Score Golden Orange Award winners
- Best Music Score Golden Boll Award winners
- Turkish film actors
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