- Timur Selçuk
Timur Selçuk (born
2 July 1946 ,Istanbul ) is a renowned Turkishpop music singer ,pianist , conductor andcomposer .Biography
He is the son of well-known composer of Turkish neo-classical music,
Münir Nurettin Selçuk . He started playing piano at the age of five and gave his first concert at seven. He was educated inGalatasaray Lisesi and Istanbul Municipality Conservatory.Selçuk returned home after his study at the "
Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris " and became a pioneer of the political composers inTurkey . With hischanson s, he repeatedly stormed the hit lists. He is the founder and the conductor of theIstanbul Chamber Orchestra . He composed a great number of music to films and theater works, and also to the poems ofNazım Hikmet .He twice participated in the
Eurovision Song Contest ; in 1975, he conducted the first ever Turkish entry, "Seninle Bir Dakika", that had been composed and arranged by others. Fourteen years later, in 1989, he returned as composer, lyricist, arranger and conductor for "Bana Bana", that was performed by the group Pan. One of the singers of the group was his daughter. The song finished 21st., in spite of Selçuk's spectacular way of conducting the Swiss orchestra.Selected discography
* "Timur Selçuk /3", Balet Plak, 1987
* "İspanyol Meyhanesi", Balet Plak, 1988
* "Bir Uzay Masalı Pop Opera", Balet Plak, 1991
* "25. Yıl", Balet Plak, 1992
* "Seçkiler", Ada Müzik, 2000
* "Istanbul Oda Orkestrası", Balet Plak
* "Babamın Şarkıları", Balet Plak, 2003
* "Abdülhamit Düşerken", Balet Plak, 2004
* "Bedreddin / Timur Selçuk Tiyatro Müzikleri", Balet Plak, 2005Filmography
* "Eine Saison in Hakkari", (Turkey/Germany), 1982/1983 directed by Erden Kıral
* "Vatanyolu" ("Die Heimreise"), (Germany), 1987/1988 by Enis Günay, Rasim Konyar
* "Mavi Sürgün" ("Das blaue Exil"), (Turkey/Germany/Greece), 1992/1993 by Erden KıralReferences
* [http://www.michaelshow.net/news.asp?haber_no=1248 Timur Selçuk's biography]
* [http://www.diskotek.arkaplan.com.tr/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=193&osCsid=5078d79663dff796e5b7fcd11f897128 Full discography]External links
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NAME= Selçuk, Timur
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= Turkish musician
DATE OF BIRTH=2 July 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH=Istanbul
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