Niyazi Sayin
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Niyazi Sayın spelled Niyazi Sayin in the West, is a Turkish
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flautist and music educator. For a long time, he has performed duets with tanbur
lute player Necdet Yaşar
. He is regarded as the most important ney player in Turkish classical music.
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
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Ney
The ney is an end-blown flute that figures prominently in Middle Eastern music. In some of these musical traditions, it is the only wind instrument used. It is a very ancient instrument, with depictions of ney players appearing in wall paintings in the Egyptian pyramids and actual neys being found...
flautist and music educator. For a long time, he has performed duets with tanbur
Tanbur (Turkish)
The Tambur is a fretted string instrument of Turkey and the former lands of the Ottoman Empire. Like the ney, the armudi kemençe and the kudüm, it constitutes one of the four instruments of the basic quartet of Turkish classical music aka Sanat Musiği...
lute player Necdet Yaşar
Necdet Yasar
Necdet Yaşar or Necdet Yasar in the West , is a Turkish tanbur lute player and teacher. A founding member of the Istanbul State Turkish Music Ensemble, he performed throughout the world as a cultural ambassador for Turkey and taught twice at the University of Washington...
. He is regarded as the most important ney player in Turkish classical music.
Discography
Modern reissues include:- 2006 - Niyazi Sayın & Necdet Yaşar: Masters of Turkish Music - 2-CD compilation (Kalan MüzikKalan MüzikKalan Müzik or Kalan Music for the West is a Turkish independent record label company based in Istanbul. It was founded in 1991 by Hasan Saltık. It specializes in releasing Saltık's recordings of classical and traditional ethnic and folk music from Turkey and the surrounding region. It is sometimes...
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External links
- Product page for the compilation of duets with Necdet Yaṣar at Kalan MüzikKalan MüzikKalan Müzik or Kalan Music for the West is a Turkish independent record label company based in Istanbul. It was founded in 1991 by Hasan Saltık. It specializes in releasing Saltık's recordings of classical and traditional ethnic and folk music from Turkey and the surrounding region. It is sometimes...
- All about Niyazi Sayin in the Journal of Reed Flute (Ney dergisi)
- The only interactive forum site following Niyazi Sayin`s path