Sumru Agiryuruyen
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Sumru Ağıryürüyen is a singer and mandolin
ist from Turkey
. Her solo album Issız/Solitude was released under the label Kalan Music. She released two other albums (Ayde Mori and Balkan Journey) with the group "Balkan Journey". She has participated dozens of recordings since the 1980s.
Singing mostly in the projects of kanun
master Göksel Baktagir, oud
master Yurdal Tokcan and with the Turkish music group Istanbul Sazendeleri, she prepared a project comprising the music of different ethnicities in Turkey, and another project with songs from different continents, Breath of the Earth.
With the "Furtuna" project she sang Hadjidakis songs with prominent Turkish and Greek musicians. As a member of Three Women project, she had sung love songs from different ethnicities in Turkey. She performed Sephardic, Klezmer
music with different groups and musicians in several festivals. She is one of the guest soloists of the Tekfen Philharmonic Orchestra.
She sang with the Yinon Muallem Ensemble in various projects and albums. She is also the music director of Gitarcafe, a music center in Istanbul, and the organization director of ISCMS, an international music festival. Together with three other musicians, she composed the music for Autumn (2008), directed by Özcan Alper, which won Best Soundtrack Award at the Angers
Film Festival 2009 (France).
Mandolin
A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
ist from Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. Her solo album Issız/Solitude was released under the label Kalan Music. She released two other albums (Ayde Mori and Balkan Journey) with the group "Balkan Journey". She has participated dozens of recordings since the 1980s.
Singing mostly in the projects of kanun
Kanun (Instrument)
The Qanun is a string instrument found in the 10th century in Farab in Turkestan...
master Göksel Baktagir, oud
Oud
The oud is a pear-shaped stringed instrument commonly used in North African and Middle Eastern music. The modern oud and the European lute both descend from a common ancestor via diverging paths...
master Yurdal Tokcan and with the Turkish music group Istanbul Sazendeleri, she prepared a project comprising the music of different ethnicities in Turkey, and another project with songs from different continents, Breath of the Earth.
With the "Furtuna" project she sang Hadjidakis songs with prominent Turkish and Greek musicians. As a member of Three Women project, she had sung love songs from different ethnicities in Turkey. She performed Sephardic, Klezmer
Klezmer
Klezmer is a musical tradition of the Ashkenazic Jews of Eastern Europe. Played by professional musicians called klezmorim, the genre originally consisted largely of dance tunes and instrumental display pieces for weddings and other celebrations...
music with different groups and musicians in several festivals. She is one of the guest soloists of the Tekfen Philharmonic Orchestra.
She sang with the Yinon Muallem Ensemble in various projects and albums. She is also the music director of Gitarcafe, a music center in Istanbul, and the organization director of ISCMS, an international music festival. Together with three other musicians, she composed the music for Autumn (2008), directed by Özcan Alper, which won Best Soundtrack Award at the Angers
Angers
Angers is the main city in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France about south-west of Paris. Angers is located in the French region known by its pre-revolutionary, provincial name, Anjou, and its inhabitants are called Angevins....
Film Festival 2009 (France).