Özdemir Erdoğan

Özdemir Erdoğan (born June 17, 1940) is a Turkish singer-songwriter and composer. He was elected as a Turkish state artist in 1998.

Özdemir Erdoğan
Background information
Birth nameMahmut Özdemir Erdoğan[1]
Born (1940-06-17) June 17, 1940
Istanbul, Turkey
GenresJazz, Turkish folk, Turkish classical
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsGuitar
Years active1968–present
Websitewww.ozdemirerdogan.com.tr

Early life

Of Armenian descent on his maternal side and Circassian and Turkish descent on his paternal side,[2][3] Özdemir Erdogan was born in Istanbul on June 17, 1940. His mother was an ethnic Armenian who was a classical pianist, and his uncle was a piano and violin player as well. The first training was taken from these channels from a young age. The unique conditions between the years 1940 and 1950 are one of the important factors preventing Özdemir Erdogan from receiving formal arts education. Another issue is that his father prescribes an absolute basic education with the conditions of those dates. In this educational process, which lasted until the age of 15–16, Özdemir Erdoğan's artistic subjects were more likely to be found which were supported by his teachers at the schools.

Özdemir Erdoğan graduated from Kadikoy Commercial High School in 1960 and completed his military service as a reserve officer teacher in Adıyaman, Besni Araplar village as a teacher.

References
  1. "MÜYORBİR Asil Üye Listesi" (PDF). muyorbir.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2017. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
  2. "Üç saat süren konserinde önce kendisini tanıtan Özdemir Erdoğan, annesinin Ermeni, babaannesinin Çerkez, babasının ise Karadenizli olduğunu ve kendisinin de kırma sayılacağını söyledi". Archived from the original on August 8, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
  3. "Özdemir Erdoğan, müziğe ilk aşinalığını Ermeni asıllı annesinin tarafından alır. Özdemir Erdoğan bir röportajında şöyle anlatır: "Dayım Mihran Baron gece kulüplerinde piyanistti. Anneme de piyano çalmayı o öğretmiş. Annemin piyanosunun sesini duyunca bahçede oyun oynamayı bırakıp yanına gider onu dinlerdim..."". Archived from the original on March 12, 2017.
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