Name Timur Selcuk Role Singer | Siblings Selim Selcuk | |
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Children Hazal Selcuk, Mercan Selcuk Albums Dunden Bugune, Babamin Sarkilari 1, Seckiler, Ispanyol Meyhanesi, 25 Yil, Timur Selcuk 1974 Parents Munir Nurettin Selcuk, Sehime Erton Grandparents Mehmet Nuri Bey, Fatma Hanife Hanim | ||
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Timur Selçuk (born 2 July 1946, Istanbul) is a Turkish singer, pianist, conductor and composer.
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Timur Selçuk - Kasa Şarkısı şarkı sözü
Biography
He is a son of Turkish neo-classical music composer Münir Nurettin Selçuk and the elder brother of the jazz drummer and composer Selim Selçuk. His great-uncle was the Ottoman Grand Vizier Abdurrahman Nurettin Pasha. He started playing piano at the age of 5 and gave his first concert at age 7. He was educated in Galatasaray High School and Istanbul Municipal Conservatory.
Selçuk returned home after his study at the École Normale de Musique de Paris and became a pioneer of the political composers in Turkey. With his chansons, he repeatedly stormed the hit lists. He is the founder and the conductor of the Istanbul Chamber Orchestra. He composed a great number of music to films and theater works, and also to the poems of Nâzım 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. 14 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.
Selected discography
Filmography
Songs
Beni Kör Kuyularda Merdivensiz BıraktınBabamın Şarkıları 1 · 2004
Ayrılanlar İçinDünden Bugüne · 1982
İspanyol MeyhanesiSeçkiler · 2000