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Kudsi Erguner
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BIOGRAPHY
Kudsi Erguner lives and works in Paris as musician (Ney-flute, which is a reed flute), composer, musicologist, teacher, author, and translator.
Erguner comes from a family of Turkish musicians. His contact with many famous musicians from the older generation, who continually passed through his parents house, and his involvement with various Sufi-brotherhoods, whose music and teachings Erguner studied, left their decisive marks on him. He received his training directly from his father, Ulvi Erguner, who was the last great master of the Ney.
Kudsi Erguner has given concerts and played in major festivals throughout the world. He has researched the music of India, Pakistan, and Turkey, grounded diverse music ensembles, recorded numerous albums, and has worked with such well known artists as Peter Gabriel (Passion, US), Maurice Béjart, Peter Brook, Georges Aperghis, Didier Lockwood, and Michel Portal. Erguner has thus made authoritative contributions to World Music. He has documented and revived nearly forgotten musical traditions and brought them to the attention of the Western public, securing them a place within Europe's cultural inheritance.
1952 Born February 4 in Diyarbakir, Turkey
1969 Member of Istanbul Radio Orchestra
1975 Move to Paris, and studies in architecture and musicology
1976 Musical research and collaboration on the filming on location in Afghanistan of Peter Brook's movie, Meetings with Remarkable Men
1980 Research trip to Turkey, commissioned by UNESCO
1981 Founding in Paris of MEVLANA, an institute for the study of the classical music and teachings of the Sufis
1985-88 Original compositions for and musical collaboration on Peter Brook's Mahabharata (theater piece and film). Tours throughout Europe, America, Australia, and Japan
1986/87 Expedition to Pakistan commissioned by Radio France and France Musique for the purpose of recording and documenting traditional music
1987 Music of the Ottoman Court, concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London
1988 Formation of the group Fasl (later the Kudsi Erguner Ensemble) with the goal of reviving the classical music repertoire of the 16th century Ottoman Empire
1988 Collaboration with Peter Gabriel on the soundtrack for Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ
1991 Original music and musical collaboration on Neva, a ballet by Carolyn Carlson, performed at the Théâtre de la Ville de Paris
1997 Original music for the ballet Le Voyage Nocturne by Maurice Béjart,performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris
1997/98 Collaboration on Mozart's The Abduction from the Seraglio at the Salzburg Festival
1999 Messe de Notre Dame by Guillaume de Machaut, with improvisations by Erguner on the Ney, playing with the Hilliard Ensemble at the Royal Festival Hall, London
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY
1988
THE MYSTIC FLUTES OF SUFI
Preludes to Ceremonies of the Whirling Derviches
The Erguner Brothers
JVC World Sounds VICG 5005, Victor Ethnic series 31, Tokyo VDP1388
1990
THE MAHABHARATA
Original sound track, "A Film by Peter Brook", RealWorld CDR W9, Distribution Virgin
SUFI MUSIC OF TURKEY
By Kudsi Erguner & Suleyman Erguner
CMP Records CD 3005, Distribution Harmonia Mundi
1991
TURQUIE MUSIQUE SOUFI - Ilahi & Nefes
N. Uzel & K. Erguner
Maison des Cultures du Monde, Coll. INEDIT, Auvidis Distribution W260021
ORIENTAL DREAMS
Mahmoud Tébrizizadeh & Kudsi Erguner, Sunset France Playasound PS65075
GAZEL
Classical sufi music of the Ottoman Empire
performed by Yusuf Bilgin, Fevzi Misir, Aziz Bahriyeli & The Kudsi Erguner Ensemble, CMP records CD 3012
1994
L'ORIENT DE L'OCCIDENT
Flamenco & Musique sufi Ottomane, Hommage à Ibn Arabi
Al Sur Media 7 ALCD 131 M7 853
1995
KUDSI ERGUNER
Flûte sacrée des derviches tourneurs, Al Sur ALCD 170 M7853
1996
PSAUMES DE YUNUS EMRE
Kudsi Erguner. Musique Sufi, Al Sur ALCD 213 M7 853
TATYOS EFENDI
Vocal and Instrumental Masterpieces, Traditional Crossroads CD 4277+4278
1997
CHEMINS
Kudsi Erguner & Derya Turkan, Al Sur ALCD 229 M7 853
1998
LE CONCERT DE NANTERRE
Yusuf Bilgin - Pepe de Granada - Kudsi Erguner - Pedro Soler - Renaud Garcia Fons - Keyvan Chemirani, Al Sur ALCD 242 M7 861
1999
OTTOMANIA
Kudsi Erguner Sufi-Jazz-Project. With Christof Lauer, Michel Godard, Marc Nauseef, ACT 9006-2 (http://www.actmusic.com/act9006.htm)
2001
ISLAM BLUES
ACT 9287-2 (http://www.actmusic.com/act9287.htm)
Source: http://www.actmusic.com/kudsi_erguner.htm
artist profile http://www.actmusic.com/images/kudsi1.jpg
Photo credit: ACT, Philippe Cibillehttp://www.actmusic.com/images/dot_clear.gifhttp://www.actmusic.com/images/blue_dot.gif
BIOGRAPHY
Kudsi Erguner lives and works in Paris as musician (Ney-flute, which is a reed flute), composer, musicologist, teacher, author, and translator.
Erguner comes from a family of Turkish musicians. His contact with many famous musicians from the older generation, who continually passed through his parents house, and his involvement with various Sufi-brotherhoods, whose music and teachings Erguner studied, left their decisive marks on him. He received his training directly from his father, Ulvi Erguner, who was the last great master of the Ney.
Kudsi Erguner has given concerts and played in major festivals throughout the world. He has researched the music of India, Pakistan, and Turkey, grounded diverse music ensembles, recorded numerous albums, and has worked with such well known artists as Peter Gabriel (Passion, US), Maurice Béjart, Peter Brook, Georges Aperghis, Didier Lockwood, and Michel Portal. Erguner has thus made authoritative contributions to World Music. He has documented and revived nearly forgotten musical traditions and brought them to the attention of the Western public, securing them a place within Europe's cultural inheritance.
1952 Born February 4 in Diyarbakir, Turkey
1969 Member of Istanbul Radio Orchestra
1975 Move to Paris, and studies in architecture and musicology
1976 Musical research and collaboration on the filming on location in Afghanistan of Peter Brook's movie, Meetings with Remarkable Men
1980 Research trip to Turkey, commissioned by UNESCO
1981 Founding in Paris of MEVLANA, an institute for the study of the classical music and teachings of the Sufis
1985-88 Original compositions for and musical collaboration on Peter Brook's Mahabharata (theater piece and film). Tours throughout Europe, America, Australia, and Japan
1986/87 Expedition to Pakistan commissioned by Radio France and France Musique for the purpose of recording and documenting traditional music
1987 Music of the Ottoman Court, concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London
1988 Formation of the group Fasl (later the Kudsi Erguner Ensemble) with the goal of reviving the classical music repertoire of the 16th century Ottoman Empire
1988 Collaboration with Peter Gabriel on the soundtrack for Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ
1991 Original music and musical collaboration on Neva, a ballet by Carolyn Carlson, performed at the Théâtre de la Ville de Paris
1997 Original music for the ballet Le Voyage Nocturne by Maurice Béjart,performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris
1997/98 Collaboration on Mozart's The Abduction from the Seraglio at the Salzburg Festival
1999 Messe de Notre Dame by Guillaume de Machaut, with improvisations by Erguner on the Ney, playing with the Hilliard Ensemble at the Royal Festival Hall, London
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY
1988
THE MYSTIC FLUTES OF SUFI
Preludes to Ceremonies of the Whirling Derviches
The Erguner Brothers
JVC World Sounds VICG 5005, Victor Ethnic series 31, Tokyo VDP1388
1990
THE MAHABHARATA
Original sound track, "A Film by Peter Brook", RealWorld CDR W9, Distribution Virgin
SUFI MUSIC OF TURKEY
By Kudsi Erguner & Suleyman Erguner
CMP Records CD 3005, Distribution Harmonia Mundi
1991
TURQUIE MUSIQUE SOUFI - Ilahi & Nefes
N. Uzel & K. Erguner
Maison des Cultures du Monde, Coll. INEDIT, Auvidis Distribution W260021
ORIENTAL DREAMS
Mahmoud Tébrizizadeh & Kudsi Erguner, Sunset France Playasound PS65075
GAZEL
Classical sufi music of the Ottoman Empire
performed by Yusuf Bilgin, Fevzi Misir, Aziz Bahriyeli & The Kudsi Erguner Ensemble, CMP records CD 3012
1994
L'ORIENT DE L'OCCIDENT
Flamenco & Musique sufi Ottomane, Hommage à Ibn Arabi
Al Sur Media 7 ALCD 131 M7 853
1995
KUDSI ERGUNER
Flûte sacrée des derviches tourneurs, Al Sur ALCD 170 M7853
1996
PSAUMES DE YUNUS EMRE
Kudsi Erguner. Musique Sufi, Al Sur ALCD 213 M7 853
TATYOS EFENDI
Vocal and Instrumental Masterpieces, Traditional Crossroads CD 4277+4278
1997
CHEMINS
Kudsi Erguner & Derya Turkan, Al Sur ALCD 229 M7 853
1998
LE CONCERT DE NANTERRE
Yusuf Bilgin - Pepe de Granada - Kudsi Erguner - Pedro Soler - Renaud Garcia Fons - Keyvan Chemirani, Al Sur ALCD 242 M7 861
1999
OTTOMANIA
Kudsi Erguner Sufi-Jazz-Project. With Christof Lauer, Michel Godard, Marc Nauseef, ACT 9006-2 (http://www.actmusic.com/act9006.htm)
2001
ISLAM BLUES
ACT 9287-2 (http://www.actmusic.com/act9287.htm)
Source: http://www.actmusic.com/kudsi_erguner.htm