Esin Engin

Esin Engin
Esin Engin
Background information
Born	May 17, 1945; Sivas, Turkey
Died	May 4, 1997 (aged 51); Istanbul, Turkey
Genres	Turkish pop, folk, tango
Occupation(s)	Composer, score composer, arranger, musician
Instrument(s)	String instruments, vocals
Years active	1968–1996
Labels	EMI Turkey

Esin Engin (May 17, 1945 – May 4, 1997) was a Turkish musician, composer, arranger and film actor.

Biography

He was born in Sivas, Turkey in 1945 to a family of Crimean Tatar origin.^[1] He graduated from North Collins High School in New York, US in 1963. Then he returned to Turkey and completed a journalist degree in Istanbul in 1968.^[2]

Discography

Modern Oyun Havaları (1973)
Anadolu (1973)
Dünden Bugüne (1974)
Modern Oyun Havaları 2 (1975)
Oyun Havaları, Vol. 1 (1989)
Oyun Havaları, Vol. 2 (1995)
Çiftetelli – Oyun Havaları, Vol. 3
Oyun Havaları, Vol. 4 (1996)
Film Müzikleri, Vol. 1 (1995)
Film Müzikleri, Vol. 2 (2000, posthumous album)
Film Müzikleri, Vol. 3 (2000, posthumous album)
Modern Fasıl (1978)
Nostaljik Fasıl (1992)
Tangolar (1974, reissued in 1996)
Son Tango (1998, posthumous album)
Best of Belly Dance from Turkey
Nostalgic Russian Tzigane (1990)
Gypsy Fire (1990)
Best of Russia

Filmography

Film score composer

Kanlı Nigar (1981)
Adile Teyze (1983)
Çalıkuşu (1986)
Yeniden Doğmak (1987)
Hayallerim, Aşkım ve Sen (1987)
Tek Başına Bir Kadın (1988)
Sürgün (aka "The Banishment") (1992)
Tatlı Betüş (1993)

Actor

Seven Ne Yapmaz (1970)
Dert Bende (1973)

Notes

^ Allworth, Edward (1998). The Tatars of Crimea. Duke University Press. p. 329. ISBN 978-0-8223-1994-8.
^ "Esin'le Son Tango" (in Turkish). Milliyet Newspaper Online. May 5, 1997. Retrieved February 17, 2009.

References

Sinematürk – Biography of Esin Engin (in Turkish)
EMI Music Turkey – Brief biography of Esin Engin (in Turkish)
Amazon.com – Selected discography of Esin Engin. Accessed February 17, 2009.

External links

Esin Engin at IMDb

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[1] Allworth, Edward (1998). The Tatars of Crimea. Duke University Press. p. 329. ISBN 978-0-8223-1994-8.

[2] "Esin'le Son Tango" (in Turkish). Milliyet Newspaper Online. May 5, 1997. Retrieved February 17, 2009.

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