Kemal Dinç (born 1970 in Istanbul) is a Turkish folk artist and music teacher.

Life

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Kemal Dinç was born in 1970 in Istanbul.[1] His family is originally from Giresun.[2] In 1980 he moved to stay with his family, who were workers in Germany.[1] At age 11-12, he started to play bağlama and later learned playing classical guitar.[1] After studying at Sulzbach Rosenberg Music Vocational High School, he completed his master's degree in 1997 at the Felix Mendelssohn Music-Theater University Classical Music Department in Leipzig.[3] In 2006, he released his first album Lir ve Ateş. Dinç, who uses a crossed arrangement in bağlama, plays the instrument without a plectrum and uses tambur in his pieces as well.[4] Kemal Dinç teaches at the Codarts and the University of Cologne.[4]

Albums

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  • Lir ve Ateş (2006)
  • Bağlama İçin Denemeler (2012)
  • Geleneksel Yorumlar (2015)
  • Duo (2017) (with Ahmet Aslan)

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Müzisyen Kemal Dinç: Türkiye'de kimse kimseyi dinlemiyor". Evrensel. 4 January 2016. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  2. ^ "İki ses ve iki saz albümü: Duo". Evrensel. 5 September 2017. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  3. ^ "'Uçurumun kıyısından yürümedik ama aklımızın bir kenarından delice şeyler ara ara geçer'". Cumhuriyet. 13 September 2017. Archived from the original on 23 November 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Bağlama ile Kafka nasıl anlatılır?". Hürriyet. 7 December 2017. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.