Can Atilla (born 1969 in
Ankara
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), is a Turkish musician and composer of
electronic
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,
ethnic
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,
orchestral
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and
new age
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music. Graduated from
Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory
The Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory ( tr, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Ankara Devlet Konservatuvarı), the first conservatory to be founded in the Republic of Turkey, was established in 1936 by a directive of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
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in 1990 with a BA degree in violin, he has composed several studio albums as well as numerous scores for films, plays and television series. Although his earlier works fall in the category of
electronic music
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, starting from mid 2000s he started to compose in more traditional style and gained reputation with his epic Empire Pentalogy, which consists of 5 Ottoman-era themed albums (Cariyeler ve Geceler, 1453 - Sultanlar Aşkına, Aşk-ı Hürrem, Altın Çağ, 1453 - Fatih Aşkına) that he produced during the years between 2005 and 2012. Can Atilla is widely regarded as a pioneer in Turkish electronic and new age music.
He composed "Diriliş" (Resurrection), the official music for the 90th anniversary of the Turkish parliament in 2010. In 2016, he composed 17 tracks for the musical stage play titled ''Kut al-Amara Dramatic Show with Documents''. The play celebrates the 100th anniversary of the
Ottoman victory over the British in the
Siege of Kut
The siege of Kut Al Amara (7 December 1915 – 29 April 1916), also known as the first battle of Kut, was the besieging of an 8,000 strong British Army garrison in the town of Kut, south of Baghdad, by the Ottoman Army. In 1915, its population ...
during the First World War.
Renowned Turkish composer hails Ottoman victory in WWI
. ''Daily Sabah''. Anadolu Agency. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
Albums
*1992: ''Bilinçaltı'' (Subconsciousness)
*1996: ''Kuvayi Milliye Destanı'' (The Epic of Independence War)
*1997: ''Efsaneler'' (Legends)
*1998: ''Ave'' (In Memory of Tangerine Dream)
*1999: ''Albatros''
*2001: ''St. Florian, Dramatic Poem for Large Orchestra and Organ in memory of Anton Bruckner''
*2003: ''Waves of Wheels'' (Extended - Remastered Edition)
*2003: ''Live''
*2004: ''Omni''
*2005: ''Concorde''
*2005: ''Cariyeler ve Geceler'' (Concubines and Nights)
*2006: ''1453 - Sultanlar Aşkına'' (1453 - For the Sultans' Sake)
*2007: ''Aşk-ı Hürrem'' (The Love of Hürrem)
*2008: ''Efsaneler'' (Legends)
*2008: ''Mevlana'dan Çağrı'' (Rumi's Call)
*2010: ''Altın Çağ'' (The Golden Age)
*2011: ''Hi-Story''
*2012: ''1453 - Fatih Aşkına''
*2013: ''Çanakkale 1915''
*2013: ''Leyla ile Mecnun''
*2013: ''IDEA''
*2014: ''Aşkın Gücü'' (Live at Congresium)
*2015: ''Hüzn'ü Diyar Kerbela''
*2016: ''Can-ı Yunus''
*2017: Symphony No.2 in C minor, ''Gallipoli – The 57th Regiment''
*2017: Şems-i Rumi
*2017: Hüzn-ü Diyar Kerbela
*2017: Cariyeler ve Geceler
*2018: Gönderilmemiş Aşk Mektupları/Şubat
*2018: Berlin High School Legacy
*2019: Can Atilla's Masiva (Electronic Rock Experience)
*2021: Mahrem (Soundtrack)
*2021: Çilehane
*2022: Nazım Hikmet 120 Yaşında (Soundtrack)
*2022: Resital (Solo Piano)
*2022: Le Visage (Tribute to Jean Michel Jarre)
References
External links
Official website
1969 births
Turkish electronic musicians
Living people
Musicians from Ankara
Turkish musicians
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