Erdal Erzincan (born 1971) is a Turkish

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folk music musician, composer, and singer. In 1981, he moved to

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and studied bağlama at the

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music school in 1985. Since 1989, he has been studying music at

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. He has conducted research on the ''selpe'' method, which is a method for playing bağlama without a plectrum, similar to the

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method on guitar. He released his first album “tore” in 1994. During his career, he has worked with Turkish folk musicians Tolga Sağ, İsmail Özden, Yılmaz Çelik, Muharrem Temiz,

, and

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. In 2004, he recorded an album with Iranian-Kurdish musician

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. Erdal Erzincan is married to Mercan Erzincan and has one child.

Discography

* ''

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'' (1994) * '' Garip'' (1996) * '' Türküler Sevdamız'' (1997) – With İsmail Özden and Tolga Sağ * '' Concerto For Bağlama'' (1998) – Instrumental – With

and

* '' Gurbet Yollarında'' (1999) * '' Anadolu'' (2000) – Instrumental * '' Türküler Sevdamız 2'' (2001) – With Tolga Sağ and Yılmaz Çelik * '' Al Mendil'' (2002) * '' Türküler Sevdamız 3'' (2005) – Together with Tolga Sağ, Muharrem Temiz and Yılmaz Çeli * '' Kervan'' (2006) * '' The Wind'' ( ECM, 2006) – Instrumental, with Kayhan Kalhor * '' Giriftar'' (2008) * '' Girdab-ı Mihnet'' (2011) * ''Kula Kulluk Yakışır Mı'' (ECM, 2013) with

* ''Karasu'' (2016) – Instrumental * '' Döngü'' (2018) * '' Bağlama İçin Besteler'' (2019) * '' Beş Bağlama Konserleri'' (2019) * '' Şelpe'' (2019) – Instrumental

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Erdal Erzincan
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