Mazlum Çimen (born 18 June 1958 in

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) is a Turkish musician,

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, film actor,

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, and award-winning

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composer.

Early life

He was born in Sevdilli village of

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on 18 June 1958. He is the son of Nesimi Çimen who is a great

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, songwriter and Cura Virtuoso in history. His parents originate however from

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. His family moved to

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as he was still in pre-school age. After Mazlum finished his primary school education, he attended Istanbul State Conservatory to study

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. Four years later, he switched over to ballet dancing section of the same music school and graduated in 1981. He entered Istanbul State Opera and Ballet as a ballet dancer, where he is still employed.

Music career

Mazlum toured across the country with his father Nesimi Çimen, a well-known

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singer, and was so introduced in music composing. He created his first compositions already in 1980. With his music teacher İhsan Yüce's initiation, he stepped into the film music field, where he found the strong support of

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, a poet and co-founder of the

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. His first commercial compositions were for the film ''Mem û Zin'' in 1991 and for the TV mini-series ''Aysarı'nın Zilleri'' in 1992. He was awarded three times the

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and twice the Golden Boll for best film score. In 2008, he received the Best Film Score Award for ''Nokta'' at the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival in

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. Beside composing film and TV mini-series score in addition to his primary profession as ballet dancer, Mazlum Çimen plays in movies, sings and records folk music.

Filmography

Film score

*''68'den 6 Mayıs'a'' *''Nazım Hikmet Belgeseli'' *''Mem û Zin'' (1991) *''Gelincik Tarlası'' (1993) *''Soğuk Geceler'' (1994) aka '' Kalte Nächte'' *''Hollywood Kaçakları'' (1996) *''Işıklar Sönmesin'' (1996) *''Büyük Adam Küçük Aşk'' (2002) aka '' Hejar'' or '' Big Man, Little Love'' or ''Megali exousia, mikri agapi'' *''Gönlümdeki Köşk Olmasa'' (2002) aka ''Omfavn mig måne'' or ''House of Hearts '' *''Martılar Açken'' (2002) *''Oyun'' (2005) *''Solgun Duvarlı Kent'' (2007) *''Son Cellat'' (2008) *''Nokta'' (2008) aka ''Dot'' *''Umut (film)'' (2009) *''Köy'' (2009) aka ''The Village''

TV mini-series score

*''Aysarı'nın Zilleri'' (1992) *''Berivan'' (2002) *''Gelin'' (2003) aka ''The Bride'' *''Şıh Senem'' (2003) *''Hacı'' (2006) aka ''Hadji'' *''Kara Duvak'' (2007) *''Hanımın Çiftliği'' (2009) Şevkat Yerimdar

Theatre music

*''Yunus Emre'' (1989 Diyarbakır State Theatre) *''Ferhat ile Şirin'' (İstanbul City Theatre)

Actor

*''Hababam Sınıfı Güle Güle'' (1981) *''Hoşçakal Yarın'' (1998) or ''Goodbye Tomorrow'' - Yusuf Arslan *''Gönlümdeki Köşk Olmasa'' (2002) - Ali *''Anlat İstanbul'' (2004) - Şehmuz *''Son Cellat'' (2008) - Ampul Adam *''Yahşi Batı'' (2009) - Wanted Şerif I *''Umut'' (2009) - İlyas *''Söz Vermiştin'' (2019) - Mazlum

Albums

*''Çimen Türküleri'', Ada Müzik (1995) *''Mem ü Zin'',

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(1996) *''Çimen Sesleri'', Ada Müzik (2001) *''Feryadı İsyanım'', Ada Müzik (2002) *''Buluşmalar'', Kalan Müzik (2006)

References

External links

Mazlum Çimen at Sinema Türk
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cimen, Mazlum 1958 births People from Elbistan Turkish musicians Turkish classical violinists Turkish male ballet dancers Turkish ballet dancers Turkish film score composers Turkish folk singers Living people Best Music Score Golden Orange Award winners Best Music Score Golden Boll Award winners Turkish male film actors 21st-century classical violinists Turkish people of Kurdish descent