Mesut İktu (

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

, 22 May 1947) is a Turkish operatic baritone, administrator and voice teacher. He was manager and artistic director of the

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1987-1991 and again 2001-2003.

Discography

* ''Türk ezgileri'' - Turkish Folksongs. Kalan. 2009 * ''The Art of Turkish Song'' -

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(1908-1999),

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(1907-1991),

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(1924-2009),

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(1921-), Muammer Sun (1932-), Cenan Akın (1932-2006), İlhan Baran (1934-),

Cemal Reşit Rey Cemal Reşit Rey (; 25 October 1904 – 7 October 1985) was a Turkish composer, pianist, script writer and conductor. He was well known for a string of successful and popular Turkish-language operettas for which his brother Ekrem Reşit Rey (1 ...

(1904-1985),

Ulvi Cemal Erkin Ulvi Cemal Erkin () (March 14, 1906 – September 15, 1972) was a member of the pioneer group of symphonic composers in Turkey, born in the period 1904–1910, who later came to be called The Turkish Five. These composers set out the direction o ...

(1906-1973),

Gürer Aykal Gürer Aykal (born May 22, 1942) is a Turkish conductor and adjunct professor at Bilkent University. He has been the musical director and principal conductor of the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra since 1999. Education Aykal was born in ...

(1942-). Mesut Iktu, baritone. Sergey Gavrilov, piano VMS * ''Bariton'' Opera arias - Ahmed Adnan Saygun, Gürer Aykal, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Verdi, Schubert, Brahms, Mahler and Glinka. cond. Maciej Niesiołowski. Kalan Music 2009.Baritone Mesut İktu sings opera classics on new CD
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References

20th-century Turkish male opera singers Operatic baritones 1947 births Living people Musicians from Ankara 21st-century Turkish male opera singers {{Turkey-singer-stub