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Timur Selçuk (2 July 1946 – 6 November 2020) was a Turkish composer, pianist, singer and conductor.


Biography

One of the greatest Turkish composers, Timur Selçuk was the son of Turkish neo-classical music composer
Münir Nurettin Selçuk Münir Nurettin Selçuk (1900 or 1901 – April 27, 1981) was a Turkish classical musician and tenor singer. Biography He was born in the Sarıyer district of Istanbul in the Ottoman Empire in 1900 or 1901. His uncle was Grand Vizier of t ...
and actress Şehime Erton. His great-uncle was the Ottoman Grand Vizier Abdurrahman Nurettin Pasha. His younger brother is jazz drummer and composer Selim Selçuk. His older sister was Meral Selçuk who sang with her father in his concerts. Timur Selçuk started playing piano at the age of 5 and gave his first concert at age 7. He completed his high school education at
Galatasaray High School Galatasaray High School ( tr, Galatasaray Lisesi, french: Lycée de Galatasaray), established in what was then Constantinople and is now Istanbul, in 1481, is the oldest high school in Turkey. It is also the second-oldest Turkish educational in ...
and at
Istanbul Municipal Conservatory The Istanbul University State Conservatory (Turkish: İstanbul Üniversitesi Devlet Konservatuarı) is a music, theatre, dance university in Istanbul. It is the oldest conservatory and the oldest continually operating music school in Turkey. It o ...
. Selçuk returned to Turkey after completing his study at the
École Normale de Musique de Paris The École Normale de Musique de Paris "Alfred Cortot" (ENMP) is a leading conservatoire located in Paris, Île-de-France, France. At the time of the school's foundation in 1919 by Auguste Mangeot, Alfred Cortot. The term ''école normale'' (En ...
where he majored in composition and conducting. He became a pioneer of political songs in
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. With his
chanson A (, , french: chanson française, link=no, ; ) is generally any lyric-driven French song, though it most often refers to the secular polyphonic French songs of late medieval and Renaissance music. The genre had origins in the monophonic ...
s, he repeatedly stormed the hit lists. He was the founder and the conductor of the Istanbul Chamber Orchestra where he arranged compositions of Turkish and Ottoman composers including Sultan Selim the III, Hacı Arif Bey, Dilhayat Kalfa (first female composer at the Ottoman Empire). He composed a great number of music to film, theater, ballet and opera. Selçuk composed and recorded songs to some of the finest poems in Turkish literature including poetry of Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan, Orhan Veli Kanık, Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel and to the poems of poet
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. He studied voice for many years with the great opera singer Saadet İkesus Altan. His vocal expression was dynamic ranging from naive, to lyrical, to dramatic and theatrical. Selçuk was known for his humor and temperament on stage as well as with his courageous comments on politics. He twice participated in the Eurovision Song Contest; in
1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
, he conducted the first ever Turkish entry, "''
Seninle Bir Dakika Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 1975. The country was represented by Semiha Yankı with the song "Seninle Bir Dakika" written by Hikmet Münir Ebcioğlu and composed by Kemal Ebcioğlu. It came last in the E ...
''", that had been composed and arranged by others. 14 years later, in
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, he returned as composer, lyricist, arranger and conductor for "''
Bana Bana Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989. The country was represented by a music group named Pan with the song "Bana Bana" written and composed by the Timur Selçuk. Before Eurovision 13. Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması Türkiye F ...
''", that was performed by the group Pan. One of the singers of the group was his daughter Hazal Selçuk. The song finished 21st. Timur Selçuk taught voice, music theory and piano for 40 years at his school Center for Contemporary Music (Çağdaş Müzik Merkezi) located in Istanbul. In his teachings he combined western music theory with the complex theory of classical Turkish music.


Death

Timur Selçuk died in his sleep on 6 November 2020, in his daughter Mercan Selçuk's house. He was buried at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery the following day.


Discography


Albums

* ''Timur Selçuk ve Orkestrası'', Yonce Plak, 1974 * ''İspanyol Meyhanesi'', Philips Plak, 1974 * ''Timur Selçuk'', Yankı Plak, 1977 * ''Tak Tik'', Maral Plak, 1979 * ''İstanbul Oda Orkestrası eşliğinde; Timur Selçuk'', Maral Plak, 1979 * ''Dünden Bugüne'', Balet Plak, 1982 * ''Timur Selçuk – 3'', Balet Plak, 1986 * ''Bir Uzay Masalı – Pop Opera'', Balet Plak, 1991 * ''25. Yıl'', Balet Plak, 1992 * ''Seçkiler'', Ada Müzik, 2000 * ''Abdülhamit Düşerken'', Balet Plak, 2004 * ''Babamın Şarkıları'', Balet Plak, 2004 * ''Bedreddin'', Balet Plak, 2005


45 records

* ''Ayrılanlar İçin – On Dit'', Barclay Plak, 1964 * ''İnme – Çoban Çeşmesi'', Balet Plak, 1969 * ''Derbeder Ömrüm – Köylü Kızı'', Philips Plak, 1970 * ''Böyledir Akşamları İstanbul'un – Rıhtımda'', Philips Plak, 1970 * ''Viens Regarder Le Soleil'', Philips Plak, 1971 * ''Bugün Yarın Daima – Kadın Kadın'', Philips Plak, 1972 * ''Yaşayamam Sensiz – Sevmek Delilik'', Philips Plak, 1972 – 1974 * ''İspanyol Meyhanesi – Beyaz Güvercin'', Philips Plak, 1972 * ''Duyar mısın? – Kara Sevda'', Grafson Plak, 1972 * ''Sıla Güneşi – Ben Gamlı Hazan Sense Taze Bahar'', Yonca Plak, 1972 * ''Kırık Kalpler – Oy Be Nenem'', Yonca Plak, 1973 * ''Panayır Günü – Yaralı Ceylan'', Yonca Plak, 1973 * ''Sen Nerdesin – Tu Seras Un Concerto'', Barclay Plak, 1974 * ''Hürriyete Doğru – Karantinalı Despina'', Grafson Plak, 1974 * ''Pireli Şarkı – Memet'', Yonca Plak, 1975 * ''Dönek Türküsü – Özgürlük'', Yankı Plak, 1978


Filmography

* ''Eine Saison in Hakkari'', (Turkey/Germany), 1982/1983 directed by Erden Kıral * ''Vatanyolu'' (''Die Heimreise''), (Germany), 1987/1988 by Enis Günay, Rasim Konyar * ''Mavi Sürgün'' (''Das blaue Exil''), (Turkey/Germany/Greece), 1992/1993 by Erden Kıral


References

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Timur Selçuk's biography
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Full discography


External links

* * * Timur Selçuk Personal and Professional Homepage http://www.timurselcuk.net/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Selcuk, Timur 1946 births 2020 deaths Musicians from Istanbul Turkish composers Turkish pianists Best Music Score Golden Boll Award winners Best Music Score Golden Orange Award winners Galatasaray High School alumni Burials at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery Eurovision Song Contest conductors