Maria Rita Epik

Maria Rita Epik (born 1 January 1958 in İzmir) is a Turkish musician of Italian Levantine descent,[1][2] who won the Turkish pre-Elimination of the Eurovision Song Contest 1979. In 1990 she opened the Epik Music School in her native Izmir. She attended Virginia Tech in the United States.[1]

ESC 1979 controversy

Epik had won the internal Turkish pre-Elimination in 1979 to sing for Turkey at the first ever Eurovision Song Contest hosted by Israel. However, due to a political decision by Eurovision Turkey to boycott Israel, she had to withdraw and stay at home.[3][1]

Sources

"A musician in Izmir". Turkish Daily News. 13 July 2007. ProQuest 328668696.
"'Some call them Levantine' sheds light on Izmir's cultural wealth". Turkish Daily News. 11 August 2007. ProQuest 328660004.
cohen, San (20 March 1979). "Turkey decides to cast its lot with Arab world". Christian Science Monitor. ProQuest 512073700.

External links

Epik's song at the Pre-Elimination on YouTube

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[MusicianIzmir-1] "A musician in Izmir". Turkish Daily News. 13 July 2007. ProQuest 328668696.

[Levantine-2] "'Some call them Levantine' sheds light on Izmir's cultural wealth". Turkish Daily News. 11 August 2007. ProQuest 328660004.

[TurkeyEurovision-3] , San (20 March 1979). "Turkey decides to cast its lot with Arab world". Christian Science Monitor. ProQuest 512073700.