Orhan Gencebay

Orhan Gencebay (born Orhan Kencebay, 4 August 1944) is a Turkish musician, bağlama virtuoso, composer, singer, arranger, music producer, music director, and actor. Gencebay was born in the coastal town of Samsun on 4 August 1944. He is of Crimean Tatar descent.[5] In 1998, he was named a State Artist of Turkey.[6]

Orhan Gencebay
Background information
Birth nameOrhan Kencebay
Born (1944-08-04) 4 August 1944
OriginSamsun, Turkey
GenresWorld fusion, Turkish folk, Turkish classic,[1][2] psychedelic folk, pop folk, Arabesque[3][4]
Occupation(s)Singer, composer, music producer, music director, arranger, actor
InstrumentsBağlama, tambur, violin, sitar, guitar, ney, piano, cümbüş, oud, bouzouki, percussion
Years active1963–present

Career

At ages 20 and 22, he passed the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) auditions and became a resident bağlama player at the network for several months. In 1966, he was one of the primary contestants in National Bağlama Contest with Arif Sağ and Cinuçen Tanrıkorur, two other contemporary masters of Turkish music.

In the late sixties, he collaborated with a wide range of musicians in performances and film music. Between 1966 and 1968, he played bağlama with Arif Sağ in many records with singers such as Muzaffer Akgün, Yıldız Tezcan, Gülden Karaböcek, Ahmet Sezgin, Şükran Ay, Sabahat Akkiraz, and Nuri Sesigüzel. Gencebay also took part as a music director in many Turkish films such as Ana, Kuyu, Kızılırmak-Karakoyun. He also collaborated with many musicians from different genres, such as Erkin Koray,[7] Omar Faruk Tekbilek,[8] Ismet Siral, Burhan Tonguc, Ozer Senay, Vedat Yildirimbora, Neşet Ertaş, Abdullah Nail Bayşu. He appeared as a baglama performer and a well-known composer in musical societies, besides releasing several singles in genre of traditional Turkish folk music. In 1968, he released his first "free-style" single "Sensiz Bahar Gecmiyor/Basa Gelen Cekilirmis", and was rewarded. During the 1970s, he released many singles in a new genre that is a fusion of traditional Turkish folk music, Turkish classical music, Western classical music, jazz, rock, country, progressive, psychedelic, Indian, Arabic, Spanish, and Greek music styles. Even though some musical societies such as TRT named that kind of World fusion music recordings Arabesque music, Orhan Gencebay refused the term arabesque, saying it was inadequate to define his style.[9][10][11] In 1972, he founded the Kervan Record Company, attracting many other talented musicians such as Erkin Koray, Ajda Pekkan, Muazzez Abacı, Mustafa Sağyaşar, Ahmet Özhan, Kamuran Akkor, Semiha Yankı, Samime Sanay, Neşe Karaböcek, Bedia Akartürk, Nil Burak, Ziya Taşkent, Semiramis Pekkan and Ferdi Özbeğen.

Throughout his career, Orhan has performed leading roles in 36 movies, has been a composer almost in 90 movies, composed of about a thousand[12] works, released almost 35 singles, 15 albums, and dozens of MCs. His albums sold out over 65 million legal copies.[13][14]

Discography
Main article: Orhan Gencebay discography

Studio albums
  • 1969: Musalla Taşı
  • 1970: Kaderimin Oyunu
  • 1972: Bir Teselli Ver
  • 1973: Batsın Bu Dünya
  • 1974: Hatasız Kul Olmaz
  • 1976: Sarhoşun Biri
  • 1978: Benim Dertlerim
  • 1979: Yarabbim
  • 1980: Aşkı Ben Yaratmadım
  • 1980: Ben Topraktan Bir Canım
  • 1981: Leyla ile Mecnun
  • 1982: Bir Damla Mutluluk
  • 1983: Kördüğüm
  • 1984: Dil Yarası
  • 1985: Beni Biraz Anlasaydın
  • 1986: Cennet Gözlüm
  • 1987: Akma Gözlerimden
  • 1988: Emrin Olur
  • 1989: Ya Evde Yoksan
  • 1990: Utan - Dokunma
  • 1991: Hasret Rüzgarı
  • 1992: Sen de Haklısın
  • 1993: Hayat Devam Ediyor (with Sibel Can)
  • 1994: Yalnız Değilsin
  • 1995: Gönül Dostu
  • 1996: Kiralık Dünya
  • 1998: Cevap Ver
  • 2004: Yürekten Olsun
  • 2006: Yargısız İnfaz
  • 2010: Berhudar Ol
  • 2012: Orhan Gencebay ile Bir Ömür
  • 2013: Bedensiz Aşk

Filmography
Cinema
Year Title Role Notes
1971Bir Teselli VerOrhanOrhan Gencebay's cinematic debut.[15]
1972 Sev Dedi Gözlerim Orhan
1973 Ben Doğarken Ölmüşüm Orhan
1974 Dertler Benim Olsun Sebahattin
1975Batsın Bu DünyaOrhan
Bir Araya GelemeyizOrhan
1976 Bıktım Her Gün ÖlmektenOrhan
ŞoförHaydar
1977Hatasız Kul OlmazOrhan Akman
1978Derdim Dünyadan BüyükOrhan
ÇilekeşHimself
Aşkı Ben Mi YarattımHimself
1979 YarabbimOrhan
1980Kır Gönlünün ZinciriniOrhan Gencebay
Vazgeç GönlümOrhan
Ben Topraktan Bir CanımOrhan
1981Feryada Gücüm YokOrhan Gencebay
1982KördüğümOrhan
Bir Yudum MutlulukOrhan
Leyla İle MecnunKadir
1983ZulümOrhan
KahırOrhan
1984KaptanOrhan
Dil YarasıOrhan
Aşkım GünahımdırOrhan Gencebay
1985DorukOrhan
1987Cennet GözlümOrhan
1988Küçüksün YavrumOrhan
1989 Sensiz YaşıyorumOrhan Gencebay
Kan Çiçeği Orhan
1990UtanOrhanOrhan Gencebay's last movie appearance.
Movie soundtracks
  • Kızılırmak-Karakoyun, 1967
  • Kozanoğlu, 1967
  • Ana, 1967
  • Kuyu, 1968
  • Kara Gözlüm, 1970
TV shows
  • Orhan Abi Halk Show, presenter, TGRT, 1996–1997
  • Popstar Alaturka, judge, Star TV, 2006–2008
  • Popstar 2013, judge, Star TV, 2013

References
  1. Akın, Esra (4 January 2003). "Bağlama Küsmesin Baba!". Milliyet. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2007.
  2. Balıkçıoğlu, Tuğba (18 April 2004). "Arabesk Deyimi Beni Tanımlamaya Yetmez". Sabah. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2007.
  3. Akpınar, Hakan (26 April 2005). "Orhan Baba Efsanesi 2". Tercüman. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2007.
  4. Balıkçıoğlu, Tuğba (18 April 2004). "Arabesk Deyimi Beni Tanımlamaya Yetmez". Sabah. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2007.
  5. "Kirim Tatar". Archived from the original on 15 January 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2012. Orhan Gencebay Kırım Tatarı olduğunu açıkladı
  6. Evin Doğu (19 July 2000). "Sanatçılar unvansız kaldı". NTV-MSNBC. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  7. "Erkin Koray". Retrieved 13 May 2008. Erkin Koray met Gencebay in the early seventies.
  8. "Omar Faruk Tekbilek Biography". Retrieved 13 May 2008. Omar Faruk's skills blossomed in Istanbul playing with some of the leading Turkish musicians including Orhan Gencebay
  9. Dinççan, M.Vehbi (29 July 2001). "O Bir Efsane (He is a Legend)". Akşam (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 8 June 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2008. Yaptığım müziğe Arabesk ismini ben koymadım (I am not the one who named my music arabesque).
  10. Akpınar, Hakan (16 July 2004). "Orhan Baba Efsanesi (The Legend of "Father" Orhan)". Tercüman (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 12 March 2009. Retrieved 13 May 2008. Müziğime arabesk denmesi çok saçma. Bu kavram hem yeterli değil, hem de yanlıştır.(It's foolish calling my music as arabesque. That term is not only inadequate, but also it's completely incorrect).
  11. Balıkçıoğlu, Tuğba (18 April 2004). "Mafya babası gibiyim (I am like Godfather)". Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved 13 May 2008. Arabesk deyimi beni tanımlamaya yetmez (Arabesque is not enough to define me).
  12. Berköz, Elif (12 December 2005). "Ne Sazımın Yaşlanmaya Niyeti Var Ne de Benim (Neither my baglama nor me have in mind getting old)". Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 27 March 2007. 1000'in üzerinde beste yapmış (He did over a thousand compositions).
  13. "Orhan Baba Efsanesi (Legendary Father Orhan)". Tercüman Gazetesi (in Turkish). 27 April 2005. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2009. Yasal olarak 60 milyonun üstünde sattı albümlerim, 65–70 milyon arası galiba. (My albums have sold over 60 million legal copies, probably 65–70 million.)
  14. "65 milyon albüm sattı (He has sold 65 million legal copies)". Akşam Gazetesi. 14 April 2006. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2009. Çıkardığım albümlerin resmi satış rakamı 65 milyon. (My albums have sold 65 million legal copies).
  15. "Birçok kez kafayı çektiğimiz oldu". Anti Newspaper. 1 May 2011. Archived from the original on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
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