Necati Celik

Yasemin

"Born in 1955 in the province of Konya, home of the Mevlevi order, Necati Celik learned to play the baglama, a folkloric long-necked lute, at the age of seven. The early 1970's marked the beginning of his acquaintance with the oud, and in 1973, he participated in the Mevlevi rituals of Konya as an oud player for the first time ever. Here, he met some of Turkey's foremost oud masters, who contributed to the development of his command over the instrument.
Having experienced difficulty in obtaining quality instructions while learning how to play the oud, Mr. Celik decided to establish his own private school of music in 1975 in Konya, where he taught oud to hundreds of students.
In 1983, he founded the Konya Municipal Turkish Music Choir. Two years later, he bacame an oud instructor in the Music Department of Konya's Selcuk University, where he remained for a year. Later, in 1986, he became an oud artist in the Turkish Ministry of Culture's State Classical Music Ensemble, and at the same time, he taught oud at the State Conservatory of Aegean University.
In 1987, he gave 8 concerts in Tunisia, 1989 was the year when Mr. Celik joined the Istanbul State Classical Turksih Music Ensemble. He also became the primary ou artist of the Necdet Yasar ensemble, with whom he performed on a monthly basis in Istanbul, as well as in many provinces in Turkey." (information from CD's program notes)

"Yasemin" was produced by 7/8 productions in 1998. We do not have any information about this record label, if you do, please contact us via our "Feedback" page. You can find this CD in some of the on-line distributors, we have links to these distributors on our "Oud CDs" page.

Artists and their recordings in this category:

Udi Yorgo Bacanos:
1900-1977

Munir Nurettin Beken:
The Art of the Turkish Ud

Cinucen Tanrikorur:
Fasil

Udi Hrant:
Udi Hrant Kenkulian

Cinucen Tanrikorur:
Turquie

Udi Hrant:
The Early Recordings vol. 1

Necdet Yasar Ensemble:
Music of Turkey

Udi Hrant:
The Early Recordings vol. 2

Vedad Gencturk:
L'art du ud Turc

Bezmara:
The Splendours of Topkapi

Necati Celik:
Yasemin

Fasl:
Musique de l'Empire Ottoman

Kudsi Erguner Ensemble:
Tatyos Efendi

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