Erdal Erzincan

Erdal Erzincan
Background information
Born	1971 (age 49–50) Erzurum, Turkey
Genres
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Bağlama, vocals
Years active	1994–present
Website	www.erdalerzincan.com.tr

Erdal Erzincan (born 1971) is a Turkish folk music musician, composer, and singer. In 1981, he moved to Istanbul and studied bağlama at the Arif Sağ music school in 1985. Since 1989, he has been studying music at Istanbul Technical University. He has conducted research on the selpe method, which is a method for playing bağlama without a plectrum, similar to the tapping method on guitar.

During his career, he has worked with Turkish folk musicians , İsmail Özden, , , Arif Sağ, and . In 2004, he recorded an album with Iranian-Kurdish musician Kayhan Kalhor.

Erdal Erzincan is married to and has one child.

Discography[]

• (1994)
• (1996)
• (1997) – With İsmail Özden and
• (1998) – Instrumental – With Arif Sağ and
• (1999)
• (2000) – Instrumental
• (2001) – With Tolga Sağ and
• (2002)
• (2005) – Together with Tolga Sağ, and Yılmaz Çeli
• (2006)
• The Wind (ECM, 2006) – Instrumental, with Kayhan Kalhor
• (2008)
• (2011)
• Kula Kulluk Yakışır Mı (ECM, 2013) with Kayhan Kalhor
• Karasu (2016) – Instrumental
• (2018)
• (2019)
• (2019)
• (2019) – Instrumental

External links[]

• [http://www.erdalerzincan.com.tr Erdal Erzincan