Necdet Yaşar Musical artist

Necdet Yaşar (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈnedʒdet ˈjaʃaɾ]) or Necdet Yasar in the West (born 1930), is a Turkish tanbur lute player and teacher. A founding member of the Istanbul State Turkish Music Ensemble, he performed throughout the world as a cultural ambassador for Turkey and taught twice at the University of Washington (USA). In 1991, the Turkish government awarded him the title of "National Artist".

Personal facts

Necdet Yaşar
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1930
Birth place
Nizip , Turkey , Gaziantep Province
Hometown
Turkey

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Musical artist

BackgroundNon vocal instrumentalist
genre
Classical Turkish music
instrument
Turkish tambur
record label
Kalan Müzik
Golden Horn Records

Topical connections

Akagündüz KutbayMusical artist
Ahmet ÖzhanMusical artist

Necdet Yaşar on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://depts.washington.edu/ethmusic/country.html#turk
  2. http://userpages.umbc.edu/~signell/makam/audio/tanbur.mp3
  3. http://web.archive.org/web/20020608085939/http:/www.goldenhorn.com/display.php4?content=engagements&page=ge_yasar_2002.html
  4. http://web.archive.org/web/20051106171817/http:/www.kalan.com/scripts/Dergi/Dergi.asp?t=3&yid=2950
  5. http://web.archive.org/web/20060216073516/http:/www.cdroots.com/kalan-273.html
  6. http://www.cdroots.com/kalan-273.html
  7. http://www.goldenhorn.com/display.php4?content=engagements&page=ge_yasar_2002.html
  8. http://www.kalan.com/scripts/Dergi/Dergi.asp?t=3&yid=2950
  9. http://www.kultur.gov.tr/TR/BelgeGoster.aspx?F6E10F8892433CFFAC302172C9058B83FEC4C99500064A90