Ahmet Koç is a
bağlama
The ''bağlama'' or ''saz'' is a family of plucked string instruments, long-necked lutes used in Ottoman classical music, Turkish folk music, Turkish Arabesque music, Azerbaijani music, Kurdish music, Armenian music and in parts of Syria, I ...
artist from
Turkey
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.
Before the "Paradoks"
He appeared and played bağlama with the female singer
Şebnem Paker
Şebnem Paker (born 20 July 1977) is a Turkish people, Turkish guitarist, singer and music teacher.[Eurovision Song Contest 1997
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,
in
Dublin
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, where they represented Turkey and came in 3rd place. His previous works include his own instrumental works "Yedi Karanfil 3", "Yediveren Anadolu" and "Yol Türküleri, as well as his contributions to a multitude of other artists' albums as music director or bağlama artist. Ahmet Koç continues his career at the Turkish Ministry of Culture as bağlama artist, arranger and musicolog.
"Paradoks" Era
In the spring of 2005, he released his instrumental album "
Paradoks" (Paradox), in which he played international pop and rock classics with his
bağlama. Some of the songs included in his album were: “
Hasta Siempre
"Hasta Siempre, Comandante," ("Until Forever, Commander" in English) or simply "Hasta Siempre," is a 1965 song by Cuban composer Carlos Puebla. The song's lyrics are a reply to revolutionary Che Guevara's farewell letter when he left Cuba, in ord ...
”, "Fragile", “
My Way
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”, “Surf Rider”, ”
Hotel California
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” “
The Godfather
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theme”, “Shape of My Heart”, “My Heart Will Go On”.
"Sağanak" Era
In the last quarter of 2006, Ahmet Koç released his fifth album, the ''Sağanak'' (means heavy rain in Turkish). This new effort is a double disc pack (one part is for Turkish songs and the other part -same as the ''Paradoks''- is for international hits). The first single released from the album is ''Görevimiz Tehlike'' (''
Mission: Impossible'' theme).
References
Turkish folk musicians
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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