Ahmet Koç is a
Turkish bağlama
The bağlama or saz is a family of plucked string instruments and long-necked lutes used in Europe, Balkans, Caucasus, Middle East, Khazar, Central Asia including Germany, France, Belgium, TRNC, Netherlands, Albania, Greece,Bosnia, Serbia, Croat ...
artist.
Before the "Paradoks"
He appeared and played bağlama with the female singer
Şebnem Paker at
Eurovision Song Contest 1997,
in
Dublin
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...
, 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”, "
Fragile", “
My Way
"My Way" is Paul Anka's English-language lyrical adaptation of the French song " Comme d'habitude", released by Frank Sinatra in 1969. The original song was written by Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibaut, and Claude François, and was first recor ...
”, "Surf Rider", ”
Hotel California
"Hotel California" is a song by American rock band the Eagles, released as the second single of their album of the same name on February 22, 1977. The song was written by Don Felder (music), Don Henley, and Glenn Frey (lyrics), featuring H ...
” “
The Godfather
''The Godfather'' is a 1972 American Epic film, epic crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling The Godfather (novel), 1969 novel. The film stars an ensemble cast inc ...
theme", “
Shape of My Heart”, “
My Heart Will Go On
"My Heart Will Go On" is a song performed by Canadian singer Celine Dion, used as the theme for the 1997 film '' Titanic''. It was composed by James Horner, with lyrics by Will Jennings, and produced by Horner, Walter Afanasieff and Simon F ...
”.
"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
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Turkish folk musicians
Eurovision Song Contest entrants
{{Turkey-musician-stub