Esin Engin (May 17, 1945 – May 4, 1997) was a
Turkish musician, composer, arranger and film actor.
Biography
He was born in
Sivas
Sivas is a city in central Turkey. It is the seat of Sivas Province and Sivas District.[Ä°l Beledi ...]
,
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
in 1945 to a family of
Crimean Tatar origin. He graduated from North Collins High School in New York, US in 1963. Then he returned to Turkey and completed a journalist degree in
Istanbul
Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...
in 1968.
Discography
* ''Modern Oyun Havaları'' (1973)
* ''Anadolu'' (1973)
* ''Dünden Bugüne'' (1974)
* ''Modern Oyun Havaları 2'' (1975)
* ''Oyun Havaları, Vol. 1'' (1989)
* ''Oyun Havaları, Vol. 2'' (1995)
* ''Çiftetelli – Oyun Havaları, Vol. 3''
* ''Oyun Havaları, Vol. 4'' (1996)
* ''Film Müzikleri, Vol. 1'' (1995)
* ''Film Müzikleri, Vol. 2'' (2000, posthumous album)
* ''Film Müzikleri, Vol. 3'' (2000, posthumous album)
* ''Modern Fasıl'' (1978)
* ''Nostaljik Fasıl'' (1992)
* ''Tangolar'' (1974, reissued in 1996)
* ''Son Tango'' (1998, posthumous album)
* ''Best of Belly Dance from Turkey''
* ''Nostalgic Russian Tzigane'' (1990)
* ''Gypsy Fire'' (1990)
* ''Best of Russia''
Filmography
Film score composer
* ''Kanlı Nigar'' (1981)
* ''Adile Teyze'' (1983)
* ''
Çalıkuşu'' (1986)
* ''Yeniden DoÄŸmak'' (1987)
* ''Hayallerim, Aşkım ve Sen'' (1987)
* ''Tek Başına Bir Kadın'' (1988)
* ''Sürgün'' (aka "The Banishment") (1992)
* ''Tatlı Betüş'' (1993)
Actor
* ''Seven Ne Yapmaz'' (1970)
* ''Dert Bende'' (1973)
See also
*
Music of Turkey
The roots of traditional music in Turkey span across centuries to a time when the Seljuk Turks migrated to Anatolia and Persia in the 11th century and contains elements of both Turkic and pre-Turkic influences. Much of its modern popular music ...
*
Turkish pop music
Notes
References
* Sinematürk �
''Biography of Esin Engin''
*
EMI Music Turkey �
''Brief biography of Esin Engin''
*
Amazon.com �
''Selected discography of Esin Engin'' Accessed February 17, 2009.
External links
*
1945 births
1997 deaths
Turkish male film actors
Turkish composers
Turkish people of Crimean Tatar descent
20th-century Turkish male actors
20th-century Turkish composers
People from Sivas
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