Melike Tarhan (born 3 March 1978 in Ghent) is a Belgian-Turkish musical artist.

Education

Tarhan was a scholarship student at Humboldt University in Berlin and graduated from

Ghent University Ghent University ( nl, Universiteit Gent, abbreviated as UGent) is a public research university located in Ghent, Belgium. Established before the state of Belgium itself, the university was founded by the Dutch King William I in 1817, when the ...

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and

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department in 2002.

Career

While in Berlin, she took singing lessons from Claudia Herr, and took lessons in Indian singing techniques with Mahabub Khan'dan. In 2004 at Ghent University, she studied under the Italian singing teacher Mireille Capelle, and in 2005-2006 she participated in courses with Guidon Sax in the Conservatory of Ghent.

Albums

April 2004, her first album, called ''Macar'', was released in Paris on the Long Distance / Harmonia label. The album is named after Macar, a boy from the village of

Emirdağ Emirdağ is a town and district of Afyonkarahisar Province in Turkey, between the city of Afyon and Eskişehir. The district covers an area of 2,009 km2, and the population (2014) is 38,269 of which 19,093 live in the town of Emirdağ itself. ...

. He goes away to fight in the Gallipoli Campaign, part of World War I. His mother sees him in a dream, returning home on a white horse and handing his sword on the wall. The boy never returns. ''Çanakkale nerde Suvermez nerde''
''Her ana dayanmaz bu zalım derde''
''Ahmed'in babasız eğlenmez evde''
''Yoksa yavrum seni vurdular m'ola''
''Kefensiz gabire goydular m'ola'' ''Hücum etmiş Alamanın zabiti''
''Yavrumun kefeni asker kabutu''
''Salına girmeye yoktur tabutu''
''Yoksa yavrum seni vurdular m'ola''
''Kefensiz gabire goydular m'ola
''

References

External links

Official personal site
1978 births Living people Belgian people of Turkish descent Musicians from Ghent Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Ghent University alumni 21st-century Turkish singers 21st-century Turkish women singers {{Turkey-singer-stub