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Hijazz Hicaz by Hasan Esen

Artist Biography For Hasan Esen

Hasan Esen Turkish Kemençe Rebab And Santur Player Was Born In Sivas In 1958. Esen Was Classically Trained At A State Music Conservatory Where He Studied Kemençe Music. Additionally Esen Studied Kemençe With Ihsan Özgen Considered One Of The Most Skillful And Creative Performers Of Kemençe Among His Generation Özgen Was Born In Urfa In 1942 . Branching Out From Turkish Classical Art Music Esen Also Studied And Performed The Music Of The Turkish Mevlevi Sufi Order Particularly That Of Turkey's Sufi Sema Or Ritual Ceremony Originally Developed By The 13th-Century Mystic And Poet Rumi . Esen Has Toured Around The World Giving Concerts In Countries That Include The United States Germany Britain France Italy Belgium The Netherlands Denmark Sweden Switzerland Finland Greece China Pakistan Syria Jordan Egypt Lebanon Russia Brazil And Canada. Hasan Esen Has Performed As A Member Of The Suleyman Erguner Quartet. Suleyman Erguner Is Considered One Of The World's Foremost Turkish Ney Reed Flute Players. Together With Two Other Musicians Esen And Suleyman Erguner Recorded Music Based On The Turkish Sufi Sema Spiritual Ceremony Developed By The 13th Century Sufi Mystic And Poet Rumi . Hasan Esen Is Also A Member Of The Turkish Group Bosphorus Which Strives To Express The Sounds And Experience Of Turkey's Classical Eastern And Anatolian Musical Tradition. Esen Plays The Kemençe In This Context. A 2002 Album "Beyond The Bosphorus " Was A Collaboration Between Bosphorus And The Greek Avant-Garde Ensemble Mode Plagal Recorded In Istanbul And Athens. -------------------------------------------- Kemenche / Kemençe / Κεμεντζές -------------------------------------------- The Kemenche Turkish Kemençe Greek Κεμεντζές Is A Kind Of Rebec Or Fiddle From The Black Sea Region Of Asia Minor. It Is Also Known As The Kemençe Laz Kemenche Of Laz In Turkey. In Greece And The Pontian Greek Diaspora It Is Known As The Pontian Lyra And Is The Main Instrument Used In Pontian Music. The Kemenche Is A Bottle-Shaped 3-Stringed Bowed Fiddle Played In The Upright Position. It Is Sometimes Played By Resting It On The Knee When Sitting And Sometimes It Is Held Out In Front. The Bow For The Kemenche Is Called A Doksar. The Kemenche Has A Small Light-Weight Design Which Allows It To Be Held Up For A Long Time. In Some Cases A Kemenche Musician Would Follow A Dancer Around Perhaps Dancing As Well . This Mainly Occurs Due To The Relatively Quiet Sound Of The Lyra And The Need To Achieve Proximity To A Dancer.

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