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Fahir Atakoğlu
A native
of Turkey, born in
Istanbul, Fahir Atakoğlu is an international award winning composer and
pianist, in the fields of large symphonic works and film music. His
works have also been performed in various music festivals in Europe and
across The United States to much acclaim. He is now finding a growing
audience in Europe, Japan and in North America as well.
His sensitivity as a composer deeply moves the audience by his unique
rhythmic, melodic and harmonic sense. His music reflects his
extraordinary talent in blending different musical cultures which make
his compositions speak with striking originality, and always
wonderfully connected to the culture of his motherland. Fahir Atakoğlu,
since 1986, composed jingles, documentary and film music for many
national and international productions. Following his first album in
1994 he released 8 albums in 17 countries including USA and sold over
nearly 2 million copies since. Amongst his many awards, he won First
prize for Documentary at the Milano Film Festival 2000 for "Exile in
Buyukada" and the best Song Award of Mega Channel, Greece, 2002, with
Telos Dios Telos, sold over 400.000 copies.
Ahmet Ertegun, of Atlantic Records, referred to Fahir Atakoğlu as" ..
one of the outstanding pianists and composers in Europe today ... at
the cutting edge of the world music."
Downloads
> Fahir Atakoğlu
Biography (pdf)
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> Fahir
Atakoğlu Resume page 1 of 4 (pdf)
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> Fahir
Atakoğlu Resume page 2 of 4 (pdf)
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> Fahir
Atakoğlu Resume page 3 of 4 (pdf)
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> Fahir
Atakoğlu Resume page 4 of 4 (pdf)
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> Promo Release
of "If" (pdf)
Pictures
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Audio Samples
>
"If"
from
"If" (Far & Here Music 2005) (mp3)
> "Two
Ways" from "If" (Far & Here Music 2005) (mp3)
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