Biographies of Kudsi Erguner

Kudsi Erguner (born 4 February 1952 in Diyarbakır, Turkey) is a Turkish musician. He is considered a master of traditional Mevlevi Sufi music and is one of the best-known players of the Turkish ney flute. Biography As a boy, Erguner studied with his father Ulvi Erguner and attended the Sema of the Mevlevi-Sufi tradition along with other Dervish ceremonies. He started his musical career in Istanbul Radio in 1969. For several decades, he has researched the earliest roots of Ottoman music which ...

Kudsi Erguner has performed throughout the world, working with such artists as Peter Gabriel, Maurice Béjart, Peter Brook and Didier Lockwood. He lives and works in Paris as a musician, composer, musicologist, teacher, author and translator.

Kudsi Erguner, né 4 février 1952 à Diyarbakır en Turquie, est considéré comme un maître du Mevlevi traditionnel et l'un des plus célèbres joueurs de ney de son pays. Sa famille est musicienne de longue date. En 1975, il s'installe à Paris où il étudie l'architecture et la musicologie. C'est à partir de là qu'il mène une activité incessante et multiforme en faveur du patrimoine culturel de son pays. Biographie Discographie Meditation on the Ney Turkey: Art of the Ottoman Tanbur, 1989 Sufi M...