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Orhan Gencebay – originally Orhan Kencebay – was born in Samsun, Turkey on August 4th, 1944. He is a virtuoso of the bağlama as well as a composer, singer, arranger, music producer and music director. He is also an actor, having starred in over 30 films.As of this posting, he is still active. His last album was released 2013. He is also a regular presenter and judge for Turkish reality television singing competition television programs. You can find more information about him at his website: orhangencebay.com.tr

As of this posting, he is still active. His last album was released 2013. He is also a regular presenter and judge for Turkish reality television singing competition television programs. You can find more information about him at his website: orhangencebay.com.trIn his early 20s, he became a resident bağlama player at the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT). In 1966, he was one of the primary contestants in National Bağlama Contest with Arif Sağ and Cinuçen Tanrıkorur, two other contemporary masters of Turkish music. In the late sixties, he collaborated with a wide range of musicians in performances and film music. He also collaborated with many musicians, including Arif Sağ, Erkin Koray, Neşet Ertaş, Omar Faruk Tekbilek – to name a few.

During the 1970s, he released many singles that were a fusion of traditional Turkish classical and folk music with Western classical music, jazz, rock, progressive, psychedelic, Indian, Arabic, Spanish and Greek musical styles. In 1972, he founded the lable Kervan Plakçılık, that released records by Ahmet Özhan, Ajda Pekkan, Erkin Koray, Muazzez Abacı, Neşe Karaböcek, Semiha Yankı – as well as many others.

As of this posting, he is still active. His last album was released 2013. He is also a regular presenter and judge for Turkish reality television singing competition television programs. You can find more information about him at his website: orhangencebay.com.tr

Catalog number 95 on Kervan Plakçılık of Turkey, released 1975.