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Fahir
Atakoğlu
An
Award-winning Turkish Composer and
Pianist
 A native of Turkey, born in Istanbul, award-winning
composer and pianist Fahir Atakoglu is well known for
his ambitious symphonic works and music for film. He has
composed music for many of Turkey's top musicians, and
earned a loyal international following through the
release of eighteen albums, including the critically
acclaimed If (2005) Istanbul in Blue (2008), and his
latest release Faces & Places (2009), all featuring
jazz/rock fusion with traditional Turkish influences.
Both Istanbul in Blue and Faces & Places reflect the
growth in Mr. Atakoglu's North American fans and growing
market and both albums have made it to number 1 on the
JazzWeek Charts. Employing unique rhythmic, melodic and
harmonic sensitivities, Atakoglu's music reflects his
many different cultural influences, which combine to
create compositions with striking originality that still
play in tune with the culture of his motherland. 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 Atakoglu
as" .. one of the outstanding pianists and composers in
Europe today ... at the cutting edge of the world
music.
As a part of the
ATAA's Community Information Service (CIS), the
ATAA Executive Committee has decided to run the ATAA
StarTURK program to recognize and commend successful
Turkish Americans in the sciences, medicine, arts,
business, literature, politics, sports and general
vocations. We invite the Turkish American
community to participate in this program by writing to assembly@ataa.org regarding successful Turkish Americans in your
communities.
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