Dortlu Sohbet - Music

She Came To This World In The Year Of 1953 In The Oriental Metropole Of Istanbul. Senem Was Raised By A Kurdish Mother And A Father Of Armenian-Azeri Origin. They Lived In Sisli The European Quarter Of Istanbul Populated By Many Cultures Like The Greek Armenian Hungarian French Turkish Jewish And Italian. These Cultures Became Her Roots Influencing Her Feeding Her Making Her Understand And Live Life As A Citizen Of The World To Let Her Voice Be Heard. Already At An Early Age Her Father Discovered The Quality Of His Daughter's Voice. He Began To Teach Her The Classical Turkish Songs And Stimulated Her To Listen To Records And To The Popular And Classical Songs On The Radio. At The Age Of Six He Enrolled Her In The Children's Choir Of Radio Istanbul Where She Soon Became Soloist In The Choir. In The Mean Time The Bond Between Senem And Her Father Grew Tight. To Senem He Was Her Role-Model Her Example A Man With Dreams Pains And Joys Which He Tried To Express In His Poems And Paintings. When Senem Was Ten Years Old She Was Sent To The National Conservatory Of Istanbul Where She Studied The Theory And Particular Characters Of The Traditional Ottoman Music For More Than Six Years. But Of Course As Any Youth At Any Time Senem Discovered The Popular And Traditional Turkish Music And Began To Refuse The Classical Teachings. Also In This Period Young Turks Came To Learn About American And English Music. To Senem This Was A Real Shock So Much So That It Changed Her Musical Conceptions Altogether. Against The Advise Of Her Teacher At The Conservatory She Recorded Her First Record In 1969 'Nar Hanim' Melodi Musik Prod. . After This Senem Began To Work As A Professional Singer And Quit The National Conservatory. In 1971 She Started To Explore Different Areas Of Turkey. At That Time She Merely Wished To Collect The Spirit Of Her Peopie Through Traditional Songs And Music. Travelling With Her Tape-Recorder She Met Many People Sailors City Folk Countrymen And Women Who Gladly Shared Their Heritage. She Ended Up With More Than 600 Traditional Songs And Ancient Poems That Became The Basis Of Her Actual Work. The Gipsy In Her Awakened The Travelier Being Open To Cultures Surrounding Her Came Free. She Expanded Her Mind In An Amazing Musical And Spiritual Meeting With People She Met On Her Way. Back In Istanbul Senem Recorded Her Second Album 1973 'Ham Meyva' - Yanki Productions But Felt The Strong Need To Explore The Music Of The World And Decided To Leave Her Country. That's How She Got To Europe. Having Travelled A Difficult Road And Full Of Both Beautiful And Painful Memories She Knew She Now Had The Chance To Expand Her Musical Meeting With Musicians From All Over The World. Jazz Entered Her Life. Her Music Took Her To Germany Where Senem Continued Working With Jazz Musicians. After Some Time She Went To Paris Where She Would Meet Guitar Virtuoso And Future Husband Alain Blesing. Their Collaboration Translated Her Spirit And Inspiration. Senem Finally Found What She Had Been Looking For All These Years A Strong Spontaneous Emotional And Sparkling Encounter Between Her Traditional Oriental Music And Her Love For The Music Of The West. An Encounter That Led To The Senem Diyici Sextet In 1989 Producing Senem's Third Album 'Takalar' - Featuring Okay Temiz - Label La Lichère . The Senem Diyici Quartet Was Founded In 1991 And Consists Of Senem Diyici Turkey Aiäin Biesing France/The Netherlands Philippe Botta France And Ravy Magnifique India/France . The Senem Diyici Quartet Recorded 3 Albums Up To 1998 'Geste/lest' Wad Productions/Artalent 1993 - 'Divan' Artalent 1995 - 'Tell Me Trabizon' Buda Musique 1998 . With Their Music They Travel The Worid Enchanting 'their Audiences Wherever They Go. To Senemn Her Music Is Like A Bridge Between Cultures And Peopie Fusing The Old And New Always Searching For The Spirit And The Story That Is Within Every Human Being. It Has Become Her Own Heritage Through Which She Transmits And Shares Universal Love And Nostalgia With Her Audiences All Over The World. read less