Erdem Şimşek wurde 1984 in Ankara geboren und begann bereits in seiner frühesten Kindheit unter dem Einfluß seines Großvaters, des Volkssängers Süleyman Koçak und seines Onkels Hüseyin Koçak, Bağlama zu spielen. Seine erste musikalische Ausbildung genoss er durch Ihsan Öztürk, der zu den Altmeistern der Bağlama zählt.
Şimşek, betreibt seit vielen Jahren intensive Studien über die Spieltechniken der Bağlama ohne Plektrum, auch „döğme“ und „şelpe“ genannt, sowie in der Spieltechnik der bundlosen Bağlama,…
Erdem Şimşek was born in Ankara, on 1984. He is one of the prominent baglama performers of younger generation. He started to play baglama when he was six with the influences of his grandfather Asık Suleyman Kocak. He graduated from METU, Geological Engineering Department in 2007. He completed his ethnomusicology master degree in ITU MIAM, where he worked as a research assistant until 2015. He continues his doctoral studies in ITU Musicology and Music Theory Program and works as a lecturer in ITU Turkish Music State Concervatory Instrument Department. Behind the concerts with Bengi Baglama Trio and Lal Baglama Trio he has been performing in many different international music projects such as the ones with Dresden Sinfoniker and Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra. He performed in many music programs in national TV (TRT), like Bergüzar, Dem Bu Dem, Katre, Yediveren, Telli Turnam…
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