FERRUH YARKIN

FERRUH YARKINBorn in Istanbul in 1964. After he finished elementary, middle and high school, in 1983 he joined Istanbul Technical University Turkish Music Conservatory by the encouragement of his father, composer and tanbur player, KAMURAN YARKIN. He was the student of late KANI KARACA and late HURSIT UNGAY. He joined the university concerts as a rhythm player. He graduated in 1987 and began working at Istanbul Technical University Turkish Music Conservatory as a lecturer in the same year. Till 2001, he gave lessons about rhythm practice and basic rhythm profession in the folk dances and basic sciences department at Istanbul Technical University Turkish Music Conservatory. And educated many students. He was taken to the TC Ministry of Culture and Tourism Istanbul State Turkish Music Group as an educated player which was founded by Prof. NECDET YASAR in 1988.There he had a chance to share the stage with masters like ALAADDIN YAVASCA, BEKIR SIDKI SEZGIN, CINUCEN TANRIKORUR AND IHSAN OZGEN. He accompanied many singers for their albums as a kanun and a rhythm player. He gave concerts in Turkey and the foreign countries with Prof. NECDET YASAR. In 1995 he established his own group with his brother,Yarkin Turkish Rhythm Group. He made two albums with his group called “TEN” and “TEN TEN’DE” and gave concerts in many countries to present turkish rhythms. He joined “Lyrical History” organizations with his group. He worked with FAHIR ATAKOGLU in the “Turkish Republic 75th year” concerts and prepared together the musics of the play “Agir Roman”. And “Kervansaray”, it was the name of his cultural album. 14 concerts were given in Holland for its presentation. He made a CD with CIVAN GASPARYAN and ERKAN OGUR, also gave concerts together. By a Yarkin Project “ Birlikte Yasayalim”, made concerts with religious and non-religious repertoire which are coming from Greek, Armenian, Jewish and Turkish cultures. He prepared the rhythm compositions of “Anadolu Atesi” dance show and put on the stage. He made the local musics of “Hurrem Sultan” dance show. He gave rhythm lessons in the “Sultans of the Dance” group. At present he’s working at TC Ministry of Culture and Tourism Istanbul State Turkish Music as a rhythm player. He is married with TRT singer Cigdem Yarkin and has a son called Kamuran Deniz.