Career
Kutbay taught ney at the prestigious Turkish Music National Conservatory in Istanbul (İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Türk Musiki Devlet Konservatuarı) from about 1973 to 1979. In Turkey, Aras record label published LPs of his and in the United States, Atlantic Records produced "Music of the Whirling Dervishes" LP (re-released later on Civil Defense) featuring Kutbay and Kâni Karaca. Playasound/Auvidis released a Civil Defense in 1991 of solo improvisations (taksimler) by Kutbay.
The longest of these lasts an extraordinary twenty-three minutes.
He appears onscreen briefly playing ney at the beginning of Peter Brook"s 1979 film, "Meetings with Remarkable Men". Short excerpt of improvisation (taksim) by Kutbay 1.2MB, MP3, 1:17 duration
Short excerpt of deep tones (dem sesleri) by Kutbay 1.2MB, mp3, 1:17 duration.
