Background
As a boy, Erguner studied with his father Ulvi Erguner and attended the Sema of the Mevlevi-Sufi tradition along with other Dervish ceremonies.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Kudsi Erguner
Edit ProfileCareer
He started his musical career in Istanbul Radio in 1969. Foreign several decades, he has researched the earliest roots of Ottoman music which he has also taught, performed and recorded. In the seventies Erguner moved to Paris where, at the beginning of the eighties, he founded the Mevlana Institute devoted to the study and teaching of classical Sufi music
Together with the Kudsi Erguner Ensemble he developed deep insights into the diversity of his culture: the group conveys both authentic, often improvised forms of expression of classical Ottoman performance culture as well as a comprehensive repertoire of modern and classical pieces that can be traced back to the 13th century.
He took part in Peter Brook"s movie Meetings with Remarkable Men in 1978.
