Esin Engin

Esin Engin
Background information
Born	(1945-05-17)May 17, 1945 Sivas, Turkey
Died	Istanbul, Turkey
Genres	Turkish pop, folk, tango
Occupation(s)	Composer, score composer, arranger, musician
Instruments	String instruments, vocals
Years active	1968–1996
Labels	EMI Turkey

Esin Engin (May 17, 1945 – May 4, 1997), was a Turkish musician, composer, arranger and film actor.

Biography

He was born in Sivas, Turkey in 1945 to a family of Crimean Tatar origin. He graduated from North Collins High School in New York, US in 1963. Then he returned to Turkey and completed a journalist degree in Istanbul in 1968.

Discography

• Modern Oyun Havaları (1973)
• Anadolu (1973)
• Dünden Bugüne (1974)
• Modern Oyun Havaları 2 (1975)
• Oyun Havaları, Vol. 1 (1989)
• Oyun Havaları, Vol. 2 (1995)
• Çiftetelli – Oyun Havaları, Vol. 3
• Oyun Havaları, Vol. 4 (1996)
• Film Müzikleri, Vol. 1 (1995)
• Film Müzikleri, Vol. 2 (2000, posthumous album)
• Film Müzikleri, Vol. 3 (2000, posthumous album)
• Modern Fasıl (1978)
• Nostaljik Fasıl (1992)
• Tangolar (1974, reissued in 1996)
• Son Tango (1998, posthumous album)
• Best of Belly Dance from Turkey
• Nostalgic Russian Tzigane (1990)
• Gypsy Fire (1990)
• Best of Russia

Filmography

Film score composer

• Kanlı Nigar (1981)
• Adile Teyze (1983)
• Çalıkuşu (1986)
• Yeniden Doğmak (1987)
• Hayallerim, Aşkım ve Sen (1987)
• Sürgün (aka "The Banishment") (1992)
• Tatlı Betüş (1993)

Actor

• Seven Ne Yapmaz (1970)
• Dert Bende (1973)

See also

• Music of Turkey
• Turkish pop music

References

• Sinematürk – Biography of Esin Engin (Turkish)
• EMI Music Turkey – Brief biography of Esin Engin (Turkish)
• Amazon.com – Selected discography of Esin Engin. Accessed February 17, 2009.

External links

• Esin Engin at the Internet Movie Database