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Kudsi Erguner
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Kudsi Erguner, born in Diyarbakır, learned the ney, the reed flute of the Mevlevi dervishes, from his father Ulvi Erguner. In the 1970s he moved to Paris, where in the early 1980s he founded an institute for Sufi music. He recorded old Ottoman repertoires and also played with jazz musicians, with Peter Gabriel and with the oud player Anouar Brahem. On Sufi Music of Turkey (1990) he plays the music of the whirling dervishes with his brother Süleyman.
Listening
Listening tip. Listen to the ney in Tales from the Ney: the note begins with audible breath and then swells, as if the flute itself were sighing.
Tales from the Ney · Kudsi Ergüner & Süleyman Ergüner, 1990
Makam Ferahfeza: Taksim · Kudsi Ergüner, 1990
Acem Peşrev (Usûl Devr-i Kebîr, 28/4) · Ensemble Bîrûn & Kudsi Ergüner, 2018
Discography
Studio albums
- 1977Turquie - Musique Soufi
- 1982Turkey: Bektashi Music - Ashik Songs
- 1984Conférence Des Roseaux (Ney & Kena)
- 1990Sufi Music of Turkey
- 1990Turkey. The Turkish Ney
- 1991Ilahi & Nefes
- 1991Oriental Dreams
- 1992Musique Classique Ottomane
- 1993Musique Classique Ottomane - Makam
- 1995L'Orient de L'Occident: Flamenco & Musique Soufi Ottomane
- 1995Ney-La Flûte Sacrée Des Derviches Tourneurs
- 1997Chemins
- 1997Psalms of Yunus Emre
- 1999Ottomania
- 2001Islam Blues
- 2001La Banda Ala Turka
- 2002Les Passions d'Istanbul
- 2002Nazım Hikmet - Şair Cenazesi
- 2002Osmanlı Davulları
- 2003Gazing Point
- 2005Taj Mahal
- 2008No Matter
- 2013Pervane: Fløyet fra Guds hånd
- 2018Tarab
- 2019La Mélancolie Royale
- 2021Fragments des Cérémonies Soufies – L’Invitation à l’Extase