Kemal Dinç

Kemal Dinç — Biography

Kemal Dinç was born in 1970 in Istanbul to a family originally from Giresun. In 1980 he moved to Germany to join his family, who worked there as laborers; he began playing bağlama at age 11-12 and later learned classical guitar. After studying at the Sulzbach-Rosenberg Music Vocational High School, he completed a master's degree in 1997 at the Felix Mendelssohn University of Music and Theatre in Leipzig's Classical Music Department.

He released his debut album, Lir ve Ateş, in 2006. Dinç plays bağlama using a crossed tuning arrangement, without a plectrum, and with techniques reminiscent of the tambur at times. He teaches at the Codarts Rotterdam Conservatory and the University of Cologne. Following Bağlama İçin Denemeler (2012), Geleneksel Yorumlar (2015), Duo with Ahmet Aslan (2017) and İstanbul Live Concert (2018), he released several singles in 2021, and in 2018 he also gave concerts in a number of cities.

In 2020 he reached a wider audience performing the song "Üryan Geldim" together with Ahmet Aslan in the television series Ramo.