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Sinan Erşahin was born in 1973. He studied guitar with Ahmet Kanneci at the Department of Guitar in the Ankara State Conservatory of Hacettepe University. He attended many master classes of the most important contemporary guitarists and guitar composers such as Jorge Cardoso, Juan Falu, Ricardo Moyano, Miguel Angel Cherubito (Argentina), Carlo Domeniconi (Italy), Francisco Ortiz (France), Victor Monge “Serranito”, Marco Socias (Spain) and Hiroki Terashima (Japan) in 1994-1999 when he continued studying at the Faculty of Dentistry of Ege University from where he graduated in 1999.
Erşahin was accepted to a performance program at Prague Music Academy (HAMU) and studied contemporary guitar repertoires with Milan Zalenka with a fellowship. He arranged some traditional Anatolian melodies for guitar and gave many concerts in Turkey and abroad. After completing his studies in Prague successfully, Erşahin began his master′s degree at Istanbul Technical University, Center for Advanced Studies in Music (MIAM) and Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, State Conservatory with Soner Egesel. He completed his doctoral degree, proficiency in arts, at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, State Conservatory.
Erşahin has given many concerts as a soloist and as a member of group at various important concert halls and in many festivals in Turkey and abroad. He has also performed as a solo guitarist with many orchestras such as the Izmir State Symphony Orchestra, the Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bursa State Symphony Orchestra, the Eskisehir Municipality Symphony orchestra and CRR Symphonic Orchestra. Erşahin currently teaches as an Assistant Professor at the State Conservatory of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University and continues giving many concerts. He serves as an art director in the CRR Istanbul Guitar Festival.
Reference: sinanersahin.com, istanbulfilarmoni.org
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