Mercan Dede,T\u00fcrk Tekno m\u00fczi\u011fi sanat\u00e7\u0131s\u0131 ve neyzen,DJ. Ark\u0131n Il\u0131cal\u0131, 1966 y\u0131l\u0131nda Bursa’da d\u00fcnyaya geldi. Ney, bendir, panfl\u00fct,davul ve vokal sanat\u00e7\u0131s\u0131 olma yolunda m\u00fczik e\u011fitimini geleneksel yollardan tasavvuf m\u00fczik ustalar\u0131ndan ald\u0131. \u00d6\u011fretmenleri aras\u0131nda Usta Nezih Uzel ve ney sanat\u00e7\u0131s\u0131 \u00d6mer Erdo\u011fdular say\u0131labilir. Ayr\u0131ca sanat\u00e7\u0131, ebru\u00a0 sanat\u0131n\u0131 \u00f6\u011frendi\u011fi b\u00fcy\u00fck ney \u00fcstad\u0131 Niyazi Say\u0131n’dan da fazlas\u0131yla etkilendi.<\/p>\n
Ebru sanat\u0131n\u0131 e\u011fitmen olarak Concordia \u00dcniversitesi’nin Studio Arts program\u0131nda devam ettiren Mercan Dede, 1997 y\u0131l\u0131nda Kanada’ya g\u00f6\u00e7 etti. Kanada’da g\u00fczel sanatlar \u00fczerine lisans ve y\u00fcksek lisans e\u011fitimini tamamlayan Mercan Dede ayn\u0131 \u00fcniversitede ba\u015flad\u0131\u011f\u0131 \u00f6\u011fretim \u00fcyeli\u011fine, m\u00fczik \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmalar\u0131n\u0131n a\u011f\u0131rl\u0131k kazanmas\u0131 sebebiyle k\u0131sa bir s\u00fcre \u00f6nce ara verdi. Ya\u015fam\u0131n\u0131 kanada motreal’de ve \u0130stanbul’da devam ettirmektedir. O y\u0131ldan bu yana de\u011fi\u015fik Sufi gruplar ile Avrupa, Kanada, ABD ve T\u00fcrkiye’de m\u00fczik \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmalar\u0131na devam eden sanat\u00e7\u0131, The University of Saskatchewan’da Profes\u00f6r David Kaplan ile d\u00fcnya m\u00fczi\u011fi \u00fczerine \u00e7al\u0131\u015ft\u0131. Candan Er\u00e7etin’in Frans\u0131zca s\u00f6yledi\u011fi \u015fark\u0131s\u0131 olan Parole,Milord ve \u015eehir(\u015fark\u0131)(yaln\u0131zcaArap\u00e7a ilahisini) \u015fark\u0131lar\u0131n\u0131,Ceza’n\u0131n \u015eeytan ve \u00c2b- \u0131 Nafi \u015fark\u0131lar\u0131n\u0131 besteletmi\u015ftir.Mercan Dede,2004’\u00fcn A\u011fustos ay\u0131nda Candan Er\u00e7etin ve Ceza’n\u0131n \u015fark\u0131s\u0131 olan \u015eehir ‘in video klibi i\u00e7in Almanya ‘n\u0131n Hamburg kentine gitmi\u015ftir.Ayr\u0131ca,MEB’in 24 Temmuz 2006 tarihinde yenilenen \u0130lk\u00f6\u011fretim 7.S\u0131n\u0131f M\u00fczik dersi m\u00fcfredat\u0131nda yer alm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r(\u00dcnite 1:Anadolu ve M\u00fczi\u011fimiz – MEB \u0130lk\u00f6\u011fretim 7.S\u0131n\u0131f M\u00fczik dersi m\u00fcfredat\u0131)<\/p>\n
Mercan Dede, do\u011fuya \u00f6zg\u00fc Sufi m\u00fczi\u011finin ilahi gelene\u011fini \u00e7a\u011fda\u015f m\u00fczi\u011fin t\u0131n\u0131lar\u0131yla incelikli bir \u015fekilde harmanlayarak eski ile yeniyi, Do\u011fu ile Bat\u0131’yi birle\u015ftiriyor. Sufi inanc\u0131na y\u00fcrekten ba\u011fl\u0131l\u0131\u011f\u0131yla tan\u0131nan Dede, Sufi makamlar\u0131n yorumuna ve \u00f6zg\u00fcn bestelerin t\u0131n\u0131lar\u0131na ve do\u011fa ritimlerine getirdi\u011fi ilahi boyutu isimsiz m\u00fczi\u011finde yans\u0131t\u0131yor. Muzik hayatina kendi yaptigi plastik su borusu ile baslayan Mercan Dede, yarattigi eserleri, cok farkli kitleleri bir araya getirme basarisini gosteren birbirinden ozgun konserleri, misafir sanatcilar ile dunya capinda yaptigi projeleri, dj Arkin Allen kimligi ile yakaladigi sahsina has djlik tarzi ve hepsinden otesi bir muzisyen degil ,muzigi kucuk bir cocugun samimi sevgisi ile varedip paylasmaktan baska bir amaci olmayan havai ruhlu bir yolcu kimligi ile suphesiz jenerasyonunun en farkli ve etkileyici sanatcilarindan biridir–Mysterieux 12:47, 3 A\u011fustos 2009 (UTC)<\/p>\n
1990’dan bu yana de\u011fi\u015fik Sufi gruplar ile Avrupa, Kanada, ABD ve T\u00fcrkiye’de m\u00fczik \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmalar\u0131na devam eden sanat\u00e7\u0131n\u0131n “Mercan Dede Ensemble” grubu 1997 y\u0131l\u0131nda kuruldu. Mercan Dede’nin ilk alb\u00fcm\u00fc “Sufi Dreams” ba\u011f\u0131ms\u0131z bir plak \u015firketi olan Golden Horn \u015firketi taraf\u0131ndan \u00e7ok az say\u0131da bas\u0131l\u0131p da\u011f\u0131t\u0131ld\u0131 Buna ra\u011fmen gerek Kuzey Amerika gerekse Avrupa’da \u00e7ok olumlu ele\u015ftiriler ald\u0131. Alman televizyonu Saarlandischer Rundfunk Sufi k\u00fclt\u00fcr\u00fc \u00fczerine haz\u0131rlad\u0131\u011f\u0131 belgeselde Mercan Dede’ye yer verdi. Belgeselin m\u00fczi\u011fi ise yine Mercan Dede taraf\u0131ndan yap\u0131ld\u0131. Sanat\u00e7\u0131n\u0131n 2. alb\u00fcm\u00fc “Journey’s of a Dervish” 1999 y\u0131l\u0131nda Goldenhorn Plak \u015eirketi’nden \u00e7\u0131kt\u0131.<\/p>\n
Reji ve koreografisini Beyhan Murphy’nin ger\u00e7ekle\u015ftirdi\u011fi ve Modern Dans Toplulu\u011fu taraf\u0131ndan sergilenen \u201cSeyahatname 2001\u201d adli g\u00f6steri i\u00e7in bestelenen m\u00fcziklerden olu\u015fan Seyahatname alb\u00fcm\u00fc Doublemoon etiketiyle yay\u0131nland\u0131. Yine ayn\u0131 y\u0131l d\u00fcnyan\u0131n en prestijli caz festivallerinden Uluslararasi Montreal Jazz Festivali’nin “Do\u011fu ile Bati Bulu\u015fuyor” basl\u0131kl\u0131 konserinde, Burhan \u00d6\u00e7al ve Jamaaladeen Tacuma ile Mercan Dede trio olarak 170.000 ki\u015finin \u00f6n\u00fcnde sahneye \u00e7\u0131kt\u0131. Yeni projesi Secret Tribe ile Banlieues Bleues Festival, Rasa Cultur Center, Bimhuis gibi Avrupa\u2019n\u0131n \u00f6nemli caz ve d\u00fcnya m\u00fczi\u011fi kul\u00fcpleri ve festivallerini i\u00e7eren T\u00fcrkiye\/Avrupa turnesini ger\u00e7ekle\u015ftirdi. Olumlu ele\u015ftiriler \u00fczerine Secret Tribe ile 2002 y\u0131l\u0131nda 2. alb\u00fcmleri \u201cNar\u201d Doublemoon taraf\u0131ndan yay\u0131nland\u0131.<\/p>\n
Secret Tribe ile kat\u0131ld\u0131\u011f\u0131 d\u00fcnya m\u00fczi\u011finin en \u00f6nemli iki festivali Womex ve Transmusicale de Rennes\u2019deki b\u00fcy\u00fck ilgiden sonra 2003 yaz\u0131nda 30 konserlik Avrupa turunda d\u00fcnyan\u0131n say\u0131l\u0131 festivallerinden Montreux Jazz Festivali (Isvi\u00e7re), JazzaVienne (Fransa), Etnosur (Ispanya), World Roots Festival (Hollanda), Popdeurope (Almanya)’da sahne ald\u0131. Avrupa turnesinin ba\u015far\u0131s\u0131 Womex 2003’te BBC Radio 3 Awards’da “Orta-Do\u011fu ve Kuzey Afrika”ile “Club Global” olmak \u00fczere iki dalda \u00f6d\u00fcle aday g\u00f6sterilmesini sa\u011flad\u0131. Mercan Dede 2003’te 2 dalda \u00f6d\u00fcle aday olan tek sanat\u00e7\u0131 oldu.<\/p>\n
M\u00fczisyenli\u011fi s\u00fcresince Kani Karaca, Ihsan \u00d6zgen, Peter Murphy, Natacha Atlas, Musafir, Ilhan Er\u015fahin, Jamaledeen Tacuma, Hugh Marsh, Omar Sosa, Mich Gerber, Faz\u0131l Say, Susheela Raman, Trans Global Underground, Dhafer Youssef gibi klasik, d\u00fcnya ve alternatif m\u00fczi\u011finin dev isimleri ile ayn\u0131 sahnede yer alan Mercan Dede ayn\u0131 zamanda yap\u0131mc\u0131 olarak da bir \u00e7ok \u00e7al\u0131\u015fmaya katildi. Peter Murphy’nin son alb\u00fcm\u00fcnde ortak yap\u0131mc\u0131l\u0131\u011f\u0131 \u00fcstlenen sanat\u00e7\u0131 Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’in yap\u0131mc\u0131lar\u0131ndan Real World \u015eirketi\u2019nin yap\u0131mc\u0131s\u0131 Michael Brooks, Groove A La Turca’nin yarat\u0131c\u0131s\u0131 ve elektrik bas gitar\u0131n ustas\u0131 Jamaledden Tacuma, arka arkaya 6 y\u0131l Kanada\u2019n\u0131n en iyi emprovizasyon sanat\u00e7\u0131s\u0131 \u00f6d\u00fcl\u00fcn\u00fc alan Hugh March ile ortak alb\u00fcmler haz\u0131rlad\u0131.<\/p>\n
Ocak 2004’de gen\u00e7 yeteneklerden olu\u015fan bir grup kuran Mercan Dede New York\u2019ta d\u00fczenlenen ve 5 k\u0131tadan 16 farkl\u0131 m\u00fczisyen ve grubun kat\u0131ld\u0131\u011f\u0131 \u201cGlobalFEST\u201d adli festivale konuk oldu. Dede, ayr\u0131ca, K\u00fclt\u00fcr Bakanl\u0131\u011f\u0131 taraf\u0131ndan ba\u015flat\u0131lan ve T\u00fcrkiye\u2019ye k\u00fclt\u00fcrel alanda d\u00fcnyada temsil edecek olan \u201cG\u00fcldestan Projesi\u201dnin de m\u00fczik direkt\u00f6rl\u00fc\u011f\u00fcne getirildi.<\/p>\n
Sanat\u00e7\u0131n\u0131n Mercan Dede kimli\u011findeki acemilikten \u00e7\u0131rakl\u0131\u011fa ge\u00e7i\u015fi olarak tan\u0131mlad\u0131\u011f\u0131 5. alb\u00fcm\u00fc \u201cSu\u201d A\u011fustos 2004’de piyasaya \u00e7\u0131kt\u0131. \u201cSu\u201dya Hugh Marsh, Susheela Raman, \u00d6zcan Deniz, Sabahat Akkiraz, Dhafer Youssef, Ceza, G\u00f6ksel Baktagir gibi \u00fcnl\u00fc m\u00fczisyenler konuk oldular. Yeni alb\u00fcmle beraber yine yollara d\u00fc\u015fen sanat\u00e7\u0131, Malta D\u00fcnya M\u00fczikleri Festivali\u2019ne kat\u0131ld\u0131.<\/p>\n
Kas\u0131m 2007’de \u00e7\u0131kard\u0131\u011f\u0131 ve Celaleddin-i Rum\u00ee’nin 800. do\u011fum y\u0131ld\u00f6n\u00fcm\u00fcne atfen “800” olarak adland\u0131rd\u0131\u011f\u0131 alb\u00fcm\u00fc \u00f6zellikle Avrupa’da ilgi g\u00f6rm\u00fc\u015f, Avrupa D\u00fcnya M\u00fczi\u011fi Listesi’nde (World Music Chart Europe) 2008 y\u0131l\u0131n\u0131n Nisan ay\u0131nda birinci s\u0131raya y\u00fckselmi\u015ftir.<\/p>\n
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Mercan Dede,T\u00fcrk Tekno m\u00fczi\u011fi sanat\u00e7\u0131s\u0131 ve neyzen,DJ. Ark\u0131n Il\u0131cal\u0131, 1966 y\u0131l\u0131nda Bursa’da d\u00fcnyaya geldi. Ney, bendir, panfl\u00fct,davul ve vokal sanat\u00e7\u0131s\u0131 olma yolunda m\u00fczik e\u011fitimini geleneksel yollardan tasavvuf m\u00fczik ustalar\u0131ndan ald\u0131. \u00d6\u011fretmenleri aras\u0131nda Usta Nezih Uzel ve ney sanat\u00e7\u0131s\u0131 \u00d6mer Erdo\u011fdular say\u0131labilir. Ayr\u0131ca sanat\u00e7\u0131, ebru\u00a0 sanat\u0131n\u0131 \u00f6\u011frendi\u011fi b\u00fcy\u00fck ney \u00fcstad\u0131 Niyazi Say\u0131n’dan da fazlas\u0131yla etkilendi.<\/p>\n