Neriman Altındağ Tüfekçi
Date of Birth: 14/03/1926 1926
Place of Birth: Istanbul
Date of Death: 03/02/2009
Place of Death: Istanbul
Burial Site: Zincirlikuyu Cemetery, Istanbul
Field of Activity
Conductor
- 1949Assistant Director for Turkish folk music Choir, Ankara Radio
- 1950 Turkish folk music repetitor, Ankara Radio
- 1953 Turkish folk music teacher, Ankara Radio
- 1957 Founder and director of Turkish Folk Music Women's Choir, Ankara Radio
- 1959 Soloist of Istanbul Radio Turkish folk music
Founder and director of the first Turkish folk music women's choir, Istanbul Radio
Istanbul Radio Turkish Music Branch Deputy Manager
- 1972-1976 Turkish folk music soloist, Ankara Radio Director of Department of Turkish folk music, Ankara Radio
- Founding Member of Turkish Music State Conservatory, Istanbul Technical University (ITU)
- ITU Turkish Music State Conservatory Board Member Assistant Professor at ITU Turkish Music State Conservatory Graduate School
Neriman Altındağ Tüfekçi is with the Choir members of Istanbul Technical University, Turkish Music Conservatory
Folk music samples sung by Neriman Altındağ Tüfekçi
Awards
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Memberships
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Education
Nişantaşı Girls School, Istanbul
Contributions to Society
Neriman Altındağ Tüfekçi published her Turkish folk music collection 1963 with the title "Songs of the Countryside" (Memleket Türküleri).
Neriman Altındağ Tüfekçi, Nida Tüfekçi, Memleket Türküleri, İstanbul, 1963.
Family and Friends
- Mother: Hayriye Altındağ
- Father: Nurettin Behiç Altındağ
- Sister: Perihan Altındağ Sözeri (Turkish classical music singer)
- Brother: Erdoğan Altındağ (musician)
- Marriages:Muzaffer Sarısözen (first husband, Turkish folk music artist), Nida Tüfekçi (second husband, Turkish folk music artist)
- Daughter:Gamze Tüfekçi (Lecturer in the Turkish Music State Conservatory, Istanbul)
- Son:Memil Sarısözen (attorney)
- Nephewi: Levent Altındağ (flute and saxophone player)
- Friends:Yaşar Kemal (writer) Aşık Veysel (folk poet), Cahit Külebi (writer, poet), Necati Sepetçioğlu (writer), Sadi Diren (ceramic artist), Mesut Cemil (drums virtuoso), Halil Bedii Yönetken (musicologist), Mehmet Veli Kanık (clarinet artist), Ahmet Kudsi Tecer (poet, writer), Muammer Sun (composer), Demirhan Altuğ (conductor), Alaattin Yavaşça (composer, classical Turkish music singer)), Muzaffer Akgün (folk singer), Nezahat Bayram (woman Turkish folk music singer), Cüneyd Orhon (classical fiddle artist), Ercümend Berker (choirmaster), Nevzat Atlığ (choirmaster), Arif Sag (folk music singer, scholarfolk music), Ümit Tokcan (Türk (folk music singer,)
Commemorative Projects
Memorial Sculptures:
- June 2015 in Avcılar Kültür Parkı, Istanbul, donated from the municipality of Avcilar. Sculptor: Dağhan Yürürler
- July 2005in Yozgat, together with her musiker husband Nida Tüfekçi, donated from the municipality of Yozgat. Sculptor: Aslan Başpınar
Website in Her Memory
Neriman Altındağ Tüfekçi information page at ITU website: http://web.itu.edu.tr/~yayla/ner_tuf.htm
Further Reading
- "Neriman Altındağ Tüfekçi türkülerle uğurlandı", 6.2.2009, ntvmsnbc.com, http://arsiv.ntvmsnbc.com/news/474525.asp
- Barış Yıldırım, "Yurttan Sesler Korosu'nun annesi Tüfekçi'ye veda", 6.2.2009, sanat.milliyet.com.tr, http://sanat.milliyet.com.tr/yurttan-sesler-korosu-nun-annesi-tufekci-ye-veda/muzik/haberdetay/06.02.2009/1056163/default.html
- Mehmet Barlas, Neriman Altındağ bize Türkiye_nin sesini duyuran sanatçıydı, http://www.sabah.com.tr/Yazarlar/barlas/2009/02/06/Neriman_Altindag_bize_Turkiye_nin_sesini_duyuran_
- "Neriman Altındağ Tüfekçi", trt.net.tr, http://www.trt.net.tr/radyo/HaberDetay.aspx?HaberKodu=472b8177-840b-4876-b66e-597f12d1e988
- Neriman Altındağ Tüfekçi uğurlandı, 5.2.2009, cnnturk.com, http://www.cnnturk.com/2009/yasam/diger/02/05/neriman.altindag.tufekci.ugurlandi/512166.0/index.html
Sources
Quoted Sources
- See the "Further Reading" section
Source of Visual Images
Translation into English: Emre Aslay, Chicago Illinois, USA Editing: Judith Cederblom, Seattle, Washington, USA ©2012 Meral Akkent