{"id":845,"date":"2015-06-28T14:43:19","date_gmt":"2015-06-28T12:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marenostrum-film.ch\/?page_id=845&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-10-03T14:11:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T12:11:33","slug":"yurdal-tokcan-tuerkei","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marenostrum-film.ch\/en\/yurdal-tokcan-tuerkei\/","title":{"rendered":"Yurdal Tokcan, Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yurdal Tokcan was born in 1966 and grew up in Istanbul. He studied at the Turkish National Conservatory of Music in Istanbul, where he later began to teach the oud himself. Since 2003 he has given seminars, which are attended by students from all over the world. As one of the world\u2019s best oud players, Yurdal Tokcan combined older techniques of playing with numerous new methods he has created himself. In groups and also as a soloist, including in projects with Jordi Savall; he has given countless concerts in at prestigious festivals in Turkey and abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marenostrum-film.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/150611_mare_nostrum_cc4_title640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marenostrum-film.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/150611_mare_nostrum_cc4_title640-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2202\" style=\"width:690px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marenostrum-film.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/150611_mare_nostrum_cc4_title640-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marenostrum-film.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/150611_mare_nostrum_cc4_title640-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marenostrum-film.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/150611_mare_nostrum_cc4_title640.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As a player and arranger, his work can be heard in many films, such as <em>The Passion of Christ<\/em> and <em>Kingdom of Heaven<\/em>, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u00dcsk\u00fcdar -  Eintauchen in die Welt der t\u00fcrkischen Musik\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yo_EzOnfmSQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Oud or ud<br>In the first few centuries after the birth of Christ, we find depictions of a five-stringed &#8216;ud&#8217; (al\u00adud = <em>wood<\/em>), the lute of the Islamic peoples, which gave its name to the European lute (German: <em>Laute<\/em>; French: <em>luth<\/em>; Italian: <em>liuto<\/em>; Spanish: <em>laud<\/em>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the masons and Saracens, in the first half of the 8th century, the lute reached Spain and Sicily, and spread throughout Europe in the following centuries. The oud has a pear-shaped body and a saddle at the top that is bent almost at a right angle. It is played using a plectrum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Der mak\u00e3m \u0131 Uzz\u00e4l Sak\u00eel \u00abTurna\u00bb Sem\u00e2\u2019\u00ee (Jordi Savall, Mare Nostrum)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mYSwK-dtOFs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Yurdal Tokcan was born in 1966 and grew up in Istanbul. He studied at the Turkish National Conservatory of Music in Istanbul, where he later began to teach the oud himself. Since 2003 he has given seminars, which are attended by students from all over the world. 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