Muharrem Aslan
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| Born | 15 January 1977 Özcanlı, Elbistan, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genres | singer-songwriter contemporary folk world music | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years active | 2005–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Muharrem Aslan (born 15 January 1977) is a Sydney-based singer, bağlama player, composer, arranger and music therapist from Türkiye. He has been described as a bağlama virtuoso by Australian radio outlets.[1] [2] His work combines Anatolian musical traditions with contemporary and cross-cultural approaches, including collaborations with Australian musicians and ensembles. [3] [4]
Early life and education
Aslan was born in Özcanlı, in the Elbistan district of Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye. He grew up within the Alevi spiritual music tradition, in which songs accompanied by the bağlama are used to express spiritual and cultural ideas. He began singing traditional folk songs and playing the bağlama at the age of twelve.[2] [5] [6]
He migrated to Sydney, Australia, in 2001. In 2004, he composed "Gule Nisan", which became the title track of his first album. He later returned to Turkey, where he continued performing and recording, before returning to Sydney in 2015. [2] [6]
Aslan studied music at the University of New South Wales, graduating with Honours in 2021. As part of his honours work, he composed New Compositions for the Anatolian Baglama: Five Songs Without Words, a suite for solo bağlama. He subsequently undertook postgraduate studies in creative music therapy at Western Sydney University. [2][5] [6]
Musical career and style
Aslan's musical practice draws on Anatolian folk traditions while incorporating contemporary musical approaches. His work has been associated with the musical and poetic traditions of figures including Karacaoğlan, Pir Sultan Abdal and Sefil Kul Himmet. [3]
An important aspect of his work is the relationship between music and literature. He has composed musical settings of poetry by writers including Nâzım Hikmet, Hasan Hüseyin Korkmazgil, Sabahattin Ali, Orhan Veli Kanık, Yılmaz Odabaşı, Cemal Süreya and Özdemir Asaf. [3] [4]
Aslan has also collaborated with musicians from different musical traditions in Australia. His projects have brought the bağlama into musical settings involving jazz, classical guitar and other instrumentation, including collaborations associated with the University of New South Wales. [3]
His collaborative projects with Rose of April include Platonik Bir Aşk Masalı and Ali Göl Dağı Efsanesi, works combining music with narrative and storytelling. [3]
Fourtemolo
Aslan developed a bağlama performance technique known as fourtemolo. The technique modifies conventional tremolo through variations in the direction, intensity and combinations of right-hand plectrum strokes. [3] [1] [2] [6]
The technique is used to create layered rhythmic and tonal textures on the bağlama, combining rhythmic continuity with harmonic and vibration-based effects. [3]
Fourtemolo forms part of Aslan's approach to incorporating the bağlama into contemporary musical settings. [3] [1]
Buluşmalar (Nexus) Vol. 2
Aslan released Buluşmalar (Nexus) Vol. 2 in 2020. The project consists of thirteen compositions and collaborations between Aslan's bağlama and thirteen Australian musicians playing different instruments. [3] [1]
The instrumentation represented in the project includes electric guitar, cello, tenor saxophone, sitar, synthesizer, vibraphone and piano. Aslan composed and arranged the thirteen works, and the project also included a collaboration with the UNSW Classical Guitar Ensemble. [1]
One of the compositions, "Climate", was conceived around the theme of climate change. [1]
Turkuaz
Aslan later released Turkuaz, which received coverage on PBS FM's Global Village. The program described the album as combining Anatolian folk roots and poetic lyricism with modern orchestral elements. [5]
The album continued Aslan's engagement with Anatolian musical and literary traditions through contemporary arrangements. [5]
Music therapy
Alongside his work as a singer, composer and bağlama performer, Aslan works professionally as a music therapist. His musical career and therapeutic practice have developed alongside one another, with his formal studies including postgraduate training in creative music therapy. [3] [2] [6]
Selected discography
- Gule Nisan (2007)
- Buluşmalar/Nexus (2019)
- Buluşmalar/Nexus Vol. 2 (2020)
- Ali Göl Dağı Efsanesi (2020)
- Five Songs Without Words (2022)
- Fourtemolo (2022)
- Turkuaz (2025)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Muharrem Aslan: Reimagining Anatolian Music Through Innovation and Expression" (PDF). 2RDJ FM. Radio 2RDJ 88.1 FM. May 2026. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Muharrem Aslan – Akarsuya Bırakılan Mektup – Tempo Review. 94.7 The Pulse. Retrieved 10 August 2026 – via SoundCloud.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 Ziyalan, Nihat. "Bağlamaya "fourtemolo" tekniğiyle çıta atlatan sanatçı: Muharrem Aslan". BirGün (in Türkçe). Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Katalog - Cumhuriyet Gazetesi, 2018 Yılı, 9. Ayı, 16. Günü, 16. Sayfası". egazete.cumhuriyet.com.tr. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Holdsworth, Roger (14 December 2025). "Global Village". PBS FM. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Camilo on Drive Special 080426 – Celebrating the music and achievements of Music Therapist and Singer Songwriter Muharrem Aslan. Radio 2RDJ 88.1 FM. 8 April 2026. Retrieved 10 August 2026 – via Podomatic.
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