Omar Faruk Tekbilek - The Story Of Suleyman!

The Story Of Suleyman - A masterpiece from the Album "Omar Faruk Tekbilek & Brian Keane - Süleyman The Magnificent"(1992). Listen & Enjoy it.

Omar Faruk Tekbilek had been studying Sufism, the mystical branch of Islam, with the thought of becoming a Sufi cleric. At 15, he quit school to become a professional musician. "But I never quit studying, though," he maintains. "In fact, I am still studying; it's endless. Music for me is not something to show off. It's my life. It's the shortest path to God. Playing is prayer for me." He went to Istanbul and at the age of 17 met the Mevlevi Dervishes, the ancient Sufi order of Turkey. He did not join the order, but felt profoundly influenced by their mystical approach to sound and to the spirit. Another, almost equally mystical influence would soon appear, from an unlikely source. The young Tekbilek became friend with flute and saxophone player named Ismet Siral, who had some unusual ideas about music theory. "He would say things like, let's play for birds, let's play for pictures." OFT says about Burhan Tonguch, his rhythm teacher: "He put the idea in my mind that everything is a rhythmic instrument. And everyone is a percussionist. Without the strike, there is no sound."

Despite, or perhaps because of, this unconventional outlook, Faruk's skills were much in demand in the studios of Istanbul, and in 1971, at the age of 20, made his first brief tour of the United States with a Turkish classical/folk ensemble. The Tree of Patience was about to put out an unexpected limb. "I try to play a song the way it's supposed to be," Faruk explains. "If I play an Arabic song, I use an Arabic style; if I play a Turkish song, I use a Turkish style."

Faruk feels a strong affinity for Arabic music, which differs in several important ways from the Turkish tradition. As a child he spent a lot of time listening to Radio Kairo and became acquainted with the giant musicians of that time like Umm Kulthum, Abdul Wahab, Abdl Halim Hafez, Farid al-Atraš, Fairuz, Sabah Fakhri. Because he was playing the flute he was inspired by the melodies and the sound of ney (nay). He was also inspired by Sheikh Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad recitations of the holy Qur'an whom his father was listening a lot.

Faruk pauses, considers, and then admits, "Sometimes I can't keep myself from making a bridge between them. I just try to listen to the song; it will tell me what it wants to be." The process of creating his own songs is similar: "There is no set formula or method", he says. "Each song comes out in a different way."

Btw: The grandfather of Faruk's mother is originated from Egypt, so if you want Faruk is "Egyptian in 3rd generation". But much more he is Turkish. ;-)

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[salvadoredelle]

cool I like this kind of stuff... kind of new age i guess but I like this Nice short piece it could be part of a movie...

Never heard this guy before, thanks for posting it and sharing it with us I'm going to check him out more. I see you have a few more! cool! I have a ton of this type of music of my own.. original... I post some in response for you.. thanks!

j

[tiad]

No, it is not "new age" but very special and beautiful music. Composed by Briane Keane & Omar Faruk Tekbilek for the movie "Suleyman The Magnificient". There is also a whole album with same name. Check it out. It is worth. By the way O.F.Tekbilek is absolutely unique and imho not comparable with other "new age music" musicians.

[salvadoredelle]

I dunno... I like new age type stuff and this leans a lot in that direction but you are right it aint really new age... I do a lot of this type of music myself I call it NO AGE MUSIC because it is timeless sounding. I worked with Kitaro on a few of his albums... now that IS new age in fact he started all the new thing way back when he did Silk Road in the early 60's... He just moved to my town too! Lovely man and I like his music too!

I Like this a lot... Cool! you post some great stuff!

[tiad]

OK...thanks....I planned already to upload some extraordinary Kitaro tracks ..soon...

[tiad]

Put &fmt=18 at the end of the URL to listen in Stereo an much better audio quality !

[tiad]

The Story Of Suleyman - A masterpiece from the Album "Omar Faruk Tekbilek & Brian Keane - Süleyman The Magnificent"(1992). Listen & Enjoy it.

[MissEnisaB]

Amazing songs...can anybody tell me whats the name of the Russian song that is played on Suleyman the Magnificent movie? The one dedicated to Hyrem Sulltan?

[shahilagh]

I like it. Today i got to know Omar Faruk , his music is like Greek, Turkish.. and reminds me of my origins and roots, and so it touches me.

[7lizet]

beautiful music I hope you like my reciting on it

[laelamarie1]

enjoyed the information you posted. If anyone has ever played music they will most likely understand what O.F.T is referring to... as to the comment for the instructions to improve the quality of the sound &FMT=18 - what the crap is that? Must have to be an engineer or computer tech to get that.....

[laelamarie1]

enjoyed the information you posted. If anyone has ever played music they will most likely understand what O.F.T is referring to...

[nefiseso]

saol Ömer Faruk her zmn ki gibi..

[anamasuf]

Excellent piece

Thank you for your work!

Ana

[ITRate]

this is art :) love it

[AquarielCharm]

Hello Tiad - the pieces of my puzzle are coming together. I think that 2nd song following Ayasofya is from 'Suleyman The Magnificent' by Brian Keane. Unfortunately the hunt is still on because it's not this song. I'll have to search for Brian Keane music rather than Tekbilek to find it I think. Thank you so much Tiad.