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Place of Birth: Istanbul, Turkey
About Osman İşmen
- Osman Ismen (born 2 August 1952) is a Turkish conductor, composer, pianist, keyboardist, and music arranger. In 1973, he started his professional music career as a conductor with an orchestra group, and in 1977 he also started working as a music arranger.
- Togeth with his orchestra, Osman Ismen performed disco, funk and soul music for a number of years.
- In 1978, he published his first studio album Diskomatik Kâtibim.
- After publishing his second album Disco Madimak in 1979, he started collaborating with Kisa Dalga Group and together they released Disco Türkü (1980), Disco Masallah (1981) and Disco Gencebay.
- These albums contained re-edited versions of songs in various musical styles.
- The instrumental works that were performed by Osman Ismen Orchestra in 1987 were later published under the name TRT Ara Müzigi. In 1998, he founded the music group Osman Ismen Project and started making jazz music.
- In this genre, he released Jazz Eastern (1998), Rakkas (2000), Jazz Istanbul (2003), Jazz Eastern II (2006) and East Inn (2006).
- In the years that followed, he released the albums Saharians (2009), Romantika (2009), Elektro Klasikler (2009), Saz ve Jazz Eserleri (2009), Modern Oyun Havalari (2009), Lounge with Our Golden Songs (2009), Guitar & Bouzouki Plays 10 Hot Hits (2009), Senfonik Rock Türkülerimiz, Vol.
- 01 (2013, with Allegra Quartet) and Tangopera (2014, with Allegra Quartet).
- Ismen has also worked as an arranger and composer for various other artists.
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