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| Birth date | 1972 |
|---|---|
| Birthplace | Istanbul |
| Profession | Singer, Jazz musician, Musician, Jazz Singer |
Meriç Yurdatapan — Biography
Meriç Yurdatapan is a jazz singer based in Germany who sings in German, English and Turkish. She is known for bringing Eastern and European styles together in her music, and she reached a wide audience in Germany with the 2007 album Oriental Jazz Live in Mainz.
Her route into music was a roundabout one. Born in Istanbul, she came to Germany at 18 to study architecture but, after her preliminary diploma, turned to classical vocal training: she studied at the Baden Conservatory and then completed a voice degree at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz. Earlier she had won first prize at the "Jugend jazzt" event run by the Hessian State Music Council. She has performed in various duos and groups and has sung in a musical and in the German television series Ein Fall für Zwei.
Oriental Jazz Live in Mainz in 2007 was her first album released commercially; she had distributed her earlier CDs herself. Her discography also includes The Great Turkish Songbook. In the magazine Jazz Podium, Klaus Mümpfer wrote that she had made distinctive, appealing music out of a lively meeting of cultures.
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