Sa musique est une combinaison de musique turque traditionnelle et classique et de jazz occidental. la combinaison de ces traditions musicales avec les rythmes indiens de Ravi Magnifique, les harmonies jazz d’Alain Blessing, de Philippe Botta et la voix de Senem Diyici, est extraordinaire....
« At the festival you will find masters that have rightfully taken their place in the history of jazz such as Max Roach, important names of contemporary jazz such as Ahmed Abdullah, pioneering groups that use all types of music within the jazz tradition such as Art Ensemble of Chicago, and Senem Diyici, who successfully represents our country internationally. The purpose in our selecting these jazz performers and groups is to present the most recent...
Dans la revue «Trad Magazine», notre confrère Arnaud Merlin écrit «Takalar n’est pas le premier témoignage réussi d’un rapprochement entre Orient et Occident. Mais la confrontation entre la voix travaillée et spontanée à la fois de Senem et le langage du jazz moderne nourri aux sources les plus vives de la création contemporaine que pratiquent ses interlocuteurs, est tout bonnement unique». On ne saurait mieux dire: l’écoute de ce disque étrange est une expérience...
Senem Diyici est née à Istanbul. Elle commence l’apprentissage de la musique à l’âge de six ans, avant d’appartenir a des chœurs d’enfants. Puis elle entre au conservatoire en classe de chant classique turc. En 1970, alors qu’elle est toujours étudiante au conservatoire, elle enregistre son premier disque NAR HANIM. Six ans plus tard c’est la sortie du deuxième album, HAMMEYVA. Puis elle fait un séjour en Allemagne où elle forme plusieurs groupes et sort...
It is titled Dila Dila and I recorded it with my musicians at the time in Istanbul. The years that followed were those of great upheaval in my life and, while I was able to create other groups, play with other musicians, and write and compose many new songs, I have not been so far. 'to push the door of a studio to record a new album. It will be done this year....
As often as possible, I will indeed suggest to those who wish to find “their voice” and their “intimate rhythm”, that of their unique personality, that of their heart, that of their soul. It is so hard to find yourself in today's world. By using breathing techniques, percussion instruments and, first of all, the body itself, by getting to know it better, we can progress rapidly in this liberating quest....
The same and yet another Senem Diyici, with many projects and who, after a few years devoted to reflection, workshops, concerts, will soon return to the studios. Among my projects, in fact, above all, that of a new album on which I have been working for several months with talented musicians, under the artistic direction of Ersin Ersavas, who arranges it. In all, a dozen songs, quite far from the jazz styles that I...