Oğuz Abadan

Oğuz Abadan

Oğuz Abadan was born in Ankara in 1950. His music life began when he started playing the mandolin during his primary school years. At the age of twelve, he started to learn how to play the guitar. After playing along with several different amateur bands during his early youth, he carried on with professionals. He appeared on orchestras like Cemil Basaran's as the guitarist.

After completing his education at Ankara Gazi University, Music Department as a violinist, he went to the USA to study harmony at Berklee College. Later, he made music in several different countries in Europe. After working as professional bass player in Germany, he moved to France and there he joined Mogollar (Mongols) which is a Turkish band making music in Paris at that time.

Returning back home, to Turkey, he started working at Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Urban Orchestra as the arranger/bassist. In the meanwhile, he carried on with his own orchestra, which he had set up bearing his name. In the following years he moved to Istanbul and has lead his life and profession there up to today. He has conducted many orchestras in many counties and has carried out various concerts and studio works with many famous singers of the last 25 years. He makes film music and has two books published on music theory.

Discography

As the composer, arranger and mucic director, he made the albums of many artists like;

• Cem Karaca (Töre)
• Ahmet Kaya (Safak Türküsü)
• Okay Temiz (Derviş)
• Zerrin Özer (Dayanamıyorum)
• Yoshitaka Minami (Japonya) (Lovely Girl)
• Banu (Kırbağ Gün Kavuşurken)
• Tanju Okan (Çaresiz, Özür Diliyorum )
• Fatih Kısaparmak (Tomurcuk)
• Ferhat Tunç (Yaşamak Direnmektir, Istanbul Konserleri)
• Siwan Perver (Naze, Zembilfrosh, Me Cıkır)
• Kawa
• Neşe Karaböcek (Çiçekdağ)

and many more...

Filmography

   * Suna (Movie)
   * Kameramandan Görüntü Yönetmenine (Documentary)
   * Penceremde Sardunyalar (Documentary)
   * Su Sinekleri(TV Serial-Drama)
   * Nefes Alamıyorum (TV Movie)
   * Geceler(TV Serial-Drama)
   * Dönüş Yemini (Movie)
   * Şovalye, Pamuk Prenses ve Hain (Movie)
   * Zamanda Yolculuk (TV Serial-Documentary Drama)
   * Aşk Üzerine Söylenmemiş Herşey (Movie)
   * Yer Çekimli Aşklar (Movie)
   * Suçlu Kim (TV Serial-Drama)
   * Oy Deposu (Movie)
   * Köstekli Saat (TV Movie-Drama)
   * Bir Yanımız Bahar Bahçe (Movie)
   * Sekizinci Saat (Movie)
   * Sessiz Çığlık (Movie)
   * Karşı Show (TV Serial-Comedy)
   * Kadere 45 Var (Movie)
   * Günah Tohumu (Movie)
   * Cumhuriyete Kanat Gerenler (TVSerial-Documentary)
   * Prensesin Böylesi (TV Serial-Drama)  
   * Işığın Peşinde Anadolu (TV Serial-Documentary)
   * Bizim Mahalle (TV Serial-Drama)
   * Kederli Yıllar (TV Serial-Drama)
   * Üçüzler (Serial-Comedy Drama)
   * Ateş Üstünde Yürümek (Movie)
   * At Kestanesi (TV Serial-Drama)
   * Kara Elmas (TV Serial-Drama)
   * Devlerin Ölümü (Movie)
   * Aşk Üçgeni (Movie)
   * Acılar Paylaşılmaz (Movie)
   * Fotoğraflar (Movie)
   * Yağmur Başladı (Movie)
   * 077 Hızır - Acil Servis (TV Serial-Drama)
   * Uğurlugil Ailesi (TV Serial-Comedy)

Books

   * Teori 1- Notasyon ve Diziler 
   * Teori 2- Aralıklar ve Akorlar   

Personal Web Site

• http://www.oguzabadan.com

Links

http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%C4%9Fuz_Abadan
http://www.pankitap.com/yazarlar/oguza.html
http://www.sinematurk.com/kisi.php?4829