Mesut İktu (Ankara, 22 May 1947) is a Turkish operatic baritone, administrator and voice teacher. He was manager and artistic director of the Turkish State Opera and Ballet 1987-1991 and again 2001-2003.[1]
Discography edit
- Türk ezgileri - Turkish Folksongs. Kalan. 2009
- The Art of Turkish Song - Necil Kazım Akses (1908-1999), Ahmet Adnan Saygun (1907-1991), Nevit Kodallı (1924-2009), İlhan Usmanbaş (1921-), Muammer Sun (1932-), Cenan Akın (1932-2006), İlhan Baran (1934-), Cemal Reşit Rey (1904-1985), Ulvi Cemal Erkin (1906-1973), Gürer Aykal (1942-). Mesut Iktu, baritone. Sergey Gavrilov, piano VMS
- Bariton Opera arias - Ahmed Adnan Saygun, Gürer Aykal, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Verdi, Schubert, Brahms, Mahler and Glinka. cond. Maciej Niesiołowski. Kalan Music 2009.[2]
References edit
- ^ WHO'S WHO IN TURKISH CULTURE AND ART "İktu, a soloist at the Istanbul State Opera and Ballet, later became its manager and art director during the period of 1987-1991. He was reappointed to this position in 2001 and remained director until 2003. Prof. Mesut İktu, Chair of the opera department at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, State Conservatory,"
- ^ Baritone Mesut İktu sings opera classics on new CD
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