ISMET ARICI

About ISMET ARICI

Ismet ARICI is an academician and musician in Turkey. After graduating from Marmara University Music Department, he took his Master’s and his (expired link). degree at the Institute of Education Sciences, Marmara University. He is currently working as a faculty member at Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts in Music Education Department.
He gave many concerts both at home and abroad..
In 2005, he released an album called “Aşk Var Ya” ( There is Love).The same year he released the independent e-single “Ağıt”, “Lament for Kazım Koyuncu.”
In 2011, he released the album “Yine Yalnızım”(I’m Alone Again).
In 2016, he released the e-single “Isyanbul”. (For Istanbul)-( Rebellion in Istanbul)
in, which ironically describes the problems of the metropolis in Istanbul as well as the beauties of Istanbul. In 2019, he released an e-single called is "BIR OF CEKSEM" (if I sigh like as "offf") with singer Fuat SAKA in, Its Anatolian folk song re-arranged by Ismet ARICI,
In August 2020, he released an e-single called is "KALKTI GÖÇ EYLEDİ AVŞAR ELLERİ" (Migrated "Avsar” tribe) with singer Fuat SAKA in, Its Anatolian folk song re-arranged by Ismet ARICI, which tells The story of an Anatolian tribe forced to give up nomadism.
In October 2020, he released an e-single called is "KERKUK ZINDANI" (Kirkuk Dungeon) Its Turkmen folk song re-arranged by Ismet ARICI, Its tells the story of the civilian massacre in Kirkuk.
He created a different interpretation by synthesizing Anatolian and rock-metal-blues-jazz-folk modes in his songs and original compositions.