Serkan Çağrı & Rumeli Band-Yan Bari

Serkan Çağrı & Rumeli Band-Uçtu Uçtu

Serkan Çağrı & Rumeli Band-Beni De Istanbul'a Al

Serkan Çağrı & Rumeli Band-Selvi Boylum

Trakia Ensemble-Dol Karabakır

Trakia Ensemble-Amanını Kelle

Trakia Ensemble-Cilveli

Trakia Ensemble-Arabım

Trakia Ensemble-Çiftetellim

Trakia Ensemble-Gago

Trakia Ensemble-Aman Melekem (Kavur Balıkları)

Trakia Ensemble-Karaçalı

FOLK  MUSIC

"SIR" SERKAN ÇAĞRI

Sting - Serkan Çağrı - Desert Rose İstanbul Live

Fasulye

Balkan song

"joy" - Serkan Çağrı & Göksel Baktagir

sufi music with clarinet

new world


“Serkan Çağrı had started from the point where I am today”
Giora Feidman



Serkan Çağrı was born in “Keşan”, Turkey, a town located close to the border of Bulgaria and Greece. Spending whole childhood in this mixed culture, he was first introduced to the clarinet in his primary school days. This meeting led him more and more into music which resulted him to win “The Special Award in the Best Clarinet Performer Contest” when he was only thirteen. Desire of exploring clarinet made him to pursue the music on the Turkish Music conservatoires: Ege, İstanbul Teknik and Haliç University consecutively. 

As a musician he had started his professional career with Grup Laçin, which they had played in both national and international tours. His appearance had continued on Montreux Jazz (Switzerland), Jazz a Vienne (France), Rhythm Sticks (England), Moers Festival (Germany), Etnomalaga (Spain), Skobye Jazz (Macedonia) with him playing as a guest artist in Mercan Dede&Secret Tribe, Kardeş Türküler and Yarkın Ensemble projects. 
	
As a leader he is currently playing with his own band on different projects with guest artists such as voice virtuoso Yıldız Ibrahimova and famous Greek clarinettist Vassilis Saleas. He also played with Sting, Ian Anderson, George Zamphir, Trilok Gurto, Giora Feidman, Gypsy Kings Heritage and lots of international artists  on different stages.

	During his academical studies, he made researchs on Historical Process of Clarinet in Turkey and Europe, in which his articles were published in several magazines. These studies also made him to write an educational book, “Techniques of Performing G Clarinet”, which can be found in musicstores.  

Discovering the instrument, he had re-designed the pitch setting for; in a result, AMATI-DENAK, the leading instrument manufacturer, had produced their new G clarinets with this setting, naming the model after “Serkan Çağrı”. 

	The artist has 5 album, the names are “My Breath” (2005), “Ala” (2008), “Sukru Tunar Eserleriyle Serkan Cagri Tribute”(2009), “Serkan Cagri&Rumeli Band” (2011), “Endorphin”(2012). Serkan Cagri is also preparing and presenting a music programme on a national TV channel, TRT and a private channel, TV8.


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