Artist Süheyla Altmışırtı, and teacher of famous names such as Bülent Ersoy, Ahmet Özhan, Coşkun Sabah, has passed away.
Süheyla Altmışırtı, a music educator and artist known as “the teacher of teachers” in Turkish classical music, has passed away. In a post on the Directorate of Fine Arts' social media account about the artist's death, “We share our profound sadness at the loss of Mrs. Süheyla Sixtyfour, the teacher of teachers who, as the most senior person in the world of Turkish music, devoted her life for more than a century to the thousands of students she educated. May God have mercy on our teacher and we pray for patience for her family and our artistic community.” me.” statements were included. Süheyla Altmışırtı, also a teacher of famous names such as Bülent Ersoy, Ahmet Özhan, Coşkun Sabah, was born in 1926 in Trabzon. SÜHEYLA IS ALTIŞDİR LÀ AI? The artist completed his primary and secondary education in Trabzon, arriving in Istanbul in 1948. The artist graduated from the Turkish Music department of the Istanbul Metropolitan Conservatory in 1954. Having received training from Münir Nurettin Selçuk, Fulya Akaydın, Şefik Gürmeriç and Mesud Cemil, Altınbaş started school after graduating from the conservatory. Altmışırtı served as a teacher and choir director in the fields of Turkish folk music and Turkish classical music, and since 1963 he has coached and directed the Istanbul University Turkish Classical Music Choir (University Choir). He gave many concerts with the university choir. The artist also initiated the establishment of music conservatories throughout Türkiye. The master artist, who gave concerts on Istanbul radio for many years, transferred his position in the University Choir, which he had held for 42 years, to Elif Ahıs in 2005.
