Yener Korkut

Yener Korkut, born in Denizli, T?rkiye, 1952. He was first introduced to music by her mother who was a music teacher. He was interested in playing violin, saz, ud, mandolin as a child. Then one day his father gave him an acoustic guitar as a present; "I felt this shaped my whole life" he said in one interview. He became interested in the free spirited improvizational Anatolian Gypsy style and its uncommon rhytmic variations. He played in a local band called "Hierapolis" between ages 13-18.

He then went abroad to enhance his knowledge and experience in music. He played with various bands in Europe. He once worked as a studio musician at a pantomine theatre in Amsterdam. This led him play and be invloved in a very wide range of styles and types of music. He formed and headed a 7 piece band with a three piece horn section for Club Mediterranee. They performed live for the shows as well as a accompaniment for many well known European and French-Canadian singers. The eigth years he was with Club Med took him to new countries every six monthes - T?rkiye, Switzerland, Morocco, Tunisia, Guadeloupe...

Next, He was invited to New York for a brief music assigment. He was interested and was quite experienced in windsurfing which was a new sport in the U.S. that while. This led him to be hired as a head instructor to travel and conduct Windsurfing seminars, training instructors and promoting this new sport to the U.S. In 1984 Yener moved to St. Croix, Virgin Islands for a short stay that turned into a full time self owned water sports business with little time for music. Finally the focus has returned to his true passion -music. In addition to being known as an award winning song writer, he is known with his speed while maintaining control to stay melodic. Some of the mentioned awards are: Independent Music Awards 2006 with 'Fallen", John Lennon Songwriting Contest 2005 with 'Night Fall in Istanbul' , International Acoustic Music Awards 2004(both open and instrumental), Unisong International Song Contest 2004 (instrumantal/jazz)

Blending the roots of his past with the inspiration of world travel, Yener's philosophy and style transcend the typical idea of "world" music pertaining to only one place or ethnicity. His music is a borderless combination of fusion, jazz, Anatolian and Mediterranean/Agean sounds.