Neyzen Ulvi Erguner's music stıdies and evaluation of ney taqsims

Ney Performer Ulvi Erguner (1924-1974) was born in Istanbul Fatih, Sultanselim district. He is one of the master ney perfromers of the 20th century, as well as the eldest child of hafiz and composer Süleyman Erguner (1902-1953). He learned how to play ney and his first musical knowledge from his father from an early age. He studied secondary and high school in military school. After graduating from the Military Academy, he started to work in the Turkish Armed Forces as a quartermaster. While he was doing his military service in the country and in Korea for a year starting from 1958, he was also interested in ney and music. He retired voluntarily in 1964 while at the rank of lieutenant colonel; from 1964 to 1967, he worked as a contracted ney perfromer at TRT Istanbul Radio. Upon the proposal of TRT, he ended his retirement and was appointed as the 'Modal Monophonic Music Manager' at Istanbul Radio starting from 1967. The artistic and administrative works he made during this duty are very important in terms of 'TRT and Turkish Music History. Ulvi Erguner has ney taqsim he made and accompaniment performances on TRT Istanbul and Ankara Radio archives and other archives and digital social sharing platforms. In addition, the recordings of the 'Historical Turkish Music' choir programs that he prepared and directed at Istanbul Radio are included in this study as they are important and exemplary choral recordings in our music history. The fact that such an academic and artistic study has not been conducted on Ulvi Erguner's ney taqsims and music studies has led to the realization of this study. Therefore, the musical activities of Ulvi Erguner with his father and masters of the period, from the time he took his first ney and music practices, are discussed. Subsequently, the determination, notation, examination of particularly ney taqsims are carried out. Based on the data obtained, his ney performance in the 'Erguner Attitude' are tried to be revealed. Apart from these, Ulvi Erguner's works in terms of Turkish music history, culture and art are also included. Keywords: Ulvi Erguner, Ney, Ney Performer, Taqsim