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Kemani Tatyos Ekserciyan

Tatyos Ekserciyan (Թադեոս Էքսէրճեան), or Tatyos Efendi, was a famous composer of classical Turkish music, and his works continue to be among the most played and revered examples of the genre. An Armenian from Istanbul, Tatyos Efendi was born in 1858 in the Ortaköy district of Istanbul as the son of Manug Aga, an amateur musician at the Ortaköy Armenian Church. Tatyos Efendi's family had a minor trading business and when he finished the Ortaköy Armenian Elementary School, he started an apprenticeship at a locksmith and later became an apprentice at a savat workshop (a traditional form of silver work).

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Kemani Tatyos Ekserciyan

Tatyos Efendi, Osmanlı Ermenisi bestekar.

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Name
Tatyos Ekserciyan
Birth Name
Tatyos
Born
1858
Birthplace
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died
16 March 1913
Nationality
Ottoman Empire.
Occupation
violinist, composer and writer.
Languages
Ottoman Turkish, Turkish and Arabic.

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Tatyos Ekserciyan (Թադեոս Էքսէրճեան), or Tatyos Efendi, was a famous composer of classical Turkish music, and his works continue to be among the most played and revered examples of the genre. An Armenian from Istanbul, Tatyos Efendi was born in 1858 in the Ortaköy district of Istanbul as the son of Manug Aga, an amateur musician at the Ortaköy Armenian Church. Tatyos Efendi's family had a minor trading business and when he finished the Ortaköy Armenian Elementary School, he started an apprenticeship at a locksmith and later became an apprentice at a savat workshop (a traditional form of silver work).

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