Kemal Dinç

Kemal Dinç, originally from Turkey, moved to Germany with his family in 1980. He began playing the bağlama at the age of twelve and later learnt the classical guitar. After training at the vocational school for music in Sulzbach-Rosenberg, he completed a master's degree at the Leipzig University of Music and Theatre in 1997. In his compositions, he combines Anatolian melodies with polyphonic structures and developed the Dinç-Bağlama named after him. He performs with various ensembles and symphony orchestras and teaches at renowned music academies. In 2022, he received the WDR Jazz Prize in the ‘Music Cultures’ category.