farukturunz - 8-24-2013 at 04:14 AM
Tolga Karaslan is 18 years old and one of the alumnis of Gaziantep Güzel Sanatlar Lisesi (Gaziantep Fine Arts High School)
He is a composer as well.
Here he improvises in makam Kudi and then plays his composition "Kudi Saz Semaisi: Hıçkırık = Hiccup"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7H-ENrBzSc
PS: He plays one of Faruk Türünz Reduced Price Point Ouds made especially for ladies (ZENNE OUD)
SamirCanada - 8-24-2013 at 06:51 AM
Phenomenal playing there. Thanks for sharing Faruk
Bodhi - 8-26-2013 at 12:21 PM
Phenomenal!
As a side issue what exactly is the translation of "Zenne"?
I know in Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia (probably also Bulgaria but Im not certain) it means woman which is fitting with the type of Oud! Serbo-Croat has
many Turkish words in it and this could be one but google translate doesn't agree! LOL
Ararat66 - 8-26-2013 at 01:28 PM
Wonderful - beautiful tone, touch and phrasing.
Leon
farukturunz - 8-27-2013 at 06:27 AM
Thank you Samir, Su, Bodhi and Leon 
Samir, really a phenomenal playing by a phenomenal young man
Su, the dimensions of the zenne (for ladies) oud are:
Body length: 478 mm
Body width: 347 mm
Body depth: 170 mm
Neck: 190 mm
String length: 570 mm
Bodhi, thank you for the interpretation of "zenne"
Leon, I'm glad that we share the same feeling and evaluation
for this gifted young man. He's been playing the oud for only four years 