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Selim Sesler was born on 1957 in Keşan, Edirne, Turkey, is an A turkish clarinetist. Discover Selim Sesler's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 57 years old?
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Clarinetist |
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Keşan, Edirne, Turkey |
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9 May, 2014 |
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Istanbul, Turkey |
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Selim Sesler Height, Weight & Measurements
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Selim Sesler Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Selim Sesler worth at the age of 57 years old? Selim Sesler’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from Turkey. We have estimated Selim Sesler's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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His Romani parents originate from Drama, Greece, who moved to Turkey and settled at İbriktepe village of İpsala, Edirne as a result of population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1923.
He initially learnt blowing the zurna, a popular simple woodwind instrument used to accompany the drum in Turkish folk music.
Selim Sesler was born at Yenimescit neighborhood in Keşan town of Edirne Province in 1957.
However, in the 1960s, he followed his younger friends and switched over to the clarinet, a finer instrument.
At the age of 14, he began to play in village weddings and fairs.
He learned to read musical notation only when he served in the military after being conscripted.
In the 1980s, he moved to Istanbul, where he joined Romani music bands, and improved his skills.
Sesler performed in restaurants, music halls, night clubs, and weddings.
He took part at the musical theatre of Ferhan Şensoy, and recorded some small-budget albums.
In 1997, Brenna MacCrimmon met him while performing in a night club in Istanbul, and offered to do an album with him, which came out as Karşılama.
The next year, Sesler joined her on a tour in Canada and represented the music of Turkish Romani people and of Rumelia, the area from where his family came.
Before he rose to fame in his own country, he drew the attention of foreigners.
He held concerts at Barbican Centre in London, New York City, Boston, and Chicago.
His albums were also on sale abroad, in the United States, in Europe, in Canada, and even in Japan.
Fiachra Gibbons of The Guardian called him "the Coltrane of the clarinet".
Following his extensive experience, he developed a rich repertoire and a unique playing style, which gave his work a vivid quality.
He became recognized as the head interpreter of Romani music by Romani as well as non-Romani people for his improvisations in wedding music and dance melodies.
He was introduced to the Turkish audience when he was featured in the Golden Bear-winning movie Head-On (2004) of the Turkish-German director Fatih Akın.
Sesler's next Akın-movie was the musical documentary Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2005).
Sesler's last known performance on record was Minor Empire's Second Nature album.
In 2005, Sesler began suffering from coronary heart disease.
He was treated at first with a coronary stent in 2009, and later a ventricular assist device and was on the waiting list for a heart transplant.
Since February 2012, his life relied on the world's tiniest device.
During an interview with a major daily newspaper in August 2012, he posed with his clarinet, and expressed his hope that "he will be free again when he gets a heart transplanted".
Selim Sesler (1957 – May 9, 2014) was a Turkish clarinet virtuoso of Romani heritage.
In the evening hours of May 9, 2014, Selim Sesler died at the age of 57 in a hospital in Istanbul, where he was being treated.
He was laid to rest in his hometown in Keşan.
Sesler is survived by his wife and three children.