Nurhan Damcıoğlu, one of the famous names of the art community, passed away at the age of 82. Nurhan Damcığlu was known as the last kanto player. Nurhan Damcıoğlu, who has been successful in the fields of kanto, sound art, theater and cinema, has been fighting with heart failure for a while.
What is Kanto?
Kanto is a song sung by a female artist in the tuluat theatre, and a dance accompanied by this song. canto sözcüğ Italian to Turkish canto Kantat sözcühas passed. canto sözcüğ Italian to Turkish canto Kantat (song) sözcühas passed.
Who is Nurhan Damcioglu?
Nurhan Damcıoğlu, (born May 1, 1941 – Died June 5, 2023), Turkish canto player, sound artist, theater and film actor. He was born in a family of 9 children. His father owned an open-air cinema. His mother was a tailor in state operas. With the initiative of his mother, he started the children's department of the General Directorate of State Theaters at the age of 9, and thus he received theater education at a very young age. She took ballet lessons. He worked at the Radio Kids Club for nine years. From the age of 16, he played in the State Theatre. Meanwhile, he graduated from Ankara Cebeci Secondary School. He came to Istanbul in 1965 with the guidance of Cüneyt Gökçer. He worked with Istanbul Theatre, Ayfer Feray Theatre, Gülriz Sururi-Engin Cezzar Theatre, Muammer Karaca Theatre, Mücap Ofluoğlu Ensemble. He first heard Kanto from Toto Karaca. With the encouragement of Mücap Ofluoğlu, he sang in the canto style for the first time in 1969. He then left the theater completely and devoted himself entirely to the canto. Thus, she became Turkey's first female Muslim canto player.
After that, he started performing at Maksim Casino. Here he had the opportunity to work with names such as Zeki Müren, Sevim Tuna and Behiye Aksoy. After the September 12 Coup, he became one of the names stuck in control. With the emergence of private channels in the nineties, he had the opportunity to work in television again.
She had a short marriage with Ercan Yenseni. Later, he made his second marriage to the theater actor Attila Olgaç and was married for 2 years. She said in an interview that she rejected Ferhan Şensoy's marriage proposal.
On June 5, 2023, due to heart failure in Izmir Karşıyaka died in the county.