Тонджай Куртоглу

Toncay Kurtoglu was one of four soloists in a concert given by the Çukurova State Symphony Orchestra at Adana in November 2014, appearing with Nesrin Gonuldag, Ayhan Ustuk and Tulay Uyar. Born in Ankara in 1970, Tuncay Kurtoglu studied music education at Gazi University and voice with Fevziye Bartu and, from 1991, with Ihsan Senol, working on Verdi with Leyla Gencer. He entered the Ankara State Opera on contract in 1989, in his first university year, and has sung bass roles there in Aida, Don Carlos, Otello, Nabucco, Turandot, Rigoletto and Die Entfuehrung aus dem Serail, carrying Osmin for fifteen seasons in Turkey, South Korea, China, Italy, Russia and Estonia. Fourth prize at the eleventh Boris Christoff competition in 1996 brought him Don Basilio at the Sofia Opera; he was a finalist at the Belvedere competition in 2002, second at Verviers in 2003 and third at the Francisco Vinas in 2004. With Tevfik Rodos and Zafer Erdas he founded the group 3 Basses in 2008.