Wednesday, June 18, 2008

farewell to Avni Anıl

Avni Anıl (1928 - 2008)
Turkish classical music composer and songwriter Avni Anıl passed away in Izmir on Saturday.
Anıl is known to have composed more than 120 Turkish unforgettable songs and he received the prestigious title of state artist in 1988.
Thanks for the photo Muhlis...

4 comments:

Diederick Wijmans said...

It is always sad when people pass away, especially when they have meant so much to their country!

Olivier said...

ce portrait en b&w est vraiment magnifique, j'aime les ombres, bravo
this portrait in b&w is really splendid, I like shades, bravo

Suzanne said...

I'm sorry - it must be a great loss for your country.

monoblog said...

Diederick, Suzanne; I appreciate your thoughtfulness. Thank you...

Olivier, glad you like the portrait that my friend Muhlis took. I only did the B&W conversion and post-processing.