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LATIF BOLAT (Turkey)

Turkish Singer, Composer and Scholar of Turkish Music and Folklore

Utterly happy to represent this very special artist spoken word poetry with musical accompaniment and for some occasions Sufi Dancer (Whirling Dervish)

Latif Bolat is a native of the Turkish Mediterranean town of Mersin. After receiving his degree in folklore and music at Gazi University in Ankara, Turkey, he taught traditional music throughout the country. He then went on to manage Ankara People's Theater, a musical theater company, which performed traditional musical plays. Latif also received further degrees in Turkish History and Middle East Religion and Politics from Ankara University and an MBA from San Francisco State University.

* Educational concerts-lectures at Carnegie Hall in NYC.
* Soundtrack music for George Lucas Studios TV series "Young Indiana Jones".
* Soundtrack music for FOX-TV series "Burn Notice".
* PBS documentary "Mohammed: Legacy of a Prophet".

* Released 5 successful CDs in the US and Turkey, Co-authored the Turkish mystic Sufi poetry translations and anthology book: "Quarreling with God: Mystic Rebel Sufi Poems of the Dervishes of Turkey".

* Festivals, concerts and conferences at many institutions including, the United Nations, Oxford University, SOAS-London, Stanford University, Cornell University, University of Chicago, Monash University in Australia, Leeds University, University of California at Berkeley, London Sufi Music Festival, All-India Mystic Ruhaniyat Festival, Urkult Festival in Sweden, Monterey World Music Festival in California, Singapore Esplanade Music Festival, Varna World Music Conference Festival in Bulgaria, National Festival in Canberra/Australia, Middle East Spirituality Festival in Edinburgh/UK, Boulder World Music Festival in Colorado, and many other respectable universities, concert halls and Festivals all around the world.

* The California Art Council rewarded Mr.Bolat with a grant for his contributions to the preservation of Turkish traditional music. Turkish Ministry of Culture sponsored his Turkish Sufi poetry translations project titled "Quarreling with God". He also leads educational musical Cultural tours to Turkey for the past 12 years

"Let the beauty we love, be what we do! Rumi"

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Latif Bolat