Bora Yalçınduran is a pop music artist and musician from Izmir, born on March 23, 1978. He was introduced to music during his secondary school years, when he started playing guitar and working with different bands. Duran, who was accepted to the Ege University State Turkish Music Conservatory in 1995 and started to study classical kemençe, has been involved in music in various venues in Izmir until this period and had the opportunity to carry his works abroad thanks to the cooperation of the Turkish-Greek Friendship Association.
Bora, who met Vedat Sakman in the studio environment when he moved to Istanbul, performed Selçuk Method's "Why Poetry?" at Sakman Studio. He took part in the album project and started working on his first demo album here. Ezginin Günlüğü group's song "Are we offended?" He also took part in the album recordings and signed many projects with the group.
Then, he collaborated with arranger Yıldıray Gürgen and used his classical kemençe, guitar, fretless guitar and vocals in various album projects; During this period, he met BKM during the production of Yılmaz Erdoğan's poetry album, and together with Deniz Erdoğan, he took on the live music and television program music responsibility of BKM Mutfak and the "Very Beautiful Movements These" team. He also contributed to the music of the movie "Organize İşler".
Duran, who wrote the lyrics and music of the song "Gül Benim Tenin" himself, sang this song to Mahsun Kırmızıgül. He accelerated his own album work through Harem's Production, which was founded in Moda in 2006, and completed his first album of nine songs, the lyrics, compositions and arrangements of which were his own.
The artist, who released the album "Her Sabah" in 2011, reinterpreted the song "Gül Benim Tenin", performed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül in 2006; In the same album, he also brought a new interpretation to Fikret Kızılok's classic "Bir Harmanım Bu Akşam". His latest work, the single "Sen De Gidersen", was released to the audience in November 2012.
Bora Duran's discography includes the albums "Her Sabah" (2011) and "İnsan" (2013), as well as "Sen De Gidersen" (2012), "Unut Bakalım" (2016), "İçimdeki Deli" (2017), "Sana Doğru" (2018), "Başgan" (2019), "Döndüm" (2021) and It includes various singles released in 2022‑2023. Also, "Saaklım" from Murathan Mungan's "2020 Model" album, "Leyla" from Ezginin Günlüğü's 40 Yıl Şarkılar album, "Vira Vira" from Yeni Türkü's "Zamansız" album, Serdar Ortaç Şarkıları Vol.
He has also made collaborations such as "Ismi Lazım Olma" from 1 and "Firari" with Musa Eroğlu from the album "Bir Asır 2".
Productions in which he took part
- Kral Türkiye Music Awards (1995) — Nominee
- PowerTürk Music Awards (2007) — Nominee
- Gierayak (2024)
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
