Harun Emin Kolçak was born on July 15, 1955 in Istanbul and died in the same city on July 19, 2017. As the son of movie actor Eşref Kolçak, he was introduced to music when he started playing bass guitar at Saint Benoît school at a young age. After conversations with his father, he abandoned his education and turned to professional music; During this period, he took part as the bass guitarist in rock legend Erkin Koray's 1977 album "Tutkusu".
Kolçak, who joined the Silahlıpoda Ritm 68 orchestra in 1978, stepped into the jazz scene after his military service and enriched his experience by working with names such as Aydın Esen, Neşet Ruacan, Nükhet Ruacan and Erol Pekcan. At the invitation of Onno Tunç, he joined his orchestra and started singing with the encouragement of Sezen Aksu.
He served as bass guitarist, vocalist and soloist in the same orchestra for seven years; He made duets with artists such as Zerrin Özer and Aşkın Nur Yengi and collected awards in music competitions held in Kuşadası and Antalya. She also contributed backing vocals to the albums of Nilüfer, Sezen Aksu and Zerrin Özer.
Kolçak, who had a breakthrough in 1991 with the album "Pardon Me" produced by Onno Tunç, made a name for himself in Turkish pop music with the song "Gir Kanıma", which also included lyrics by Sezen Aksu. This song was also used as the election anthem of the True Path Party in the 1992 local elections. In the following years, he continued his productivity with albums such as “Emel”, “En Büyük Aşk”, “Yanımda Kal”; He collaborated with composers such as İskender Paydaş and Eser Taşkıran.
He won the "Second Best Singer" award at the "Müzikos Festival 96" held in Lithuania in 1996 with the song "Müptelalım Sana".
Kolçak, who released the album "Yasasın" in the early 2000s, then moved away from music for a while. In 2004, he participated in the reality program "Ünlüler Çiftliği" and made a trial appearance in a TV movie called "Liar Stranger". The artist, who returned to the stage in 2006 with the album "Müzisyen", produced by Sezen Aksu, also partnered with Mustafa Ceceli in this work.
Thus, he left his mark in the Turkish music world by enriching his career with different aspects in various periods.
Productions in which he took part
- Golden Butterfly Awards (1973) — Self - Winner
- The Dirty Seven (2011) — Hurşit van Beethoven
- He's Talking About Talk (1991)
- PowerTürk Music Awards (2007) — Nominee
- Celebrity Farm (2004)
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
