Sjahin During was born in Amsterdam, of a Turkish mother and a Dutch father. He grew up in Istanbul till the age of six. Then, his family moved back to the Netherlands, to a small island in the North Sea , called Texel. Ever since than he has been living permanently in the Netherlands, as a musician, founder/bandleader of Turqumstances, Bayuba Cante & more currently Tarhana and Afro Anatolian Tales.
Festivals & venues
North Sea Jazz festival, Percussion festival Havana-Cuba, Nuits de Afrique - Montreal, Vancouver Folk festival, Rhythms of the World - Toronto, Halifax Atlantic Jazz Festival, Tradition du monde - Quebec, London Sunfest, Istanbul Akbank Jazz Festival, ODTU Ankara, PalmGarten Frankfurt, Tanzhaus- Dusseldorf, Welthaus - Billeveld, Roots festival, Dunya festival, Music Meeting festival, Paradiso Latin Beats, Amp Percussion festival, Bimhuis, SJU huis, Reiziger in muziek- TV, Concertgebouw-Amsterdam, Rasa, Melkweg, also performed as guest with the Cuban band Afrekete.
Sjahin did tours and concerts with in Canada, Germany, Belgium, France, Turkey, Greece, Spain, Syria, Libanon, Jordan, Tunisia, Cuba, Iran, Rajasthan India, Iceland, Oman and Holland.
Worked with bands & artist's like:
Theodosii Spassov, Arto Tuncboyaciyan, Miguel "Anga" Diaz
Aynur, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui(Les Ballets C. de la B.) Monsieur Ibrahim
and the Flowers of the Koran - Winner of "de Gouden Krekel 2006"
(music theater with Rene Groothof & Aike Dirkzwager,) Ashraf Sherif Khan,
Miles Jay, Edmar Castaneda.
Afrekete from Cuba, Mola Sylla, Turqumstances, Bayuba Cante, Tarhana,
Pancho Quinto, Javier Campos Martinez, Martha Galarraga,
Amalia Pedrosa, Papito Angarica,
Stefan Kruger, Mark Lotz,
Hasan Esen, Sibel Gursoy, Engin Arslan, Jos Machtel,
Stefan Schmidt, Afra Mussawisade,Praful, Gil Lopez,
Michael Moore, Dick de Graaf, Bart Fermie, Jeroen van Hoof
Arnold Dooyeweerd, Baki Duyarlar, Kourosh Babaei, Alex Simu, Borislav Petrov, Franz von Chossy,
Slobodan Trkulja, Oguz Buyukberber, Martin Gort .
Big thanks 4 your friendship wishing u infinate inspiration and creativity in all u do ...may the universal rhythms of the cosmos guide u ...peeeace, bass and vibes...Ranvir....Universal Taal Project....:)
Hi,Sjahin!!Yeah, man, long time... happy to see y..re doing and sounding so nice he!!! Here, lots of new songs, looking forwards to meet you again, A big hug, from Brazil, Ra