Mehmet Polat
Bio
Mehmet Polat is a master ud player, composer, ensemble leader and soloist who tours internationally. From Africa to India, Persia to the Balkans, Contemporary to Jazz, he has been combining various musical genres with his Alevi Spiritual, Anatolian Folk and Ottoman classical music background. Through his improvisations, compositions and his own take on a variety of musical styles, Mehmet is constantly searching for new musical paths and inspiration. After many years of research, he invented his own technique to advance beyond the limitations of his traditional instrument. With this new left hand technique, he can play more advanced and modern pieces. He has also designed an ud with two extra bass strings to broaden the range and function of his instrument.
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Musique
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Ode to Mahzuni
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Aspiration
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Urfa blues
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Soul's tide
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Repose
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Spacious Out There
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The Pistachio Tree
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Roots in Motion
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Saludos al Mundo
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My Playground
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Woodfire
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Curious
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Curious
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Vulnerable gems
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Morning smiles
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Four phases (feat. Sukru Kirtis)
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Embodied poetry
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Groove stories (feat. Gijs Levelt)
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Landed together (feat. Vardan Hovanissian)
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Güpegündüz
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Compassion
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For growth
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Ladybird
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Diotima
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Introspection
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Segue
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All Connected
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Conveyed Emotions
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Bu adam dönmeyecek
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Vallahi
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Sevmiyorsun
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Bartının güzelleri
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Söm söm yarim
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Bana ne oldu
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Breathing Again
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Contemplation
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Falseta Mesopotamica
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Aftermath
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O kız emmi dedi
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Yapacağın ne kaldı
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Entropy
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Expanded Lives
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Playing The Time Away
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Sen var ya
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Dancing Statues
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Bi daha
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A Deserved Distraction
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Emmioğlu
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Senin gibi olmayacak
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Being the Voice (feat. Alper Kekeç & Shwan Sulaiman)
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Swinging in Hands (feat. Daniel van Huffelen & Joan Terol Amigo)
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Firefighters (feat. Daniel van Huffelen & Joan Terol Amigo)
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My Cultural Womb (feat. Daniel van Huffelen & Joan Terol Amigo)
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Neterseno (feat. Ruven Ruppik, Cemil Qocgiri & Mikail Aslan)
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Pathfinder (feat. Alper Kekeç)
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Fidelity to Istanbul (feat. Alper Kekeç)
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Nature Hits Back (feat. Ruven Ruppik)
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Permission (feat. Ruven Ruppik & Elnur Mikayılov)
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Symbolizations
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Footprints (feat. Alper Kekeç)
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Nothing is Yours
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Something is Moving
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An Anatolian Bulerias
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My Urfa
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Hasbihal
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A Wise Touch
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Hasret
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Aylan
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Embrace It
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Aftab
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In Solitude
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Vidéos
Mehmet Polat Quartet – Live at Jazz in Duketown 2025
Live at festival Jazz in Duketown
A moment from our performance yesterday in Amsterdam, Teatro Munganga.
5 May 2025
5 May 2025
5 May 2025
5 May 2025
5 May 2025
5 May 2025
5 May 2025
Mehmet Polat Quartet at Ud Festival, live in Bimhuis
Sinfonia Rotterdam feat. Mehmet Polat 2021 - Expanded lives
Mehmet Polat Quartet - Groove stories, Live in Taiwan at World Music Festival Taiwan WMFT
Conveyed emotions at Museon - 2 #shorts #ud #music #strings
Conveyed emotions live in Museon, 2020 #ud #music #oud #shorts
Mehmet Polat Quartet in LantarenVenster, Rotterdam. #ud #music #livemusic #oud #strings #bass #live
Mehmet Polat Quartet, a little moment from our concert in LantarenVenster, Rotterdam.
Live in LantarenVenster, Rotterdam
Solo moment from 2021 in Bimhuis #ud #livemusic #music #oud #strings #turkish #drums #bass
Solo moment from 2021 in Bimhuis #ud #livemusic #music #oud #strings #turkish #drums #bass
Solo moment from 2021 in Bimhuis #ud #livemusic #music #oud #strings #turkish #drums #bass
Solo moment from 2021 in Bimhuis #ud #livemusic #music #oud #strings #turkish #drums #bass
Solo moment from 2021 in Bimhuis #ud #livemusic #music #oud #strings #turkish #drums #bass
Solo moment from 2021 in Bimhuis #ud #livemusic #music #oud #strings #turkish #drums #bass
Solo moment from 2021 in Bimhuis #ud #livemusic #music #oud #strings #turkish #drums #bass
Pathfinder - Live in Bimhuis 2021
Solo moment from 2021 in Bimhuis #ud #livemusic #music #oud #strings #turkish #drums #bass
Mehmet Polat Quartet live at Muziek Podium Zeeland, highlight moments shorts #ud #oud #strings
A beautiful moment of my improvisation at Dutch Radio program NPO Klassiek. #strings #ud #oud #music
Embodied poetry, all started here. #music #jazz #UD #piano #drums #bass #jazz #balkans #turkish
Mehmet Polat Quartet - Live in Muziek Podium Zeeland - Highlights.
Mehmet Polat Quartet live at Vrije Geluiden - Ladybird
Mehmet Polat Quartet live at Vrije Geluiden - Embodied poetry
Mehmet Polat Quartet - Morning smiles live in Bimhuis
Mehmet Polat Quartet - Introspection - Live in Bimhuis, Amsterdam
Mehmet Polat Quartet - Embodied Poetry - Teaser
Mehmet Polat Quartet - Debut concert
Mikail Aslan, Mehmet Polat ve Alper Kekec - Live in TivoliVredenburg - Mîraz
Mehmet Polat - My cultural womb
Mehmet Polat - Nothing is Yours
Mehmet Polat - Yar Bero Rıha Ra - Live at home
Mehmet Polat - Firefighters - Live at home
Mehmet Polat - Hicaz Taksim - Live in the nature
Mehmet Polat - Berteng - Live in nature
Mehmet Polat - Footprints - Live at home
Mehmet Polat - Cevizin yaprağı dal arasında - Live at home
Mehmet Polat - Pathfinder - live at home
Four solos in Bimhuis, Amsterdam. 13 September 2019
Mehmet Polat & Embracing Colours - Live in Bimhuis 'Aftermath'
Mehmet Polat & Embracing Colours - Live in Bimhuis 'Conveyed emotions'
Mehmet Polat & Embracing Colours - Live in Bimhuis 'Playing the time away'
Los gehen - Bart top and Mehmet Polat (in duet with poetry and music)
Dancing statues - Mehmet Polat & Embracing Colours
Solo in Concertgebouw - Hüzzam taksim
In solitude - solo in Toneelschuur, Haarlem
Solo taksim in Toneelschuur, Haarlem
Mehmet Polat & Embracing Colours Live in TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht
Mehmet Polat & Embracing colours - Live in Teatro Munganga, Amsterdam
Mehmet Polat & Embracing Colours - Live at Ud Festival
Mehmet Polat & Embracing colours 'A deserved distraction'
Mehmet Polat & Embracing colours - Live in De Nieuwe Kerk, The Hague
Mehmet Polat & Embracing Colours fragments from the debut concert in De X, Leiden, Netherlands
Mehmet Polat & Embracing colours, The first trailer
Something is moving - Mehmet Polat ‘Ageless garden’
Hasbihal - Mehmet Polat ‘Ageless garden’
Taksim - ‘Ageless garden’ CD presentation concert
Aylan
Mehmet Polat Trio - Live in Bimhuis (NEW)
Mehmet Polat Trio - Live in Bimhuis (Longer version)
Mehmet Polat Trio - Everything is in you
Mehmet Polat Trio live in Podium Mozaiek, Amsterdam
Mehmet Polat - An Anatolian Bulerías
Mehmet Polat - Hasbihal & Aftab
Mehmet Polat - Hasret & Aylan
Mehmet Polat Trio - You are not alone, Live in Orient Festival Deventer
Mehmet Polat Solo - Aylan
Mehmet Polat Solo - An Anatolian Bulerías
Mehmet Polat Solo - Dost Riots
Mehmet Polat Solo - Aftab
Mehmet Polat Trio - Whirling in the jungle
Mehmet Polat Trio - Compilation of 3 Solos
Mehmet Polat - Hasret
Mehmet Polat Trio - Mehtab (live)
Mehmet Polat - Explaining my left hand finger stretching technique
Mehmet Polat Trio - The day will come (live)
Mehmet Polat Trio - Summer Dream (live)
Mehmet Polat Trio - Next Spring
Mehmet Polat Trio - One drop in the ocean
Mehmet Polat Trio - You are not alone
Mehmet Polat Solo in Sala Radio - Bucharest, Romania
Mehmet Polat solo at Kennedy Centre
Mehmet Polat & Metropole Orchestra @ Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Mehmet Polat - Pesendide
Uşşak taksim - Mehmet Polat
Hicaz taksim - Mehmet Polat
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