Tamer Ciray was born in Cologne (Germany) where he began to take private piano and harmony lessons at the age of 10. In 1983, he moved to Turkey with his family and attended Mimar Sinan University Conservatory in Istanbul; from which he graduated with a Bachelors Degree as a Performing Artist on his chosen Instrument, the Double-Bass. He also holds a Diploma for Conducting Techniques. He studied under the instruction of Prof. Roman Skrépek. He gave many Recitals in selected Concert Halls in Istanbul and worked for a short time with the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, the Istanbul State Opera and Ballet and taught at the Istanbul Academy of Communication and Arts before he decided to work freelance as a composer. He worked as an Arranger and Music director on many Music Albums for some very important stars in Turkey which jointly sold over 2 million copies. He composed and orchestrated the music for the Jeremy Irons narrated, Turkish-USA co-produced docu-drama "The Hittites, which was performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. For the post-production and mixing of the project, he went to Hollywood and worked at Woodholly Studios and Warner Bros Studios. In 1996, he began to compose music for films and since then worked with the most influential Film Directors in Turkey, amongst them Yavuz Turgul whose film "Lovelorn" (music composed by Tamer Ciray) was awarded "Best Feature" at the New York Queens Film Festival. In 2012 Rasit Celikezer's film "Can" (music composed by Tamer Ciray) won the award for "World Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Artistic Vision" at the Sundance Film Festival. He is the composer of choice for scoring the soundtracks for Turkey's highest budgeted films. Many of his soundtrack albums became top-ten bestsellers. For his efforts in the field of Film Music, Tamer Ciray received seven awards, including three wins of the most prestigious International Antalya Golden Orange Award and countless nominations. He has acted as a jury member at the 2014 Golden Boll Film Festival, one of Turkeys most important International Festivals.

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