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Alp Bora (1976—2017) was a guitarist and singer of Anatolian, Greek and Sephardic folk music. He lived in Vienna since 1998 and founded several formations. Bora was seen as an important representative of World music and Crossover music of his time.

Life
Alp Bora was born in Istanbul, grew up in Ankara and Bagdad, living in Vienna. In the Central European world music scene his name is often seen at many exceptional projects as it can only evolve in the multicultural climate of the northernmost Balkan metropolis, Vienna. Alp Bora´s quartet/quintet manages to combine lyrical elegance and unforgiving drive and with this mixture, hits the nerve of time. Electrifying music of the Balkans and Asia Minor, garnished with the most interesting elements of Mediterranean and Western European world music plus an occasional pinch of funk and jazz. With his seductive purple oriental-soul-voice, which has the power to tattoo the songs from Armenia to Greece and Macedonia into the listeners’ hearts.

Alp Bora has been strumming his guitar and humming Turkish tunes since the age of 12. It’s been over 2 decades but his affair with music only seems to get stronger and more passionate. Calling themselves Nim Sofyan, (which took 3 years to put together), Alp and his colleagues have been busy traveling to countries from India to Syria, enthralling audience with their spectacular skills and innovative music – Music that refuses to bind itself to any conventional style, rhythm or beat. Perhaps the only way I can describe their music is – A collection of notes that are distinctly different from the preceding and the succeeding ones. Yet they produce a seamless sound with the best elements from various cultures across the world.

https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nim_Sofyan

The overwhelming success of Alp‘s projects, with critics and audiences, proves that the time was ripe for his elegant melodious but still fervent music. In 2004 at the renowned Viennese venue Porgy & Bess a jury of highly regarded music journalists and organisers assigned the Austrian World Music Award to him. Independently, the audience present also voted for him to be given the audience award. Since then he is a much sought after live act in Europe and Asia and with their impressive performances untiringly tear down the artificial borders between orient and occident.

He was invited to the Rainforest World Music Festival 2017 in Kuala Lumpur, but died 125 days prior this event, on 9 March 2017 at the age of 40 in Vienna.

Rank
Alp Bora had a strong stand in the field of World music. His interpretation of the classical song Senden bana yâr olmaz is outstanding and ranks among the strongest interpretations of this song. His music was praised by critics and public for strength and sublimeness.

Quotes
"Why Vienna? Because you can not find – anywhere else in Europe – Orient and Occident in such cultivated density as here."

- Alp Bora

Accolades

 * 2004 Austrian World Music Award, first prize and audience award

Records

 * 2007: Amber