Hüsnü Şenlendirici

Hüsnü Şenlendirici (b. 1976) is a Turkish clarinettist. Born on 12th July 1976 in Bergama, Turkey, Şenlendirici comes from a family rooted deeply in musical culture. His grandfather, Hüsnü Şenlendirici, was also a clarinettist, and his other grandfather and his father played the trumpet. He started playing clarinet when he was five years old, and attended the Turkish State Music Conservatory at Istanbul University in 1988 at the age of twelve, although he dropped out four years later.