Ulvi Cemal Erkin

Ulvi Cemal Erkin (14 March 1906–15 September 1972) was a Turkish composer. Erkin graduated from Galatasaray High School. He passed the examination and was sent to Paris, France for his education with Cezmi Rifki Erinc and Ekrem Zeki Un by the state in 1925. He studied in the Paris Conservatory and the Ecole Normale de Musique. Upon his return to Turkey in 1930, he began teaching at the Musiki Muallim Mektebi (Music Teachers School). He met his wife Ferhunde Erkin at the Musiki Muallim Mektebi and married in 1932.