Turkish musician, bağlama virtuoso, composer, singer, arranger, music producer, music director, and actor (b. August 4, 1944 in Samsun, Turkey)

Throughout his career Orhan has performed leading roles in 36 movies, has been a composer almost in 90 movies, composed of about a thousand works, released almost 35 singles, 15 albums, and dozens of MC’s. His albums sold out over 60 million legal copies.

As a composer, film musician, and as a person interested in other musical cultures, Orhan Gencebay is one of the major exponents of Turkish music in the 20th century.