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Ayhan Sahin

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Turkish-born songwriter and producer Ayhan Sahin has achieved notoriety in a range of musical genres, from pop, rock and dance to musical theater.

He has collaborated with the likes of Olivia Newton John, Chaka Khan, Melba Moore, Phoebe Snow, Turkish superstars Sezen Aksu and Sertab Erener, Sandra Bernhard, American Idol finalists Vonzell Solomon, Jon Peter Lewis and Anthony Fedorov, and Jill Gioia from Rockstar Supernova, as well as independent acts Lina Koutrakos, Karine Hannah, Emre Yilmaz, Matt Zarley, Tinatin, and Tony Amodio.

His music has been featured on CNN, The Los Angeles Times, MTV's Made, Yahoo! Music, Fox Morning News, The Wendy Williams Show, Style Network, American Idol, and American Idol Rewind, and heralded by USA Today, New York magazine, MTV, Perez Hilton, and The New York Daily News.

In 2008, Sahin founded independent label Young Pals Records International, based in Brooklyn, N.Y., through which he has produced and co-written three full-length albums for Karine Hannah. The first is a conceptual project of new arrangements and English lyrics based on the songs of Turkey's most-acclaimed female artist, Sezen Aksu.

The single Dance, released in 2008, reached the top 40 at pop radio in Turkey. Her second album, Karine, was issued in North America and Turkey in 2009, and earned acclaim from the Turkish American Assn., as well as press coverage from CNN and four Turkish national newspapers.

Hannah's vocals were featured on her third collaboration with Sahin on 2010's "Calling Card," which marked the first full-length effort from DNA, a production duo formed in 2009 between Sahin and Dennis DelGaudio, a classically trained guitarist who has done tour with Billy Joel, written songs for indie films, and served as musical director for "Movin' Out" on London's West End.

Sahin and DelGaudio also wrote and produced the playful uptempo debut single, "Brit Slap!"/"Bitch Slap!" for "merican Idol" season eight finalist and comedic talent Norman Gentle, a.k.a. Nick Mitchell, which achieved national radio airplay in New Orleans. A music video accompanying the song scored more than 40,000 hits on YouTube in its first week of release in May.

In addition, Sahin produced, arranged and co-wrote the fourth album for Chilean-American singer/songwriter Promis in 2009, "Life Is Grand!" which was featured on Sirius XM Satellite Radio, as well as the debut CD for Puerto Rican actor and singer Mitch Zorba, a Spanish-language melange of tropical beats and contemporary R&B. His 2010 output includes producing and arranging "Suitcases," the sophomore release by MTV's "Making the Band" finalist Adam Shenk, which meshes classic soul and jazz.

Before moving to the U.S. in 2000, Sahin worked in his native Turkey for a decade as a civil engineer, where he formed acclaimed theater group Young Pals. The ensemble staged his original works, such as Turkey's first rock opera "Gods" and the ABBA-influenced musical "Swedish Style," in 18 nations across Europe. Those accomplishments earned Sahin frequent global print press, and radio and TV exposure.

In 2002, after relocating to New York, he earned a master's degree in musical theatre writing from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Since then, his theatrical achievements include "The Conqueror," a musical written with Canadian actor, singer and composer David Keeley, which deals with Middle Eastern conflict.

Sahin was featured in three one-hour documentaries covering his musicals, which aired across Turkish national television in 2009, as well as a segment devoted to his accomplishments that aired on VH1 in the U.S.

Sahin, who lives in Brooklyn Heights, N.Y., is a BMI-affiliated songwriter with his Young Pals Music Publishing.

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