İmran Salkan

İmran Salkan,  Song

Bekir Sakarya, Accordion

Mert Özkeskin, Clarinet

Onur Özkaraağaç, Darbuka, Asma Drum

Serdar AYGÜN, Cümbüş, Ud

Imran Salkan, the daughter of a family who immigrated from Macedonia, is an artist who brings the rich musical heritage of Thrace to the audience with her strong and unique voice. With her unique interpretations, she presents Thracian traditional songs in their most natural and impressive form.  Her works, which she performs with traditional instruments, make the listeners feel the depth and spirit of the music in a powerful way.

The traditional songs performed by İmran Salkan bring joy and sadness to the stage at the same time.  These melodies reflect the multicultural structure of Thrace and the common feelings of the peoples. Thracian music stands out as dance music with its enthusiastic rhythms and energetic structure, and at the same time, it strongly contains deep emotions such as love, separation and sadness.

Thrace is an extremely culturally rich region that has hosted many different peoples throughout history. The music of the peoples who lived in this geography has reached the present day by influencing and enriching each other over time. Imran Salkan revitalizes this cultural diversity of Thracian and Balkan music on stage, while conveying the story behind each folk song to his audience.
Imran Salkan, one of the exceptional voices of Thrace, is accompanied by valuable musicians. 

Her musical journey first intersected with Selim Sesler (Trakya Group). They performed together at many international cultural festivals. She also performed Balkan songs for many years with clarinet virtuoso Serkan Çağrı in the Rumeli Band project.

In 2010, she joined the 3 Women music group as a vocalist, reflecting cultural diversity. With this group, she performed concerts in the Balkans and Black Sea countries as part of the Golden Roads Project: In the Footsteps of Piri Reis. As part of the Evliya Çelebi event for Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture, she performed in Balkan countries and various cities across Europe. In 2013, she was the Balkan music soloist for the Seven Women of the World project, which featured songs in different languages reflecting Turkey’s cultural richness.

Her first solo album, Balkan Songs, which was especially appreciated by Balkan music enthusiasts, was released in 2010 under the Ada Music label. Her second solo album consists of folk songs from the Balkan and Anatolian regions. Later, her maxi single Balkan Mania was released digitally in 2014 under the Elenor Music label. In 2019 and 2020, she released two singles that met with her audience. In addition to her musical work, she hosted the Balkan Fire program on İlaç Radio. She also presented the travel and culture program Balkan Atlas on TRT Avaz and was the vocalist on the Gün Işığı program on TRT Avaz. Imran Salkan also hosted a music program she prepared on Rumeli TV. She continues to promote Balkan history and culture through her work