Engin Ayhan (9 January 1984 – 25 December 2020), commonly known as Engin Nurşani, was a Turkish-German[1]folk musician. He started his music career with the Adına Bir Çizik Çektimalbum in 2003, and released eight albums in total until he had throat cancer in 2019 and took a temporary break from his music career. On 25 December 2020, he died at Istanbul Acıbadem Altunizade Hospital at around 07:00am (UTC+3).[2]
Life and career
Nursani was born in 1984 as one of two children of a Kurdish[3] father and a German mother.[4][5][6] His father, Ali Ayhan (born 1959), is a folk music artist.[5] When he was a child, he was trained in music by his father and attended concerts.[4]