Ergican Saydam was born on March 28, 1929, in
Istanbul. He studied with
Ferdi Statzer at the
Istanbul Conservatory and with
Friedrich Wührer in
Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Munich. Saydam gave more than 2,000 concerts in five continents. He made several recordings of piano literature and also contemporary composers. He also taught at the
Mimar Sinan Istanbul Conservatory and was appointed to a professorship. In 1986, Ergican Saydam recorded the world premiere (after the composer) of
Franz Liszt's
Grande Marche Paraphrase pour Abdul Medjid Khan (Sultan Abdülmecid) composed in 1847. He made also the premiere of
Cemal Reşit Rey's second Piano Concerto with the
Presidential Symphony Orchestra (Ankara) under the composers baton. He was the jury for
the International Maurice Ravel Piano Competition in 1975. He also received the
Bad Gastein,
Margrit Ramdohr and
Simon Bolivar prizes. He died on December 21, 2009, in Istanbul. == Publications ==