Doğan Duru

Doğan Duru — Biography

Doğan Duru is an opera-trained musician known as the vocalist, rhythm guitarist, lyricist and composer of the band Redd. His tenor voice and poetic songwriting give him a distinct place among Turkey's alternative rock names. His most recent record is the third solo album Climax, released in 2025.

He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in the opera department of the Istanbul University State Conservatory, then studied opera in Milan. In 2002 he won an Italian government arts scholarship and sang Mozart's Requiem as a soloist at a festival in Spain; back in Turkey he was briefly a contracted artist of the Istanbul Opera. The band Ten, which he formed with Berke Hatipoğlu in 1996, later became Redd and released its first album, 50/50, in 2005. On Kirli Suyunda Parıltılar, Plastik Çiçekler ve Böcek, Prensesin Uykusu and Hayat Kaçık Bir Uykudur all the lyrics and most of the music are his.

Duru has also worked in stage and screen music: he composed and wrote the words of the theme of the series Derin Sular, and won best film music at the Dadaş Film Festival for the 2011 film Eylül. He took part in the musical Rock on Broadway. His solo career continued with Epoch (2020) and Kafesine Uçan Kuş (2022), while Redd released Simulakrum in its 20th year.