Istanbul, Ottoman Empire | Died = (aged 45) Istanbul, Ottoman Empire | Instrument = tanbur, kemençe, cello, lavta, yayl? tanbur | Genre = Ottoman classical music | Label = (reissues) Kalan }} Tanburi Cemil Bey (Tambouri Djemil Bey), (1873, Istanbul – July 28 1916, Istanbul) was a Turkish tanbur, yayl? tanbur, kemençe, and lavta virtuoso and composer, who has greatly contributed to the taksim (improvisation on a makam/maqam) genre in Ottoman classical music. His son, Mesut Cemil Bey, is an equally renowned tanbur virtuoso. Biography Tanburi Cemil Bey was born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, in 1873, though his birth date is uncertain. He took his first lessons in music from Kanuni Ahmet Bey and the violin player Kemani Aleksan, his first instruments thus being the violin and the kanun. After completing middle school, he continued in a schoo