Tansel Akzeybek

Tansel Akzeybek (born 1978) is a German operatic tenor of Turkish descent.

Life Akzeybek was born in 1978 in Berlin. When he was five years old, he returned with his family to their home town İzmir. Akzeybek did not speak Turkish at the time and therefore had to practise with his grandmother in order to join the school. Until he was 14 years old, Akzeybek played in the youth team of the Altay S.K. After his parents recognised his talent as a singer, Akzeybek received singing lessons at a private music school At 19, Akzeybek became a member of the opera choir and in 1998 he sang his first solo in Beethoven's Fidelio as the First Prisoner. After completing his studies, Akzeybek was engaged at the opera in İzmir.

Akzeybek holds German citizenship since 2013. From 2014, Akzeybek returned to İzmir for a short time, where he sang the title role in the 2015 premiere of a Harry Potter opera staged by Murat Göksu at the Mozart Academy.