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Turkish Music on Piano (2005)

This is Hakan's second solo album featuring classical, pianistic arrangements of well-known Turkish traditional tunes, performed semi-improvisationally. It will be the first in a series of solo recordings featuring Eastern music with Western sensibilities. Can be ordered directly from the artist or from www.tulumba.com

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Ya Salaam! (2005)

This is Hakan's second album with Salaam. A rich variety of instrumentation (different on virtually every track) and styles, covering the many facets of Middle Eastern music; from Iraq to Turkey, from traditional to modern. Hakan plays piano, accordion, kanun, and even sings on this one! Can be ordered from www.salaamband.com
Transformations (New World Records, 2003)

First solo album. Improvisations on themes from around the world. Can be ordered directly from the artist or from www.tulumba.com

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Fifth Annual Competition in the Performance of Music from Spain and Latin America (Indiana University, 2002)

Hakan Toker accompanies Mexican singer Emilio Jimenez-Pons on the piano. This CD is a production of the Latin American Music Center and the Spanish Recourse Concert at Indiana University under the sponsorship of the Office of Education of the Embassy of Spain.
Laylat Salaam (Salaam, 2001)

Middle Eastern music performed on traditional instruments by Salaam. Hakan Toker plays the kanun in this production. Can be ordered from www.salaamband.com
Despair and Deliverance (MacDuff Entertainment, 2000)

A 3-disc set of Christi Smith Hayden's radio play about a Texan pianist's fight with leukemia. 10% of the proceeds donated to the Leukemia Society of America. Piano played (mostly improvised) by Hakan Toker.