Arman Ratip

Arman Ratip, a pianist-composer of avant-garde music, was born in Cyprus. He began his piano lessons with his mother Jale Dervish at the age of five. Later, he recorded two albums for EMI and became well-known in the UK. He performed in North Cyprus, Turkey and in Europe extensively. Ratip is also the author of How to Play Backgammon by Hamlyn in the UK, in addition to his two fantasy fiction novels, The Devil’s Feather and King Devil, about his hero Turan Akova and his encounters with the Devil, novels depicting his research on UFOs.