Sevda-Cenap And Music Foundation (SCA, ) is a music foundation in Turkey.
The foundation was established in 1973 in Ankara by Cevza and Cenap And. In addition to various projects, beginning by 1984 the foundation organizes the Ankara International Music Festival.
Cenap And (1894âÂÂ1982) was a civil engineer. He was married to Sevda Tunalñ (1902âÂÂ1958). The couple established the winery Kavaklñdere in the Kavaklñdere district of the city of Ankara. Beginning in the 1940s, they developed a strong interest in music and, together with prominent musicians of the period such as composer Ahmed Adnan Saygun, writer, essayist, translator and film producer Sabahattin EyüboÃÂlu and poet, author, politician and diplomat Yahya Kemal Beyatlñ founded a club called Ses Tel BirliÃÂi Cemiyeti (âÂÂUnion of Voice and StringâÂÂ).
Following the death of his wife Sevda in a traffic accident in 1958, Cenap And married Cevza Baà Âman (1919âÂÂ1988) in 1968. In 1973, they founded the Sevda Cenap And Music Foundation. The main mission of the Foundation is the furthering and development of the Western Classical music culture and its education, and the promotion of Turkish and non-Turkish musical works in the Republic of Türkiye. After the death of its founder Cenap And in 1982, his wife Cevza And continued as president of the foundation until her own death in 1988. Following her death, her brother Mehmet Baà Âman became the president of the foundation until his death in 2016.