Life and career
Cavidan Yonca Akçakoca was born in Istanbul and spent most of her childhood in Beşiktaş. She was a part of the school orchestra, and while in the second grade of high school she enrolled in the Çağdaş Music Center. She took singing, solfeggio and harmony lessons from Istanbul State Opera and Ballet soloists Mine Mater and Timur Selçuk for two years and passed the talent exam in 1992, finishing first. She continued her education at Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory Performing Arts Opera-Singing Department.
Lodi founded a music band with her friends in 1993, and later signed an album contract with Sony Music in 1996 and released her first album under her own name in May 1999. Additionally, she voiced songs for the soundtrack of a number of TV series. She later collaborated with Sezen Aksu and Aysel Gürel on her album Aşkta ve Ayrılıkta in 2001. They also worked with her on her next album Yolumu Bulurum. Songs from her fourth album Milat entered Turkey's official music chart.
