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The Most Natural Music: Jazz Local Jazz Heroes

The Most Natural Music: Jazz

10 February 20171706 Esra Kayıkçı is a jazz vocalist. She can also play a variety of instruments. She started singing at a very early age, but studied archeology as her college major due to her interest in the field.
Colourful Music: Jazz Local Jazz Heroes

Colourful Music: Jazz

8 January 20171565 Ece Göksu is a jazz vocalist and composer. She was born to a family of musicians in Ankara and started taking piano lessons when she was 5 years old. She enrolled in the piano department of Hacettepe University State Conservatory when she was 11. She got in a band with the encouragement of her friends and due to her interest in jazz and...
Jazz; A State of Constant Education Local Jazz Heroes

Jazz; A State of Constant Education

15 December 20161619 Elif Çağlar is a jazz vocalist, composer and teacher. She took interest in music at a very early age. She received her degree in jazz composition from the music department of Bilgi University.
Every Artist Is Illuminated By Their Own Light Local Jazz Heroes

Every Artist Is Illuminated By Their Own Light

20 November 20161641 Şenay Lambaoğlu is a rare artist who illuminates her surroundings with her own internal light. She knows what she wants and she does everything in her power to get it. She has to believe in the single comma or the dot in the songs she sings. That’s why her songs feels alive when she sings.
“Discovering Jazz Is What Matters” Local Jazz Heroes

“Discovering Jazz Is What Matters”

13 November 20161688 Ozan Musluoğlu is a jazz double bass player, bassist and composer. He was born in Germany in 1977. His grandmother discovered his interest for music and supported it. She gifted him a bass guitar when he was 16 years old. This was the start of Musluoğlu’s music adventure.
“Jazz Is My Set Of Wings”  Local Jazz Heroes

“Jazz Is My Set Of Wings” 

24 October 20161748 Şenova Ülker is an esteemed trumpet player and teacher. He is one of those rare artists who combine the freedom and limitless nature of jazz with the discipline and maturity of classical music.
Jazz, In Other Words “Artistic Treasure” Local Jazz Heroes

Jazz, In Other Words “Artistic Treasure”

20 October 20161878 Sibel Köse is one of the most prominent jazz musicians in Turkey. Music entered her life through the records her sister had brought home. French music was very popular back then. She met Ella Fitzgerald when her sister mistakenly brought her cassette home, and this was how she had first listened to jazz. She listened to that mesmerising...
"We Made Jazz For An Unwilling Society" Local Jazz Heroes

"We Made Jazz For An Unwilling Society"

9 October 20161949 Ediz Hafızoğlu was born in Bulgaria. He started playing bağlama and darbuka (traditional instruments) at an early age. His performance on the stage was with the orchestra founded by his grandfather.
Music Brings Inner Peace Local Jazz Heroes

Music Brings Inner Peace

27 September 20161893 Okay Temiz was born in Istanbul in 1939. It was his mother who introduced music to ‘master’ percussionist and composer Okay Temiz, who is one of the most important representatives of jazz in Turkey. She was also his first teacher. He has lived alone in a forest in Norway for years, and composed most of his pieces there. According to...
Forget Everything on The Stage! Local Jazz Heroes

Forget Everything on The Stage!

19 September 20161716 Kağan Yıldız, one of the most important jazz musicians in Turkey, was born in 1980 in Istanbul. He learnt to play the popular songs of the day with the keyboard his father had gifted him when he was only 7 years old. His uncle noticed his talent and prepared him for the conservatory exams. He studied the double bass between the ages...
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