Selen Gülün Trio

 V
Location:
Istanbul, Tu
Type:
Artist / Band / Musician
Genre:
Jazz / Acoustic
Site(s):
Label:
rec jazz, Turkey
Type:
Major
Selen Gulun began her musical education at the age of 7 at Istanbul Municipality Conservatory part-time Piano Performance Division. After attaining a degree from Istanbul University Business Administration, she continued her musical education at Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory in 1992, studying Piano with Hulya Tarcan and Composition with Ercivan Saydam and Ilhan Usmanbas. She also studied jazz privately with Aydin Esen during 1993. At the very beginning of 1996, Selen Gulun left for Berklee College of Music on a talent scholarship. There she studied Jazz Composition and formed the quintet Just About Jazz which performs her own original compositions. Their album "Just About Jazz, Live" has released at 2005 by DMC Jazz, and re-released by RecJazz, 2006 at Turkey. She graduated with a special degree in two years, with honors, from Berklee College of Music Jazz Composition Department.
During her career, she has received many awards for her musicianship such as the Bulent Tarcan Performance Award, Charles Mingus Award and Scholarship, and British Council Visiting Arts, Creative Collaboration in Music Award for her unique compositional style.
Since the fall of 1998, Selen Gulun has been the music department faculty member of Istanbul Bilgi University. She finished her MA in Composition at Istanbul Technical University, MIAM program, studying with Pieter Snapper, Mark Wingate and Kamran Ince. Selen Gulun works actively as a composer and a performer in different styles of Contemporary Music. She regularly performs in Clubs and Festivals inside and outside of Turkey. Her Music was performed around the world including England, Italy, Austria, Germany, France, Boston, New York, Chicago, Brazil, Pakistan, Lithuania and Russia. Her Trio album Surprizler was published by Rec by Saatchi Jazz at 2006 . Her Solo album Selen Gulun by Selen Gulun is released by re:konsturkt, and available at amazon & itunes. Gulun's new Trio album "answers" is released by Pozitif, June 2010.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Selen Gulun, muzik yasamina yedi yasinda Istanbul Belediye Konservatuarinda yari zamanli piyano ogrencisi olarak basladi. 1992 senesinde Istanbul Universitesi Isletme Bolumunu bitirdikten sonra ayni yil Mimar Sinan Universitesi Devlet Konservatuarina girerek Hulya Tarcan ile Piyano, Ercivan Saydam ve Ilhan Usmanbas ile Bestecilik calismalarina basladi. 1996'da aldigi burs ile Berklee Muzik Okulunda Caz Kompozisyon bolumunde okumak uzere Boston-USA'ya gitti. 1998'de ozel basari derecesi ve odul ile mezun oldu. Mezuniyetinin ardindan Istanbul'a dondu ve Istanbul Bilgi Universitesi Muzik Bolumunde ogretim gorevlisi olarak calismaya basladi. ITU MIAM programinda Kamran Ince, Mark Wingate ve Pieter Snapper ile kompozisyon calisti ve kompozisyon yuksek lisans egitimini 2003'te tamamladi. Bestecilik yaninda sahne performanslarini kurmus oldugu cesitli caz ve modern muzik gruplari ile yurt icinde ve disinda surdurmektedir. Just About Jazz Live (05, Rec Jazz), Selen Gulun n Trio Surprizler (06, Rec Jazz), Selen Gulun by Selen Gulun (09, re:konstrukt) ve "Answers" (2010, Pozitif) adi altinda yayinlanmis dort albumu bulunmaktadir.
0.02 follow us on Twitter      Contact      Privacy Policy      Terms of Service
Copyright © BANDMINE // All Right Reserved
Return to top