Ercüment Orkut is a pianist and composer whose performances are definitely worth attending. Born in Istanbul in 1984, he received many years of training in piano, composition and conducting at the Mimar Sinan University State Conservatoire before graduating in 2005. In addition, he has in the past taken lessons in jazz piano from Aydın Esen (in 2004), and from Dan Zemelman and Peter Horvath (in San Francisco in 2007). At the Nomme Jazz Festival in Tallinn, Estonia in 2009, he represented Turkey as a pianist, and was placed 2nd by the jury and 1st by popular acclaim. In addition, he has played at major events such as the Istanbul and Akbank Jazz Festivals, and has undertaken projects with many of Turkey’s leading jazz musicians. Ercüment Orkut’s first solo album, ‘Low Profile’, was released by Kalan Müzik in 2015; his second album, ‘Persona’, has recently been released by Lin Records.
Issue 67, December 2024
Beauty in the Wilderness
