Kaan Bıyıkoğlu’s musical career began in Ankara, where he studied the piano at the Middle East Technical University and the Başkent University Ankara State Conservatoire. In 2006 he moved to the Netherlands, where he received tuition in jazz piano, harmony, composition and orchestration. Having returned to Turkey in 2013, he is currently teaching piano and harmony in the Jazz Department of the Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatoire.
Mehmet Can Tuncer studied guitar with Sarp Maden and Gökçen Taşkıran at Akademi Istanbul, where he also took lessons in music theory and ensemble playing. In 1998 he received a scholarship to Bilgi University, where he completed his undergraduate studies in the Composition Department. Later, in addition to playing in a large number of concerts both in Europe and in Istanbul, he taught jazz guitar and ensemble playing at Yıldız Technical University. In recent years, he has written the music for a large number of films.
Ozan Musluoğlu attended the Music Department of Bilgi University, where he studied the double bass. He then toured Turkey and other countries with ‘Athena’, a Turkish ska and punk rock group. In 2009 he formed his own ensemble, the ‘Ozan Musluoğlu Quartet’. Ozan’s first album, Coincidence, appeared in 2009, and this was followed by 40th Day (2011), My Best Friends are Pianists (2012) and My Best Friends are Vocalists (2015). His latest album, Nine, was released earlier this year.
Issue 66, December 2023
Turkey’s Centenary Issue
