| Selen Gülün was born in 1972. She started her education in Music at the Istanbul University State Conservatory. After graduating from Istanbul University Business Department at 1992, she continued her Music education at Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory in Istanbul. There, she studied piano with Hülya Tarcan and composition with Ercivan Saydam and Ilhan Usmanbas. In 1996 she received a scholarship to study jazz composition at Berklee College of Music, where she formed the quintet Just About Jazz that continues to perform her own original compositions on the international circuit. The Quintet’s album Just about Jazz, Live has released by DMC Jazz, Turkey at 2005. She returned to Istanbul in 1998, and completed her MA in Composition at MIAM program, Istanbul Technical University. She has received many awards for her performance and composition including Charles Mingus Composition Award and the British Council Visiting Arts, Creative Collaboration in Music Award 2003. She currently teaches Music Theory and Composition at Istanbul Bilgi University. |
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