Cem Gelgün

Cem Gelgün was born in Strasbourg - France, in 1983. After his first years in France he moved to Istanbul in 1986, where he lived until 2001. He had his first contacts with music in early ages with his parents listening to classical music. When he was 12, he had his first drum kit and began taking lessons with the well known turkish drummer Utku Ünal. Cem Gelgün had his first stage experience at age of 14, he then played with his band formed in high school and other several bands from Istanbul's young rock scene. In 2002 he moved to Paris and started studying jazz composition and jazz music in American School Of Modern Music, Berklee's partner in France. While studying jazz music and playing with jazz bands in Paris, he joined Martin Laumond in Melvil - Enko in 2005, a rock band based in Chamonix Mt-Blanc. They had a few concerts in Paris and the Alps region as opening act of french bands Medemoiselle K and Jim Murple Memorial (2007). He participated to the recording of their first album. Meanwhile, in Paris The Donuts Quartet was formed with band members Nicolas Gardel (gtr) Franck Ansalone (sax) and Elie Chemaly (bs). The quartet had his final line up with Olivia Scemama replacing Elie on double-bass a year later. They had their first demo in 2007. October 2007 he joined BalBaZar, a BigBand composed by 25 people and directed by Deniz Fisek. The band recorded an album on Feb2008. Cem Gelgun is living in Paris and playing for several bands and formations. His main influences are Jazz / Blues / Funk and Rock music and he's building his style with bringing together different musical elements from many different styles.I want to thank all my family for making this possible and being supportive. And i want to specially thank my mom for ALL that she gave to me, for all that she taught to me, for helping me to be the person that i am and for the GREAT person that she was. I love you.....