Bulut Gulen was born on July 16th, 1980 in Eskisehir (Turkey). He began his musical education at the age of 10, in a children’s choir. Soon after, he started taking piano and trombone lessons. In 1994, he was accepted in Ankara Conservatory, having has his principal instrument the trombone. He took private lessons with Bedii Durham and Aycan Teztel. In the year of 2003 he was accepted in Istanbul Conservatory, institution from which he graduated a year later. He was the trombone player for many classical orchestras in Turkey, and won numerous awards for his performance with the Istanbul Trombone Ensemble and the Ankara Trombone Trio.
In summer 2007, he was accepted to Berklee College of Music, wining the World Tour Scholarship. Soon after he developed his compositional skills, and perfection his performance talent. In January 2008, he won the Albert Natale Award, a recognition given for his outstanding performances. That summer, he played along with the Grammy Award winner McCoy Tyner, for the Berklee Jazz Orchestra at the prestigious Montreal Jazz Festival. He played as well with the Berklee Jazz Revelation Records Allstar at the Boston Symphony Hall.
Nowadays, he is working with Phill Wilson, Jeff Galindo, Hal Crook, Joe Lovano, Dave Santoro, Ed Tomassi and Gregory Hopkins on his performance. On the other hand Ken Pullig, Scott Free, Jackson Schultz and Phill Wilson are helping and encouraging him on his compositional skills. He is continuing his education with a full scholarship.
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