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About Me

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Selen Gülün began her musical education at the age of 7 at Istanbul Municipality Conservatory part-time Piano Performance Division. After attaining a degree from Istanbul University Business Administration, she continued her musical education at Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory in 1992, studying Piano with Hülya Tarcan and Composition with Ercivan Saydam and Ilhan Usmanbas. She also studied jazz privately with Aydin Esen during 1993. At the very beginning of 1996, Selen Gülün left for Berklee College of Music on a talent scholarship. There she studied Jazz Composition and formed the quintet Just About Jazz which performs her own original compositions. Their album Just About Jazz, Live has released at 2005 by DMC Jazz, and re-released by RecJazz, 2006 at Turkey. She graduated with a special degree in two years, with honors, from Berklee College of Music Jazz Composition Department.

During her career, she has received many awards for her musicianship such as the ..Bülent Tarcan Performance Award.., ..Charles Mingus Award and Scholarship,.. and ..British Council Visiting Arts, Creative Collaboration in Music Award.. for her unique compositional style.

Since the fall of 1998, Selen Gülün has been the music department faculty member of Istanbul Bilgi University. She finished her MA in Composition at Istanbul Technical University, MIAM program, studying with Pieter Snapper, Mark Wingate and Kamran Ince. Selen Gülün works actively as a composer and a performer in different styles of Contemporary Music. She regularly performs her music in Clubs and Festivals inside and outside of Turkey.

------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------Selen Gülün, müzik yasamina yedi yasinda Istanbul Belediye Konservatuarinda yari zamanli piyano ögrencisi olarak basladi. 1992 senesinde Istanbul Üniversitesi Isletme Bölümünü bitirdikten sonra ayni yil Mimar Sinan Üniversitesi Devlet Konservatuarina girerek Hülya Tarcan ile Piyano, Erçivan Saydam ve Ilhan Usmanbas ile Bestecilik çalismalarina basladi. 1996’da aldigi burs ile Berklee Müzik Okulunda Caz Kompozisyon bölümünde okumak üzere Boston-USA’ya gitti. 1998’de özel basari derecesi ve ödülü ile mezun oldu. Mezuniyetinin ardindan Istanbul’a döndü ve Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Müzik Bölümünde ögretim görevlisi olarak çalismaya basladi. ITÜ MIAM programinda Kamran Ince, Mark Wingate ve Pieter Snapper ile kompozisyon çalisti ve kompozisyon yüksek lisans egitimini 2003’te tamamladi. Bestecilik yaninda sahne performanslarini kurmus oldugu çesitli caz ve modern müzik gruplari ile yurt içinde ve disinda sürdürmektedir. Just About Jazz Live (05, Rec Jazz) ve Selen Gülün Trio, Sürprizler (06, Rec Jazz) adi altinda yayinlanmis iki albümü bulunmaktadir.

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Member Since: 6/21/2006
Band Website: selengulun.com
Influences: Music and Lyrics by Selen Gülün
Sounds Like: Watch the music video of "cennet" directed by Ömer Ali Kazma at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3no_yhXqw4
Record Label: rec jazz, Turkey
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Check out this event: Selen Gülün Trio

Hosted By: izmir sanat When: Wednesday May 14, 2008 at 8:00 PMWhere: 0zmir Sanat Concert HallKultur Park 26 Agustos KapisiIzmir, TurkeyDescription:izmir sanat Click Here To View Event...
Posted by selen gülün on Sun, 11 May 2008 11:34:00 PST

Check out this event: Selen Gulun plays with Cengiz Baysal

Hosted By: selen gülünWhen: Wednesday Mar 12, 2008 at 9:30 PMWhere: Istanbul Jazz CenterCiragan Caddesi Salhane Sokak No.10 OrtakoyBesiktas, TurkeyDescription:selen gülün Click Here To View Event...
Posted by selen gülün on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:52:00 PST

Check out this event: 17. Akbank Jazz Festival

Hosted By: selen gülünWhen: Thursday Oct 18, 2007 at 9:30 PMWhere: Q Jazz Bar/Les OttomanMuallim Naci Cad. No.68 KurucesmeIstanbul, TurkeyDescription:http://www.biletix.com/webbiletix/wtsEvent .do?eve...
Posted by selen gülün on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:47:00 PST

Yeni Müzik Konserlerinin 3. Sezonu 28 Mart'ta Sa-ne-na konseri ile basliyor!!!

28 MART 2007 Çarsamba: Galata PerformÜçüncü sezonun açilis konseri 28 Mart 2007'de GalataPerform ile isbirligi içerisinde gerçeklestirilecektir. Etkinlikte Amy Salsgiver, Özgü Bulut ve Kerem Ök...
Posted by selen gülün on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:32:00 PST

Online Shopping info for the album "Sürprizler"!!!!!

Merhabalar,Sürprizler albümünü Istanbul disindaki diger illerde kolayca bulamadiginiza dair yazmis oldugunuz sikayet e-mailleri üzerine albümü satan bazi websitelerini ekliyorum buraya. Hem kapiniza ...
Posted by selen gülün on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 04:09:00 PST

Apartman Piyanisti olmak!!!

Müzigin gündelik hayattan bu kadar kopuk oldugu bir ortamda büyümek ne zordur ne zordur!!! Özellikle ögrenciyken... Bir ülke düsünün ki enstruman çalismak dünyanin en gereksiz isi olarak görülür. Hatt...
Posted by selen gülün on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 01:00:00 PST

New album release, Sürprizler!!!

Our song album "sürprizler" is out, released by new label rec by saatchi, jazz in TURKEY. The album will be available at itunes soon... 1) Pia 4.482) Birdenbire 4.333) Cen...
Posted by selen gülün on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 05:56:00 PST

http://www.myspace.com/justaboutjazz

..Selen Gulun "Just About Jazz Live" is released by DMCJazz in Turkey at 2005. Almost all tracks in the album recorded live during the performances of "Just About Jazz" in Istanbul between 1999 and 20...
Posted by selen gülün on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 11:37:00 PST