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.