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About

Musician, composer with over hundred scores for films, video games and corporate projects.

Inspired by the works of Nino Rota, Philip Glass, Zbiegniew Preisner, Michel Petrucciani, Chick Corea, Astor Piazzolla and Richard Galliano.

He expressed his desire to compose for cinema early on but really made decision after listening Philip Glass.

Raised in a musical mix with a musician family, he grew up taking piano lessons from his father, listening to jazz, classical and world music. He studied piano, harmony and composition with Levent Gülsün who is a a famous Turkish composer.

He enriched his musical education by playing the piano in jazz bands, taking part in concerts and festivals.

At the same time he studied electronics engineering at the University of Istanbul and acquired skills for audio recording technologies.

While composing for cinema and television he took filmmaking and screenwriting courses from Hüseyin Karabey who is a famous Turkish film director and from Hüseyin Kuzu who is a famous Turkish screenwriter which allowed him to understand the importance of filmmaking and how to adapt carefully his music to films.

Michel Petrucciani' s style of piano playing, Zbiegniew Preisner' s way of using strings and Richard Galliano' s sense of accordion/bandoneon interpretation influenced his music at its core.