Selen Gülün

Selen Gülün is recognized as one of Turkey’s leading contemporary musicians, known internationally as a composer, pianist, and performer. Her music has been performed in more than 20 countries, including the United States, Brazil, Japan, Cambodia, Pakistan, Russia, Mozambique, Australia, and many countries across Europe.
Following her studies at Istanbul University and Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory, as well as Berklee College of Music and ITU MIAM, Gülün has continued to produce work in both jazz and contemporary music. She has received awards such as the Charles Mingus Composition Award and the British Council Creative Collaboration Award, and has performed on numerous international stages with various ensembles over the years.
Having released 12 albums and 10 singles to date, she brings together jazz, improvisation, contemporary, and experimental music in her work, creating a distinctive and personal musical language. The book Women and Music in Turkey, which she co-authored with Italian musicologist Patricia Adkins Chiti and traces women composers from Turkey, was published by Istanbul Bilgi University Press in 2019. Since 2019, she has been releasing albums through her own contemporary music platform, iKi Muzik, and continues to organize and lead both online and in-person seminars on music culture under the platform.