Şinasi Celayiroğlu Quartet

Kuzey Yılmaz davul/drums
Gökhan Över piyano, klavye, kontrbas/piano, keyboards,c ontrabass
Koray Ergünay elektrik bas/electric bass
Şinasi Celayiroğlu gitarlar/guitars
Konuk Sanatçı/guests
Sinem İslamoğlu vokal/vocal
Volkan İldinç saksofon/saxophone


Şinasi Celayiroğlu Quartet will perform songs from their first solo album which will be released in 2013. The album consists of compositions and arragements belong to Celeyiroğlu.

Şinasi Celayiroğlu was born in 1975,Ankara. He has graduated from METU Department of Sociology and studied on sociology of music at Hacettepe University. He is known as guitarist, arranger and composer. Celayiroğlu has worked and performed with many bands and taken part in their studio works as well.
Celayiroğlu has given performances and vocalized many unique songs at various festivals in Ankara, Eskişehir and Istanbul with his bands named Trio Topia, Ida Terra and Oso Project. He also appeared on the stage with RukenB in Rotterdam and Amsterdam and will be involved their new album which will be released in 2013.

Bilal Karaman-Patika

Bilal Karaman gitar/guitar
Yinon Muallem perküsyon/percussion
Abdullah Çakar bas gitar/bass guitar
Yurdal Çağlar gitar/guitar

Bilal Karaman created a unique music style with their contemporary approach to Tukish music tunes and they will be at the festival as a group with their album Patika. Karaman draw attention with improvisations and modern harmonies in his own compositions.
Self-taught guitarist Bilal Karaman first met guitar when he was 11. He studied flamenko techniques with Doğan Canku and participated Önder Focan's jazz workshops. He also studied jazz guitar with Donovan Mixon and Wolfgang Muthspiel, Turkish music and fretless guitar with Erkan Oğur, harmony and improvisation with Aydın Esen. He earned scholarship and attended İstanbul Bilgi University music department. Thus, he has found an opportunity to take stage with many local and foreign musicians. His main purpose is to move Turkish music forward with his contemporary point of view. Karaman himself, uses frequently modern harmonies and improvisations in his own music.

Akın Eldes Trio

Akın Eldes gitar/guitar
Çağlayan Yıldız bas gitar/bass guitar
Cem Aksel davul/drums

Akın Eldes will take part at International Ankara Jazz Festival with his third album which he expressed his viewpoint of music appealingly. He worked together with outstanding musicians in Turkey such as E-5, Painted Bird, Asım Can Gündüz, Çapkınlar, Bulutsuzluk Özlemi and Pinhani. Eldes will be in front of the jazz lovers in Ankara with his unique style.
Akın Eldes was born in Frankfurt, Germany. His first step towards music was with flute and mandolin. He started playing guitar at highschool and took part in Bulutsuzluk Özlemi between the years of 1986 and 2000. Afterwards he has played with various musicians and has recorded many albums. Furthermore, he has released two albums which reflect his musical perspective and his third album is counting days to meet with the listeners.