Born in Istanbul in 1965, Tuluyhan Ugurlu started studying piano at 4 years old. He was taught by Necla Tiner and Cemal Resit Rey. Being successful in the ‘Genious Kids Competition’ when he was 7, Ugurlu obtained the right to go abroad for academic music education with a state scholarship. After graduating from high school and Municipal Conservatory in Istanbul, he entered Vienna Music Academy. Completing his education there on piano and composition as well as master’s and doctoral degree, Ugurlu concentrated on ethnical classical new age and started performing his own works at his concerts.

While creating works on ‘the universe & faith’ , Ugurlu gave improvisation concerts in many reputable cultural centers of the world accompanied by photos taken from NASA & European Observatories. The artist has become international with his albums Go With God, Verses From Holy Books 1 & 2 in which he performed episodes on the universe from the three holy books.

In Turkey Tuluyhan Ugurlu became famous with the soundtrack album of ‘Istanbul Beneath My Wings’. Following this work he composed ‘Mustafa Kemal Ataturk And The Soldiers Of The Sun’ for the 75th Anniversary Celebrations of the Republic. This album was performed on stage at almost 100 concerts and the CD of this work was sponsored by Profilo-Bosch.

His last album is ‘The Tears Of The City/A Brief History Of Duzce’ composed after the big earthquake which hit Duzce on November 12th, 2000.

Among his last works are the Ottoman Symphony and The Temples Of The Holy East. The artist has been performing these compositions on stage at his concerts.Preparations for CD recordings continue.

Sema Karaoglu, Founder
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