Emre Önbayraktar

Born in İstanbul,
Emre Önbayraktar, after 9 years of education in Konservatory of İstanbul Municipality, Piano Department, being a musician, he is also an architect, graduated from İstanbul Yıldız Technical University.

Along his professional musical career, he served the music business as an arranger, composer, lyric and songwriter, producer and as a singer. He has nominated degrees in various music festivals inside and outside.

With his band Feyz Trio, they performed his compositions and experimental pieces of traditional Turkish and Classical music, which led him through an Ethnic- Jazz journey, with the great band Hijazz Hicaz, drew the attention of the great producer Arif Mardin, been supported for attending İstanbul Jazz Festival by him. This project became the pioneer for it’s followers, in which Önbayraktar’s arrangement took place and performed by Budapest Synphonic Orchestra.

Yirmili(1996), Onlar ve Diğerleri (2006), Varlığın Yokluğunda(2016) are his 3 albumes released by Ada Music Company.

İzel Susam

Born in İzmir, 1993
İzel Susam, started playing Turkish Baglama in early ages. She studied theatre and stage education lessons in İzmir City Theater.

In 2013, graduated from Konservatory of Agean University Traditional Turkish Music of Government, Voice Education Department.

Besides being a music teacher, İzel Susam is currently an actor and a musician in İzmir City Theater and performing her own songs, Agean and Balkanish folk songs on various music halls in different towns and cities with her baglama and Turkish clarinet, with her passionate style.