Cem Tuncer

M.Cem Tuncer was born in 1978. He studied guitar with Sarp Maden and Gökçen Taskiran, music theory with Semih Korucu and Mehmet Nemutlu, ensemble with Bulent Ortaçgil and Önder Focan at AKADEMI ISTANBUL Jazz Department in 1997. He won a scholarship from Istanbul Bilgi University in 1998 and worked with important musicians such as Neset Ruacan, Kamil Özler, Ali Perret, L.Butch Morris, Can Kozlu, Aydin Esen, Imer Demirer, Ricky Ford, Selen Gülün, Mike Wilkens during his undergraduate study. He played in Belgium Sfinks and Amsterdam Music Festivals in 1999; in Germany Hildesheim Festival, in Zurih, Basel, Stuttgart, Berlin and Hanoover in 2000; in Gent and Brussels at the Ethnic Music Festival, in 2002. He also took place in various activities and concerts in Ricky Ford’s Istanbul Jazz Collective, the same year in Babylon, Istanbul. He worked as the Assistant Arranger of Önder Focan’s Purple in Blue project in 2000 International Istanbul Jazz Festival and played many duo guitar concerts with Önder Focan. Tuncer completed his undergraduate study in ISTANBUL BILGI UNIVERSITY Composition Department. In 2002 and worked in I.B.U as a Teaching Assistant for 1 year. He taught Jazz Guitar and Ensemble classes in YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY between 2002 -2008. Tuncer was elected to represent Turkey in the 2008 International Young Jazz Guitarist Competition held in Estonia, and won the 2nd place. He was awarded with the invitations of Romania Garana Jazz Festival 2008 and Pori Jazz Festival 2008 & 2010 where he played with Ted Curson, Harvie S., Enrico Granafei, Onder Focan,3 GuitarISTanbul, Vitali Imereli, Reiska Laine, Toivo Unt ,Marian Petrescu, Eric McPherson, Abraham Burton, David Bryant, Dezron Douglas,Jyrki Kangas. He made film musics (with Nail Yurtsever & Engin Arslan) , Ali’nin Sekiz Günü, 2008; Vali, 2008; Dilber’in Sekiz Günü, by which he won the 2009 Ankara Film Festival Music Award; and Acı, 2009; and TV Series Musics such as Gece Sesleri, 2008; Rüzgar, 2008; Sinekli Bakkal (with Cigdem Erken), 2008; Servet Avcısı, 2008; Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki, 2010; Adını Feriha Koydum, 2011; Canan, 2011; and worked as a Vocal Coach in High School Musical, Walt Disney, 2008 (Turkey) In addition to his carrier in Jazz and film musics, Tuncer still plays and tours with 3GuitarISTanbul (with Önder Focan & Murat Usanmaz), Curly Trio (with Elif Çağlar Muslu & Kerem Türkaydın) ,Zuhal Olcay, Gürol Ağırbaş, Melis Sökmen, Jülide Özçelik, Aykut Gürel & İrem Records, Deniz Seki, Sezen Aksu (recent double CD, 2009) and works as a studio musician, arranger, composer and producer. He plays as a member of TRT Jazz Orchestra since 2008 and continues his graduate study in ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY Conservatory in Composition Department. He also writes on the page named Klinik in Jazz magazine published in Turkey. Cem Tuncer uses and endorses Yamaha Guitars & Elixir Strings.


Nail Yurtsever

He was born in 1972 in Kigı, the district of Bingol. Yurtsever has begun his music career in 1992 taking part in the projects of MKM (Mesotompia Cultural Center). He was one of the founders of the renowned Kurdish music band Agirê Jiyan (The Fire of Life). In 1993 he received harmony and piano education in Evrensel Arts Center. Yurtsever furthered his education with courses on the Eastern music harmony and the piano he took from Timur Selçuk in 1997. In the same years he also took bass-guitar and solfege lessons from Oğuz Abadan. In 1996 he undertook the arrangement of Agirê Jiyan’s album “Adarê.”
He began his individual career as a tonmaister in Studio Sound where he made the recording and mixing of various albums. 
He arranged some songs of Aynur Doğan: “Hêjîrokê” (in her solo-album “Kêçe Kurdan”) and the songs “Can Weza” and “Ez Keç” (in her solo-album “Nûpel”). He is the co-arranger and co-director of Gülbahar’s solo-album “Musikar” with Cem Tuncer. Yurtsever also produced the  music of the dance show “Mem Ü Zin” with Ahmet Tabar.
Yurtsever made the music recordings and mixings of Handan İpekçi’s well-known film “Büyük Adam Küçük Aşk” the music production belonging to Mazlum Çimen. He also produced music for many TV-series such as “Seher Vakti” (with Hilmi Yarayıcı), “Kasaba,” “Asi,” “Ihlamurlar Altında,” “Gece Sesleri,” “Rüzgar,” “Sır Gibi,” “Esir Kalpler,” and TV-films such as “Acı,” “Dilberin Sekiz Günü,” “Aşk Yolu,” “Ali'nin Sekiz Günü,” “Vali” and “Sonsuz.”
Now he is meeting with the listeners as the co-music arranger of the popular TV-series “Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki” with Cem Tuncer. The awaited soundtrack album of the series has been released with the label of Ada Music. Yurtsever has contributed to the album also with the lyrics and compositions he has written with Cem Tuncer.