Hakan Ba?ar, who was born in 2004 and started playing the piano at the age of 8, continued his studies with his father, who is a guitarist, after short private lessons. In this process, he made the first jazz piano studies with the curriculum of jazz pianists such as Walter Norris, Clare Fisher, Noah Baerman, Jeb Patton, David Berkman, Bill Dobbins, Andrew D.Gordon, Neil Olmstead, Bill Cunliffe, Andy LaVerne. Afterwards, he completed the second part of his studies by studying "Jazz Piano" styles of Michel Petrucciani, Oscar Peterson, Keith Jarrett, Hank Jones, Bill Evans, Tommy Flanagan, Kenny Barron, Sonny Clark, Art Tatum, Scott Joplin, Thelonious Monk, Chick Corea and developing his etudes. While all these studies were going on, Ba?ar was 10 years old when he gave his first concert within the 5th Pera Music Festival. Continuing her music studies and education life together, he made her first studio recordings in 2015 at ?TÜ M?AM. In addition to international special events, he gave a concert at the age of 12 as part of the Istanbul Jazz Festival.

The concert series, which started with the "Akbank Sanat Young Talent" concert in February 2017, continued with the Izmir-European Jazz Festival, Istanbul Jazz Festival Promotion Night and Ahmet Ertegün Memorial Night. Afterwards, World Jazz Day, Zorlu PSM Jazz Festival, Ankara Jazz Festival, Istanbul Jazz Festival and Akbank Jazz Festival were the concerts that followed this series. During this time, he met names such as Ron Carter, Russell Malone, Eddie Gomez, Donald Vega, especially Chick Corea, and had the chance to do a workshop with Chick Corea before the Istanbul concert. After this meeting, Chick Corea's views, who admire Hakan's talent, are as follows:

Studio recordings planned for Hakan's musical development started in February 2018. These recordings were also shared on social media and reached to the listeners and jazz authorities both at home and abroad, enabling Hakan to be recognized by a wider audience and also they received great acclaim. Not only that, the recordings turned into an album in 2019 upon the proposal of Martin Hummel, Director of Ubuntu Music in London. The album "On Top Of The Roof" was a very important start for Hakan. Because he was on an international platform for the first time, and after the album launch, the London Jazz Festival opening concert was Hakan's second stop. The concert on November 15, 2019 took place at Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho and received serious coverage in the British press. The interview by Mike Collins on behalf of London Jazz News was followed by the broadcasting of the album tracks on Jazz FM, one of the most important jazz radios in the world.

In 2020, which started very quickly with concerts, unexpected pandemic process brought its negativity. Although there were no concerts, the album On Top Of The Roof have been broadcasted on many jazz radios and interviews were held in the written jazz press. One of them was Radio Bo?aziçi's nomination of Hakan among the jazz musician candidates of the year. Hakan Ba?ar's explanations for the challenging pandemic process are as follows: "This period has been a new beginning for me again. Because I think that I got the necessary substructure with the preparations I have made so far. I switched to a different system. I can say that by making good use of this free time, I gained different opinions for my creative development by analyzing the compositions of Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Kenny Dorham, Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Ornette Coleman etc. Also, I have listened jazz guitarists such as George Benson, Pat Martino, Wes Montgomery, Bireli Lagrene. Besides, I try to enrich his music by listening to Debussy, Chopin, Bach and especially by studying Debussy."

On the anniversary of his album, another surprise was awaiting Hakan. His recording which was made with Jimmy Haslip and Will Kennedy who are two invaluable legendary musicians of Yellow Jackets, came out in the world, again by Martin Hummel who is Ubuntu Music's director, this time as "Hub Art Special Edition Single". The views of Jimmy Haslip, Will Kennedy and Martin Hummel about this project are as follows:

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2004 y?l?nda do?an ve 8 ya??nda piyano çalmaya ba?layan Hakan Ba?ar, gitarist olan babas?yla k?sa özel dersler verdikten sonra devam etti. Bu süreçte Walter Norris, Clare Fisher, Noah Baerman, Jeb Patton, David Berkman, Bill Dobbins, Andrew D.Gordon, Neil Olmstead, Bill Cunliffe, Andy LaVerne gibi caz piyanistlerinin müfredat?yla ilk caz piyano e?itimi yapt?. Ard?ndan Michel Petrucciani, Oscar Peterson, Keith Jarrett, Hank Jones, Bill Evans, Tommy Flanagan, Kenny Barron, Sonny Clark, Art Tatum, Scott Joplin, Thelonious Monk, Chick Corea'n?n "Caz Piyano" stillerini inceleyerek ve etütlerini geli?tirerek ikinci bölümde geli?tirerek tamamlad?. Tüm bu çal??malar devam ederken Ba?ar, 5. Pera Müzik Festivali kapsam?nda ilk konserini verdi?inde 10 ya??ndayd?. Müzik e?itimi ve e?itim hayat? birlikte sürdürülerek 2015 y?l?nda ?TÜ M?AM'da ilk stüdyo kay?tlar?n? yapt?. Uluslararas? özel etkinliklerin yan? 12 ya??ndaki ?stanbul Caz Festivali kapsam?nda konser verdi.

?ubat 2017'de "Akbank Sanat Genç Yetenek" konseriyle ba?layan konser serisi, ?zmir-Avrupa Caz Festivali, ?stanbul Caz Festivali Tan?t?m Gecesi ve Ahmet Ertegün Anma Gecesi ile devam etti. Ard?ndan Dünya Caz Günü, Zorlu PSM Caz Festivali, Ankara Caz Festivali, ?stanbul Caz Festivali ve Akbank Caz Festivali bu seriyi takip eden konserler oldu. Bu süre zarf?nda Ron Carter, Russell Malone, Eddie Gomez, Donald Vega gibi isimlerle, özellikle Chick Corea ile tan??t? ve Chick Corea ile ?stanbul konseri öncesinde bir atölye yapma f?rsat? yakalad?. Bu görü?meden sonra Hakan'?n yetenekli hayran? olan Chick Corea'n?n performans? ?öyle:

Chick Corea:  "La releve est assurée."

Hakan'?n müzikal geli?imi için planlanan stüdyo kay?tlar? ?ubat 2018'de ba?lad?. Bu kay?tlar sosyal medyada da payla??larak hem yurt içinde hem de yurt d???nda dinleyicilere ve caz otoritelerine ula?arak Hakan'?n daha geni? kitleler taraf?ndan tan?nmas?n? sa?lad? ve büyük be?eni toplad?. Bununla da kalmay?p kay?tlar 2019 y?l?nda Londra'daki Ubuntu Music Direktörü Martin Hummel'in teklifi üzerine albüme dönü?tü.  "On Top Of The Roof" albümü  Hakan için çok önemli bir ba?lang?ç ??oldu. Çünkü ilk kez uluslararas? bir platformda yer al?yordu ve albüm lansman?ndan sonra  Londra Caz Festivali  aç?l?? konseri Hakan'?n ikinci dura?? oldu. 15 Kas?m 2019'daki konser Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho'da gerçekle?ti ve ?ngiliz bas?n?nda ciddi yer buldu. Mike Collins'in London Jazz News ad?na yapt??? röportaj?n ard?ndan albüm parçalar? dünyan?n en önemli caz radyolar?ndan biri olan Jazz FM'de yay?nland?.

Konserlerle çok h?zl? ba?layan 2020'de beklenmedik pandemi süreci olumsuzluklar?n? da beraberinde getirdi. Konser olmasa da On Top Of The Roof albümü birçok caz radyosunda yay?nland? ve yaz?l? caz bas?n?nda röportajlar yap?ld?. Bunlardan biri de Radyo Bo?aziçi'nin Hakan'? y?l?n caz müzisyeni adaylar? aras?na aday göstermesiydi. Hakan Ba?ar'?n zorlu pandemi sürecine ili?kin aç?klamalar? ?öyle: "Bu dönem benim için yine yeni bir ba?lang?ç ??oldu. Çünkü ?u ana kadar yapt???m haz?rl?klarla gerekli alt yap?y? sa?lad???m? dü?ünüyorum. Farkl? bir sisteme geçtim. Bu bo? zaman? iyi de?erlendirerek Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Kenny Dorham, Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Ornette Coleman gibi isimlerin bestelerini inceleyerek yarat?c? geli?imim için farkl? görü?ler edindi?imi söyleyebilirim. Ayr?ca George Benson, Pat Martino, Wes Montgomery, Bireli Lagrene gibi caz gitaristlerini dinledim. Ayr?ca Debussy, Chopin, Bach dinleyerek ve özellikle Debussy çal??arak müzi?ini zenginle?tirmeye çal???yorum."

Albümünün y?ldönümünde Hakan'? bir sürpriz daha bekliyordu. Yellow Jackets'?n iki paha biçilmez efsane müzisyeni Jimmy Haslip ve Will Kennedy ile yapt??? kay?t, Ubuntu Music'in yönetmeni Martin Hummel taraf?ndan bu kez "Hub Art Special Edition Single" olarak dünyaya duyuruldu. Jimmy Haslip, Will Kennedy ve Martin Hummel'in bu proje hakk?ndaki görü?leri ?öyle:

Jimmy Haslip: "Hakan Ba?ar parlak bir genç piyanist ve New Hub Art projesi onun performanslar?n?n ve bestelerinin güzelli?ini çerçeveliyor."

Will Kennedy:  "Gelecek gençlerin elindedir ve bayra?? devretti?imiz ki?ileri cesaretlendirmek, ilham vermek ve yönlendirmek için elimizden gelenin en iyisini yaparken, gelece?in iyi ellerde oldu?unu bilerek rahatl?yoruz. Hakan'?n ellerinin ard?ndaki ruh ve can bize gelecek için güven veriyor."

Martin Hummel:  "Bu muhte?em genç yetenek için bir rüya daha gerçek oluyor. Ve herkes çok daha fazlas?n?n gelmesini beklemeli! Hakan gerçekten yetenekli bir sanatç? ve çok özel bir insan. Onu seviyoruz!" diye sonland?r?yor.