Volkan Topakoglu

Volkan Topako?lu

Born: November 9, 1986

Istanbulite bassist, composer and educator Volkan Topako?lu made his debut with his album ��Birdenbire��. Playing the keyboard and the guitar by ten, Volkan started his formal education in music studying cello and piano at Avni Akyol High School of Music and Arts in Istanbul. At fourteen he was influenced by his bass guitarist brother and started to listen to jazz records and play the bass guitar. He continued his education in music at Y?ld?z Technical University in Istanbul, studying electric bass and double bass with K?mil Erdem. After graduation Volkan attended private lessons and workshops of bassists Jacek Meira-Niedziela, Bronislaw Suchanek, Drew Gress, Carlo DeRosa

Volkan Topakoglu

AkBank Jazz Festival 2019

by Francesco Martinelli
October 29, 2019

AkBank Jazz Festival Istanbul, Turkey October 18-25 2019 I arrived in Istanbul during the world-wide outrage that followed the United States pull-out from Syria and the consequent military intervention by Turkey. The new humongous airport looked rather empty compared to the crowded spaces of the old one; the trip to ...

Birdenbire

By Volkan Topako?lu

Label: Kalan Music
Released: 2015
Track listing: Yedi mi?; Beyo?lu; Alt?dan Sonra; Birdenbire; Girizg?h; Yollarda; Karde?im L.E.; Hekate; Ortabah?e; Sonsuz