Virtuoso Pianist, Composer, Author
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Virtuoso Pianist, Composer of The New Classical Era, Author of Art of Piano & The Virtuoso Pianist (More than 160 books 10700 pages), Recorded More Than 100 Historical Albums, Co-Founder of NUWA NFTs

Started keyboard at age of 5. Studied oud at the age of 13. Began playing bass guitar at age of 16. Became a professional touring and recording artist at 17. Got accepted to the Dokuz Eylul Faculty of Fine Arts Music Department with the highest acceptance list score in 2005. Began touring with singer Altay at 18. Got awarded by Yamaha All Star as the best bassist at 22.

Owned scholarships from Berklee College of Music, Western Oregon University, MMA, NHBF, The Collective School of Music. Got accepted to Queens College Jazz Master Program in 2011.

Studied classical piano with Esin Durmaz, jazz piano with Jeb Patton; bass with Kürşat And, Lincoln Goines, Lonnie Plaxico and Furio Di Castri; classical harmony with Tuğrul Aldemir, jazz harmony with David Berkman; composition and orchestration with Michael Mossman. 

Appeared in major jazz festivals and venues, such as: Eskişehir Jazz Festival in 2006, Istanbul Jazz Festival in 2006, Italy Siena Jazz Festival in 2007, 6th Izmir International Jazz Festival in 2007, Karya Jazz Days in 2008, 15th Istanbul International Jazz Festival in 2008, 17th Izmir European Jazz Festival in 2009, Rockwood Music Hall in 2011, Gotham Hall in 2012, Nikola Tesla Festival in 2013, Cafe Vivaldi in 2016, 13th Marsyas Music Festival in 2017, Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall in 2017, Russia Moscow Music Festival in 2018, Ahmed Adnan Saygun Art Center in 2022, Hikmet Şimşek Art Center in 2023, Ahmet Piriştina Cultural Center in 2023.

Some of the names shared the stage and recorded with: Ara Dinkjian, Nilüfer, Demet Sağıroğlu, Robby Ameen (Grammy Awarded), Hüsnü Şenlendirici, Gadi Lehavi, Yeni Türkü, Bob Quaranta (John Scofield). Marko Djordjevic (Professor at Berklee), Alex Alexander (Dido, Eminem, Chaka Kahn, Ritchie Blackmore), İzmir State Symphony Orchestra in 2006 and Olten Philharmonic in 2017.

Got invited to replace a tutor at The Collective School of Music, New York in 2012. (One of the most prestigious music schools in the World where also John Patitucci and Jaco Pastorius were tutors.)

So far, among the places played in Russia, USA, Italy, Turkey and Cyprus.

Gave workshops and masterclasses, including at IKSEV and Ege University Conservatory.

As an author, wrote The Virtuoso Series. (The first book was a best-seller in the category of etudes). The purpose of this series is to make musicians virtuosos by playing music and also introducing them the music of the next centuries.

As a composer, composed classical pieces. Op.1, Op.20, Op.13, Op.46 that were chosen to premier in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Premier performer names include, The PianoForte Foundation in Chicago and CUNY Graduate Center Academic Coordinator Jacqueline Martelle in New York.

Also acted in the short-movie of the director Maya Sharpe: "The street talks" that was screened at the New York Film Academy in 2011.

Besides music, became a manager at Datapipe for Microsoft Azure Implementation (Azure is one of the key companies in the World for having the classified information of governments) in 2015. Became the board advisor of Ezetech Wall Street in 2016. Ezetech, launched successful startups that were also used by Facebook, Black Rock (a company that has 10 trillion dollars as the assets), %60 of the Switzerland Banks and Charles Schwab.

Awarded by NASA, IBM and InVision for several other projects in 2016. Awarded by AT&T for film scoring in 2018.

Endorser artist of Yamaha Grand Pianos and Aguilar Bass Amplifications. 


Quotes

"Especially for his age, tons of accomplishments"
-NoTreble Magazine

"Remarkable piano technique, extraordinary feeling on the bass and meritorious ability in jazz and classical composition." 
-Kim Plainfield

"Unique voice on his instrument. I was particularly impressed with his intuitive style, and his remarkable proficiency on the piano."
-Lincoln Goines

"I first worked with Bugra in the Advanced Performance Program. I was immediately impressed with Bugra's extraordinary technique"
-Bob Quaranta

"Passionate, very musical, creative. He's well rounded as a musician on piano, bass and composition."
-Lonnie Plaxico

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