Ayşe Tütüncü Quartet

Ayşe Tütüncü, a pianist, composer, arranger, and vocalist who has traveled extensively, participating in numerous festivals abroad such as NorthSea Jazz, Syrian Jazz, Traumzeit, and London Jazz, and domestically such as Istanbul Jazz, Akbank Jazz, and Yeşil Yayla in the Kaçkar Mountains, can be described for her music, which also includes improvisations, as “a unique fusion of classical Western music, jazz, and the diverse musical traditions of Anatolia and the wider region surrounding Istanbul on the jazz scene.” Since 1983, she has released five albums with her first group, Mozaik, and later, with other groups, Çeşitlemeler, Panayır and Yedi Yer Yedi Gök (both released on the EMI-BlueNote label) , and most recently, Uzak, Yakın Zamanlar (2025). Ayşe Tütüncü’s work includes concerts, lectures, workshops such as “How Two Voices Come Together” or “Rhythm Games,” documentary film scores like “Your Son Erdal,” and silent film scores from the International Istanbul Silent Film Days, which she has participated in since 2015. She also received the 2016 Ekin Yazın Dostları and 2017 Afife Jale “best stage music” awards for the music she composed for her play “Kıran Resimleri.” Ayşe Tütüncü enjoys bringing together social issues and music; for example, she arranged pieces for her Memorial Orchestra in memory of April 24th and Dersim ’38, or participated in the 8th+ 10th Music and Psychoanalysis Meeting. Her writings, which connect music and other things, have been published in newspapers, magazines, and platforms such as Virgül, ONS-Yaşama Kültürü, K24, and Cazkolik. In October 2026, Metis Publications published a book titled “Being There at That Moment – Music Writings .”
The group’s sound composition includes both piano and electric guitar , and their repertoire mainly consists of songs by Ayşe Tütüncü from her Panayır album, such as “Letter to Crete,” “The Story of Something,” and “Chocolate Colored Song ,” or songs like “Tango Blues” and “This Is How It Happened.” Included in the album Recent Times The concert features their own compositions as well as two pieces by group member Sinan Altıparmak. They will also perform pieces by masters such as Michel Petrucciani, Marcel Khalife, and Hindemith .