Timuçin Şahin (born 3 February 1973) is a Turkish

jazz guitarist Jazz guitarists are guitarists who play jazz using an approach to chords, melodies, and improvised solo lines which is called jazz guitar playing. The guitar has fulfilled the roles of accompanist ( rhythm guitar) and soloist in small and large ...

and composer. He was awarded first prize at the Dutch Jazz Competition in 2001 and second prizes at the Jur Naessens Music Award in 2002, and the Deloitte Jazz Award in 2006. He has so far released five contemporary jazz albums, including solo releases, as part of the contemporary jazz trio ''On the Line'', and as part of the Timucin Sahin Quartet and the Timucin Sahin Quintet.

Career

Şahin started playing guitar when he was 16 years old. In 1992 he began studying jazz guitar with

Joe Pass Joe Pass (born Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalaqua; January 13, 1929 – May 23, 1994) was an American jazz guitarist. Pass is well known for his work stemming from numerous collaborations with pianist Oscar Peterson and vocalist Ella Fitzgerald, an ...

and John Abercombie at Hilversum Conservatory in

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

, Holland. He went on to study classical composition with

Daan Manneke Daan Manneke (born 7 November 1939) is a Dutch composer and organist. Manneke was born in Kruiningen. He studied organ and composition from 1963 to 1967 at the Brabant Conservatory in Tilburg Tilburg () is a city and municipality in the N ...

at the

Amsterdam Conservatory The Conservatorium van Amsterdam (CvA) is a Dutch conservatoire of music located in Amsterdam. This school is the music division of the Amsterdam University of the Arts, the city's vocational university of arts. The Conservatorium van Amsterdam ...

, and with and

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at the

Manhattan School of Music The Manhattan School of Music (MSM) is a private music conservatory in New York City. The school offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in the areas of classical and jazz performance and composition, as well as a bachelor's in mu ...

in New York. He has played and recorded with

Randy Brecker Randal Edward Brecker (born November 27, 1945) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, and composer. His versatility has made him a popular studio musician who has recorded with acts in jazz, rock, and R&B. Early life Brecker was born on Nov ...

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, Mark Turner,

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, Ernst Reizeger, Armando Gola,

Donny McCaslin Donald Paul McCaslin (born August 11, 1966) is an American jazz saxophonist. He has recorded over a dozen albums as a bandleader in addition to many sideman appearances, including on David Bowie's final studio album, ''Blackstar'' (2016). Early ...

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, Thomas Morgan,

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, Marcel Wierckx and Owen Hart Jr. He has developed his own

double necked guitar A multi-neck guitar is a guitar that has multiple fingerboard necks. They exist in both electric and acoustic versions. Although multi-neck guitars are quite common today, they are not a modern invention. Examples of multi-neck guitars and lute ...

, on which he combines Indian scales and African rhythms with Western jazz improvisation. Currently, Şahin is a PhD candidate in composition at

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...

Awards and recognition

*2001: first prize, Dutch Jazz Competition, On the Line *2002: second prize for his composition ''Occult'' at the Jur Naessens Music Award *2006: second prize in the Deloitte Jazz Award, performing with the

Concertgebouw The Royal Concertgebouw ( nl, Koninklijk Concertgebouw, ) is a concert hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Dutch term "concertgebouw" translates into English as "concert building". Its superb acoustics place it among the finest concert halls i ...

Jazz Orchestra, Amsterdam

Discography

*On the Line: ''The Unexpected'', 2001 *''Slick Road'' (with

Hein van de Geyn Hein van de Geyn (born 18 July 1956) is a jazz double bassist, composer and band leader from the Netherlands. Van de Geyn also teaches double bass and music. Early life Hein van de Geyn was born in Schijndel, Netherlands on 18 July 1956. He st ...

, Afra Mussawisade and B.C. Manjunath), 2003 *''Window for my breath'' (with

and Owen Hart Jr.), 2005 *Amsterdam, de Wereld (KLR014): ''Elif'e Mektuplar'' 'soprano, bass clarinet, violoncello *''Bafa'' (with John O'Gallagher,

, and Thomas Morgan), 2009 *''Inherence'' (with John O'Gallagher,

, Christopher Tordini, and

Ralph Alessi Ralph Alessi (born March 5, 1963) is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and ECM recording artist. Alessi is known as a virtuosic performer whose critically-acclaimed projects include his Baida Quartet, with Jason Moran, Drew Gress, and Nashee ...

), 2013

References

External links

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