1 hr 10 min

Episode 9 - TURKEY - Ozan Baysal - Bağlama and Anatolian Music Roots: A music Podcast

    • Music Interviews

Ozan Baysal is a Turkish bağlama (saz) player, composer and performer, specializing in şelpe – an Anatolian baglama performance technique that dispenses with a plectrum. Having played the instrument from a very early age, much of his music is a synthesis of traditional bağlama şelpe performance practices and harmonic practices in tonal and jazz music. After first studying at Istanbul Technical University, Centre for Advanced Studies in Music (MIAM), Ozan is now a visiting scholar at SOAS, University of London.

Ozan Baysal is a Turkish bağlama (saz) player, composer and performer, specializing in şelpe – an Anatolian baglama performance technique that dispenses with a plectrum. Having played the instrument from a very early age, much of his music is a synthesis of traditional bağlama şelpe performance practices and harmonic practices in tonal and jazz music. After first studying at Istanbul Technical University, Centre for Advanced Studies in Music (MIAM), Ozan is now a visiting scholar at SOAS, University of London.

1 hr 10 min