Elif Çağlar

Elif is a trailblazing artist who made history as the first musician in Turkey to release original jazz songs in English. She studied with jazz legend Sheila Jordan at Queens College, becoming the first Turk to graduate from the school, earning an award upon graduation. She produced and arranged all her albums except "Come Me Come Te," Her exceptional talent has earned her the Best Jazz Musician award by Boğaziçi Radio three times. In addition to her performing career, she teaches at the European Jazz School, mentoring young musicians from across Europe.

Recording and performing with some of the most important jazz musicians in Turkey (like <a href="spotify:artist:76Ldoh2j78nY2ThwAuFkBT" data-name="Çağrı Sertel">Çağrı Sertel</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2vnmgf7oe9T4gO2FACMrLH" data-name="Alp Ersönmez">Alp Ersönmez</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2CKKVhnXg0a9sw0DOXmwLK" data-name="Volkan Öktem">Volkan Öktem</a> for <a href="spotify:artist:7vOn6dRWZ4g9PedwGrsKB8" data-name="SONIC BOOM">SONIC BOOM</a> and Randy Esen, <a href="spotify:artist:3182zWlqIzDv2egT3l09W3" data-name="Ediz Hafızoğlu">Ediz Hafızoğlu</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5aweKNLI0ZyI48q5TmoCxT" data-name="Ilhan Ersahin">Ilhan Ersahin</a>, İmer Demirer, <a href="spotify:artist:5HKrYaVYdN3MyIe2WpVYCo" data-name="Cenk Erdoğan">Cenk Erdoğan</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4HlDQ8vm3OLtReb4UgN5mO" data-name="Selen Gülün">Selen Gülün</a> on the albums, to name a few). Caglar has released four albums, two of them featuring world famous American ( &#34;Misfit&#34; with <a href="spotify:artist:22KzEvCtrTGf9l6k7zFcdv" data-name="Aaron Parks">Aaron Parks</a> , <a href="spotify:artist:6w4OoJ1ZPsK6Nd9vQgZKwJ" data-name="Harish Raghavan">Harish Raghavan</a> , and <a href="spotify:artist:0wTdAqanDZiEonTBUmBSQh" data-name="Eric Harland">Eric Harland</a> ) and Italian jazz masters (&#34;Come Me Come Te&#34; with <a href="spotify:artist:2CbCG1B61tDnB7VfwooGnL" data-name="Teo Ciavarella">Teo Ciavarella</a> , Domingo Muzietti, <a href="spotify:artist:6Uj77sQjxNqbiIbvg3Qa2n" data-name="Massimo Manzi">Massimo Manzi</a>, Massimo Giovannini.)

She continues exploring and recording in different styles, within and beyond jazz.