VOLKAN EFE

Originally from central Turkey, Volkan started playing oud as a teenager under his father's guidance, performing throughout high school and college. Volkan received his B.Sc degree in Electrical Engineering from Bilkent University, Turkey and a Masters degree in Engineering from University of Maryland, College Park. Since moving to the US in 2002, he has performed with various Turkish music ensembles in Washington DC, Chicago and Boston. Volkan has been studying and performing classical, folk and ceremonial forms of Ottoman-Turkish music as well as the healing aspects of the makam system of Ottoman-Turkish music. Besides oud, Volkan plays ney, tanbur and kemençe and performs regularly in and around Boston.