Cem Tuncer Quintet

Mehmet Cem Tuncer was born in 1978. He studied guitar with Sarp Maden and Gökçen Taskiran, music theory with Semih Korucu and Mehmet Nemutlu, ensemble with Bulent Ortaçgil and Önder Focan at Akademi İstanbul Jazz Department in 1997. He won a scholarship from Istanbul Bilgi University in 1998 and worked with important musicians such as Neset Ruacan, Kamil Özler, Ali Perret, L.Butch Morris, Can Kozlu, Aydin Esen, Imer Demirer, Ricky Ford, Selen Gülün, Mike Wilkens during his undergraduate study. He played in Belgium Sfinks and Amsterdam Music Festivals in 1999; in Germany Hildesheim Festival, in Zurih, Basel, Stuttgart, Berlin and Hanoover in 2000; in Gent and Brussels at the Ethnic Music Festival, in 2002. He also took place in various activities and concerts in Ricky Ford’s Istanbul Jazz Collective, the same year in Babylon, Istanbul. He worked as the Assistant Arranger of Önder Focan’s Purple in Blue project in 2000 International Istanbul Jazz Festival and played many duo guitar concerts with Önder Focan. Tuncer completed his undergraduate study in Istanbul Bilgi University Composition Department. In 2002 and worked in I.B.U as a Teaching Assistant for 1 year. He taught Jazz Guitar and Ensemble classes in Yıldız Technical University between 2002 -2008. Tuncer was elected to represent Turkey in the 2008 International Young Jazz Guitarist Competition held in Estonia, and won the 2nd place. He was awarded with the invitations of Romania Garana Jazz Festival 2008 and Pori Jazz Festival 2008 & 2010 where he played with Ted Curson, Harvie S., Enrico Granafei, Onder Focan,3 GuitarIstanbul, Vitali Imereli, Reiska Laine, Toivo Unt, Aprian Petrescu, Eric mcpherson, Abraham Burton, David Bryant, Dezron Douglas, Jyrki Kangas. He made film musics (with Nail Yurtsever & Engin Arslan), Ali’nin Sekiz Günü, 2008; Vali, 2008; Dilber’in Sekiz Günü, by which he won the 2009 Ankara Film Festival Music Award; and Acı, 2009; and TV Series Musics such as Gece Sesleri, 2008; Rüzgar, 2008; Sinekli Bakkal (with Cigdem Erken), 2008; Servet Avcısı, 2008; Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki, 2010; Adını Feriha Koydum, 2011; Canan, 2011; and worked as a Vocal Coach in High School Musical, Walt Disney, 2008 (Turkey) In addition to his carrier in Jazz and film musics, Cem Tuncer uses and endorses Yamaha Guitars & Elixir StringsMusic