Eda AND is a Hamburg-based composer, pianist, and arranger originally from Izmir. The Turkey premier of her project “Istanbulisation” will happen as part of the 32nd Akbank Jazz Festival. AND composed her first piano concerto “Mirela” at the age of 17 and went on to study piano at the Izmir State Conservatory before moving to Germany to continue her education. She studied classical and jazz composition with Wolfgang Andreas Shultz and Wolf Kerschekat the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. In Germany, she became the first Turkish female jazz composer and pianist in the world-famous jazz orchestra the NDR (Nord-Deutscher Rundfunk) Big Band. Her compositions combine a fanciful, playful, and childish character with her passion for classical music, jazz, soul, and funk. To date, she has released two albums: “Augmened Life,” which she recorded with musicians from Turkey’s jazz scene, and “Live in Hamburg,” a solo album recorded during the pandemic. You can watch Eda AND’s “Istanbulisation” on September 30 at Akbank Sanat.
Eda AND: Piano