Vibraphonist, composer, and instructor Can Tutuğ is a multidimensional musician, who is interested in music’s both past and future. After studying vibraphone with Amy Salsgiver at Istanbul Technical University’s Dr. Erol Üçer Center for Advanced Studies in Music, he played as a soloist for the Thrace Academy Chamber Orchestra and also founded the jazz group The Cold Vibes. Tutuğ is an official Xylosynth artist, a MIDI mallet percussion controller. In the past 10 years, he has performed his own compositions at countless festivals both in Turkey and Europe. AllAboutJazz.com writer Arthur George describes him as “carrying on the legacy of Bobby Hutcherson”. Since 2011, he has been organizing the seminar series “Jazz History: Periods, Events, Currents, and Anecdotes.” He released his first album in 2020 with Erdem Uvalıoğlu and gave the first solo vibraphone concert in Turkey with his performance “Bir Başına” in 2021. As part of the 32nd Akbank Jazz Festival and in collaboration with Yeniköy Jazz Days, he will be performing in the courtyard of the Yeniköy Panayia Koumariottissa Greek Orthodox Church on Sunday morning, October 2.
Can Tutuğ: Vibraphone