Alper Tuzcu

Alper Tuzcu is a composer and a music producer. Tuzcu has released three albums, Macondo (2021), Aurora (2018) and Between 12 Waters (2016).[1] On his 2020 EP, 'Migrante', Tuzcu has composed a poem by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, called "Con Ella".[2] On his 2021 EP, 'Raiz', Tuzcu collaborated with the percussionist of Snarky Puppy, Marcelo Woloski. [3]

Alper Tuzcu in València (2014).

Career

In 2012, Tuzcu performed at Umbria Jazz Festival, where he won the Berklee On The Road scholarship to study full-time at Berklee College of Music in Boston.[4]

In 2014, Tuzcu formed the Brazil-Mediterranean fusion music duo Aigua with Brazilian singer Bruna Lucchesi at València, Spain. Between 2014 and 2015, he also recorded twice with Grammy winner producer Javier Limon (Paco de Lucia, Buika, Chucho Valdes, Bebo Valdes, Mariza, Aynur) in Spain.

In late 2015, he started his duo project "Ark" Boston, where the duo performed at YouBloom Festival in Los Angeles, Sidewalk in New York and Hard Rock Cafe in Boston.[5] In 2016, the duo recorded and released their first EP "Lately". With Ark, Tuzcu was featured at the Emmy nominated "502 Sessions" at Dedham TV[6] and WEMF FM;[7] along with the international media as well.

In 2016, Tuzcu's first album Between 12 Waters was published by Palma Records, featuring songs inspired from 12 different cultures around the world. [8]

In 2017, Tuzcu released his first EP 'Lines'.[9]

In 2018, Alper Tuzcu released his second solo album 'Aurora' featuring vocalists LASYA, Micaella Cattani, Kat Kennedy and many other musicians.[10]

In 2019, Tuzcu composed and recorded bossa Nova song 'Felicidade', featuring Brazilian vocalist Helena Beltrão. The song reached more than 1 million streams on Spotify worldwide. In 2020, he released his lo-fi single 'Uzaklarda', which made it to Spotify’s editorial playlist “Turkey Viral 50”.[11]

In 2020, Tuzcu's new projects 'Migrante' and 'Imagina' were released.[12]

In 2021, Tuzcu's new projects 'Raíz' and 'Macondo' were released.

In 2022, Tuzcu has released a collaborative single with Uruguayan-Canadian singer, Gisun. He also released his single 'Tramuntana' featuring LASYA.

In 2023, Tuzcu has released his single, Espírito, which mixes Brazilian samba and Uruguayan candombe rhythms.

Discography

Albums and EPs
  • 2021: Macondo (Palma Records)
  • 2021: Raíz (Palma Records)
  • 2020: Imagina (Palma Records)
  • 2020: Migrante (Palma Records)
  • 2018: Aurora (Palma Records)
  • 2017: Lines (Palma Records)
  • 2016: Between 12 Waters (Palma Records)

Singles
  • 2023: Espírito
  • 2022: Tramuntana
  • 2021: Azul
  • 2020: Uç
  • 2020: My Life Is Going On
  • 2020: Uzaklarda
  • 2019: Felicidade
  • 2019: Morning View
  • 2019: Guide Me Away (Instrumental)
  • 2018: Joga

Collaborations
  • 2022: Ancla, with Gisun
  • 2017: Singing In My Own Key (Forza Press), with Valerie Giglio
  • 2016: Lately by Ark (Alper Tuzcu and Danielle Angeloni)

References
  1. Records, Palma. "Featured Releases | Palma Records". Palma Records. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
  2. Parys, Bryan (2020-04-07). "Alper Tuzcu Translates Poetic Wisdom on 'Con Ella' | Berklee". Berklee.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
  3. "Alper Tuzcu: 'My new dream is to use my music to support multiculturalism'".
  4. "Turkish lyricist Alper Tuzcu shares his world of music". The Sunday Times. 27 November 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  5. Estukyan, Vartan (29 January 2016). "12 Suyun Hikayesi [The Story of 12 Waters] (in Turkish)". Agos (Armenian-Turkish Bilingual National Newspaper). Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  6. "Dedham TV - 502 Sessions".
  7. "WEMF FM, Band on Band: Ark". wemfradio.com.
  8. "Alper Tuzcu'dan sınırları kaldıran albüm [Album that crosses borders by Alper Tuzcu] (in Turkish)". Radikal (Turkish National Newspaper). 17 March 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  9. "Alper Tuzcu". Discography. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  10. "Bizi toplayın şarkılardan".
  11. "Latin American music and culture in Alper Tuzcu's new work". 21 February 2020.
  12. "News: Guitarist and composer Alper Tuzcu releases his new EP, Migrante". 21 February 2020.
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