PEG Interviews Singer-Songwriter Oyku Dogan

BIO:

Oyku Dogan is a singer/songwriter, jazz pianist and composer born in Izmir, based in Italy. Writing songs, composing, playing instruments and singing in different styles, have been a part of her education and her daily life since childhood. She took part in many kinds of music performances and activities. After graduating from an American high school , she moved to another Mediterranean country, Italy, and found it perfect for her intercultural aims in music. She graduated from Essex University and got the BA Hons degree in Music Performance. (Bologna Music Academy campus). She majored in jazz piano and continued her Classical Composition studies at the Giuseppe Nicolini Conservatory in Piacenza/Italy. In 2013, she made her first self-product album "Through the Dark We See the Light" as her thesis project, she wrote all the lyrics, composed the songs, and played the instruments. It was completely her own production, and has had some very positive feedback. In 2015, she started her professional career and released her debut single “Fade Away”. She won the Honorable Mention award at the Song of the Year International Contest with her song Fade Away (2015) and Time to Make a Move (2014). In 2016 she recorded two singles in Minorca, Spain with EdC 'Got the Looks' and 'Fell for you Anyway' and released them with official videos. In 2016 and 2017 she was a semi-finalist amongst 16.000 entries twice at the International Songwriting Competition. In 2019 she released her second self-product album called Moontide which is a mysterious and nocturnal album and most of the songs are so intimate: with piano and vocals only. In 2020 once again she became a semi-finalist at ISC among 26.000 entries with her song It Will be Alright. Currently she's releasing and working on new music.

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