Jazz Music and Technology | Önder Focan | AMTF 2025

Önder Focan is a Turkish musician, songwriter, composer. He started music by playing mandolin at the age of 8. He switched to guitar at 15 and concentrated on jazz in 1975. Being mainly self-taught, he has become a jazz musician most sought after as a guitarist, player, composer arranger and lyrics writer. In 1986, he got married to Zuhal Focan, with whom he founded the Nardis Jazz Club in 2002. From 1996 to 1999, he conducted Jazz Ensemble courses at the Istanbul Academy. In 1997, he performed in the Guitar Night organised by MIDEM (Marché International du Disque et de l'Edition Musicale) with 11 international guitarists representing Istanbul Culture and Arts Fund (IKSV). Önder has released 13 CD's. His 1998 album "Beneath The Stars" honoured him as the first Turkish Jazz musician to have released an album on Blue Note label. About AMTF AMTF is an organisation dedicated to outreach and research at the intersection of music, computer science, and the Greek culture. Its fields of focus include computational musicology, sound synthesis, AI, as well as music engineering and production. AMTF aims to uncover the future of sound as it evolves alongside rapid advances in audio technologies, and explore state-of-the-art tools and innovations shaping tomorrow’s musical landscape. Follow us on Instagram:   / amtf.gr