Volkan Incuvez
Tapadum’s Winds Curator & Multi-instrumentalist Volkan Incuvez is a multi-instrumentalist and Tapadum’s winds curator. Born in 1983 in Giresun, Turkey, he graduated from Ege University State Turkish Music Conservatory in Izmir. He performs traditional and modal Turkish music on ney, vocals, caglama, fretless guitar, and electric guitar — always seeking modern textures and a different […]
Tapadum’s Winds Curator & Multi-instrumentalist
Volkan Incuvez is a multi-instrumentalist and Tapadum’s winds curator. Born in 1983 in Giresun, Turkey, he graduated from Ege University State Turkish Music Conservatory in Izmir. He performs traditional and modal Turkish music on ney, vocals, caglama, fretless guitar, and electric guitar — always seeking modern textures and a different musical depth in each project.
His debut album Kün (2019) is the first polyphonic concept ney album, depicting a space-time journey through the breath traveling inside the ney. His second solo album Mahal (2019) is a classical Turkish music performance on ney and classical fretless guitar, with a repertoire stretching from Sultan Selim III (b. 1761) to Gevheri Sultan Fatma Osmanoğlu (b. 1904). His Quartet’s Live Session I (2020) reframes folk-rooted material through modern harmony, electronics, bass, synth, and drums.
Volkan has performed at the Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul Jazz Festival, Male Festivalen (Oslo), Linz Fest (Austria), Festival Mawazine (Rabat), Radix Music (Berlin), In Festa (Bologna), Festival Strasbourg-Mediterranee, and World in Sound Festival (Mannheim).
“A piece of music doesn’t have to be harmonic in structure to carry a harmonic character — that character lives in how a folk theme breathes.”
Specialty
Ney · Caglama · Fretless Guitar · Electric Guitar · Vocals · Makam Music
Credentials
BA, Turkish Music Conservatory — Ege University, Izmir
Based in
Izmir, Turkey · Brisighella, Italy · Istanbul, Turkey
Languages
Turkish · English