Arion Firat Dogan

Arion Firat Dogan is a Turkish oud player and theatre musician based in Istanbul, teaching online oud lessons at the Tapadum Music Academy for students from beginner to advanced level. His musical world is rooted in classical Turkish music and folk traditions — the same ground his recording and stage work grows from.

On record, Dogan’s most visible credit is Ahmet Ali Aslan’s 2018 debut album Gunasigi, released on Kalan Muzik, one of Turkey’s most respected labels for traditional and folk-rooted music. The album’s oud parts are shared between Dogan and Yurdal Tokcan, widely regarded as one of the foremost living masters of the Turkish oud — the kind of credit that speaks quietly but clearly about the level of his playing.

Alongside his recording work, Dogan is active as a theatre musician. His credits include the music for Klakson Borazanlar ve Birtlar (2020), the Turkish staging of Dario Fo’s Clacson, trombette e pernacchi, and the independent production Isguzar Bir Tekerrur (2020). Theatre shapes a particular kind of musician — one who listens, responds in real time, and composes for the moment — habits that translate naturally into the lesson room.

Dogan’s connection to Tapadum runs through a long musical friendship with Volkan Incuvez, one of the principal wind players and instrument makers in Tapadum’s Izmir workshop circle. Their 2017 duo recording “Pangea”, captured at dawn on the Adriatic coast, remains the clearest public document of that partnership. Through the Academy, Dogan now opens that same musical world to students everywhere.