Ercüment Orkut is a composer, pianist, arranger, and music director whose work spans a wide range of genres and formats, from jazz to orchestral and popular music, as well as film and television scores and large-scale stage productions.
A graduate of the Composition and Conducting Department at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Istanbul State Conservatory, Orkut has worked with leading Turkish artists such as Sezen Aksu, Kenan Doğulu, and Yaşar, and has shared the stage with international artists including Dee Dee Bridgewater, Nils Landgren, Terell Stafford, Marius Neset, and China Moses. To date, he has contributed to the recordings of more than 50 albums.
His work in film and television includes İstanbullu Gelin, Yasak Elma, Gibi, and Cadı. In 2013, he and his team received the Best Drama Music award at the Antalya Television Awards for the music created for the series Benim İçin Üzülme.
Orkut’s solo discography includes Low Profile (2015), Persona (2018), and Far From Both Ends (2026). He is also one of the composers and performers of TÖZ.
Orkut has served as Music Director for Kenan Doğulu’s İhtimaller project and as Music Director and arranger for the Symphonity project. In 2024, he oversaw the musical direction of İhtimaller II, recorded at Abbey Road Studios, and prepared all of the album’s arrangements.
At Touché, Ercüment Orkut brings the music of his latest album, Far From Both Ends, to the stage with the musicians who performed on the album. He will be joined by some of the leading names in the Turkish jazz scene: trumpeter Tolga Bilgin, bassist Kağan Yıldız, and drummer Volkan Öktem.
Centered around compositions from Far From Both Ends, the quartet will reinterpret the album’s musical world through improvisation and live interaction. Blending composed structures with improvisation, the concert will also feature selections from different periods of Orkut’s career alongside the album’s repertoire.
Ercüment Orkut – Piano
Tolga Bilgin – Trumpet
Kağan Yıldız – Double Bass
Volkan Öktem – Drums
