Timuçin Şahin (born 3 February 1973) is a Turkish jazz guitarist and composer.[1] He was awarded first prize at the Dutch Jazz Competition in 2001 and second prizes at the Jur Naessens Music Award in 2002, and the Deloitte Jazz Award in 2006. He has so far released five contemporary jazz albums, including solo releases, as part of the contemporary jazz trio On the Line, and as part of the Timucin Sahin Quartet and the Timucin Sahin Quintet.
He has developed his own double necked guitar, on which he combines Indian scales and African rhythms with Western jazz improvisation.[3][4] Currently, Şahin is a PhD candidate in composition at New York University.
Awards and recognition
2001: first prize, Dutch Jazz Competition, On the Line[5]
2002: second prize for his composition Occult at the Jur Naessens Music Award[6]
2006: second prize in the Deloitte Jazz Award, performing with the Concertgebouw Jazz Orchestra, Amsterdam[7]