Ozan Baysal is a Turkish baÄŸlama (saz) player, composer, and performer based in London, specialising in ÅŸelpe - an Anatolian baÄŸlama performance technique that dispenses with a plectrum. Having played the instrument from a very early age, much of his music is a synthesis of traditional baÄŸlama/ÅŸelpe performance practices and harmonic practices in tonal and jazz music. Ozan has performed a special design double-necked baÄŸlama throughout Europe, including at Festival d'Aix in France, Walden Festival in Belgium, EFG London Jazz Festival and Making Tracks International Music Exchange Programme in the UK, Nuoro Jazz Festival and Isole che Parlano Festival in Italy. Ozan is also a dedicated and passionate researcher of traditional ÅŸelpe technique. After first studying as a research assistant and completing his Ph.D. at Istanbul Technical University, Centre for Advanced Studies in Music (MIAM), Ozan is now a visiting scholar at SOAS, University of London, conducting his post-doctoral research.