Ahmet Ozan Baysal is a Turkish Bağlama (saz) player, composer, and performer. He specialises in şelpe technique - an Anatolian Bağlama performance technique which uses a plectrum. Having played the instrument from a very early age, much of his music is a synthesis of traditional Bağlama şelpe performance practices and inovative harmonic practices in tonal and jazz music.

Baysal has performed a special design double-necked Bağlama (saz) throughout Europe, including at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in Marseille, Walden Festival in Brussels and the EFG London Jazz Festival and the Making Tracks International Music Exchange Programme in the UK.

Baysal’s interest and expertise in the Bağlama extends into academic study as a dedicated researcher of şelpe technique. After first studying as a research assistant and completing his Ph.D. (2013-2020) 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.

https://www.ahmetozanbaysal.com/