Epi 96 Çağrı Yüce, Istanbul School of Samba

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Bio:

Çağrı Yüce is co-director of Istanbul School of Samba. Çağrı has played with an array of influential musicians over the years, starting when he was in high school. For his college education, he moved to Istanbul, where he also enrolled at Drum Club Istanbul. During this time, he had a chance to work with outstanding drummers and to attend drum workshops in Europe. Being part of that environment, playing and expressing himself through music became natural and He found opportunities to work with different musicians and was exposed to different styles of music. This enabled him to integrate different musical influences to his music and compose fusions of his own. He quickly progressed to playing in different genres and styles before discovering samba and getting involved in various bands.

Career Highlights & Musical Projects

In 2011, Çağrı Yüce worked with famous musician and film score composer Gökhan Kırdar. In a short span of time Çağrı was asked to perform with numerous bands/musicians in live performances, several TV shows, album recordings and video clips.

In 2014, he studied with Mestre Nilo da Portela to master his samba swing. Later on, through learning from many other musicians as well, he started to become a regular for baterias around Europe such as Bloco X, Sapucaiu no Samba, Samba Sapiens, Samba Universo and Unidos de Hamburgo, performing in Germany, Spain, Italy, Serbia, Russia, Portugal and Poland.

In 2018, he became a partner in Bi’Oda Music Production and Entertainment company and has been working as Event & Project Manager.

In 2020, performed with G.R.E.S. Porto da Pedra, GRES Estácio de Sá, Batuquebato, Blocos dos Gringos in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He also attended the workshops of well-known samba schools and Mestres such as G.R.E.S. Acadêmicos do Salgueiro, Dudu Fuentes, Gabriel Policarpo, Waguinho do Repique, Soberepique, Bruninho do Repique.

In addition to being an international touring artist and freelance drummer, Çağrı Yüce has also been giving drum, percussion and samba lessons and since 2014 is the director of “Istanbul School of Samba.”

Links:

https://www.instagram.com/cagriyu/
https://www.instagram.com/istanbulschoolofsamba/