Born in 1985, Istanbul, Ferhat Öz is a Rotterdam based jazz singer and a voice educator. He began his music education in Istek Belde Fine Arts School after primary school. He has studied cello and piano seven years. During these years he began to be interested in human voice and started to learn opera songs and perform. In those years he also acted in some musicals such as "The Sound Of Music", "My Fair Lady" and " The Importance Of Being Ernest”.

 

In 2003, he got accepted to Istanbul Bilgi University Music Department to study vocal jazz with a scholarship. During his university education he was mentored by Turkish jazz diva Nükhet Ruacan and focused on vocal techniques, improvisation and repertoire. 

 

In 2006 Ferhat won " The young jazz singers contest" in Turkey which is organised by Nardis Jazz Club and as a reward he represented Turkey in Estonia for "International Jazz Singers Contest" within "Nömme Jazz Festival" and won the "Audience favourite award". As a result he got invited to Paris to sing Ted Curson's live concert album which was released in 2007. After that he had joined Ted Curson's International Band and had the chance to perform in different cities in Europe and United States....

 

 

In 2014 Ferhat moved to Rotterdam, Netherlands to study further possibilities for singing techniques and sound approaches and earned  his Master’s degree at Codarts. 

 

Ferhat Oz continues his career as a well rounded, versatile jazz singer and a vocal coach in Rotterdam and currently working on his debut album which  is planned to be published in late 2018. His music is aims to be a melting pot of different sounds from old school jazz to more modern and groovy sounds with a lot of improvisation. Both as a performer and an educator Ferhat Oz strive for discovering new adventures for singers to be much more than “a front man” but a true instrument with many colours and sounds to develope.