Gökalp Ergen | |
Birth Date: | 20 May 1976 |
Birth Place: | Antalya, Turkey |
Instrument: | keyboard, oud, bağlama, cümbüş, cura |
Genre: | Rock Turkish folk music Heavy metal Thrash metal |
Occupation: | Musician, arranger |
Years Active: | 1995–present |
Current Member Of: | Pentagram (2007–...) |
Associated Acts: | Pentagram (2007–...) |
Gökalp Ergen (born 1976 in Antalya), he plays keyboard of heavy metal band Mezarkabul (known as Pentagram in Turkey).[1] His father Mustafa Tügen and his mother Faize Tügen, both are music teachers and graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University, music composition department.[2]
He is a musician, arranger and keyboardist.[3] Among the instruments, he can play keyboard, oud, bağlama, cümbüş, cura.
Since the mid-90s, he performed with the cover band called Kutsal Hazine Avcıları in venues such as Kemancı, Hayal Kahvesi, Andon, Eylül, Rock House Cafe. He has worked with Sertap Erener, Şebnem Ferah[4] and Mor ve Ötesi,[5] Kumdan Kaleler, Nazan Öncel and Sezen Aksu. He also worked as a theater pianist in Ferhan Şensoy's plays at Ortaoyuncular for two years.[6] He was one of the arrangers of commercial music production company Jingle Mingle between 2003 and 2016.[2]