Ozan Musluoğlu was born in Germany in 1977 and started playing bass guitar at the age of 16. In 2000, he won a full scholarship to the Bilgi University Music Department; and in 2001, he started his studies with Volkan Hürsever, James Lewis and Kürşat Ant. He has since then shared the stage with Kerem Görsev, Vanessa Rubin, Danny Grissett, Dena Derose, Allan Harris, Tuna Ötenel, İmer Demirer, Donovan Mixon, Erkan Oğur and Neşet Ruacan. He has done workshops with very well-known bassists as Marc Johnson, David Friesen, Dominique Lemerie and Robert Balzar. He had the opportunity to play with some musicians like Marcus Miller, Roy Hargrove, Mike Stern, Willy Jones, Eric Reed, Erik Smith, Katy Roberts, Leslie Harrison, EJ Strickland, George Colligan and Bernard Maury in various jam sessions and club dates. Also, as bassist of the group Athena from 2003-2008, he recorded albums and toured nationally and internationally, including representing Turkey in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest where they placed 4th. In January 2009, Ozan Musluoğlu enthusiastically released his first album under the Rec jazz label. In addition to 6 of his own compositions, he included Antonio Carlos Jobim's, "Ligia" in this project. Ozan Musluoğlu played bass on the album, with Engin Recepoğulları on saxophone, Ülkem Özsezen on piano and Ferit Odman on drums. Turkey's leading trumpet player, İmer Demirer, was a special guest on 2 of the songs. At the present time, Ozan Musluoğlu is bass player for the TRT jazz orchestra lead by Neşet Ruacan, and plans to release his 2nd album in January 2010. 2001 Bodrum Jazz Festival 2002 & 2003 Afyonkarahisar Jazz Festival 2003 Istanbul Jazz Festival 2003 Akbank Jazz Days 2004 Baku Jazz Festival 2006 Bratislava Jazz Festival 2008 Alanya Jazz Festival