Can  Ömer Uygan was born in 1982 in Izmir, Turkey. After being a part of the state opera choir in his childhood, he joined Anadolu University State Concervatuary Eskisehir and studied trumpet with Erden Bilgen. 

 

He also has Masterclass with;

 

İmer Demirer, Gerassimos İoannidis, Marvin Stam,  Bill Mays, Rich İllman, Vincent Dimartino, Matthias Kamps, John  Hangstrom, Rex Richardson and Graham Nicholson.

 

He  founded the group ‘Gevende’ with his friends in 2000. In 2006 he and the band decided to move to Istanbul and toured as “Gevende on the roof” project in Iran, Pakistan, India and Nepal. They played together at many festivals and concert venues around the world as well as in Turkey. ömer parted ways with Gevende in 2007. 

 

He then founded his new band, KAM with colleagues in 2010. 

 

Ömer collaborated with many musicians, such as: Tobias  Klein, Yahya Dai, Mark Alban Lotz, Yasemin Mori, Şenol Küçükyıldırım “Ways”, Şevket  Akıncı, İzzet Kızıl, Jürg Solothurnmann, Korhan Futacı, Tom Freyer,  Okay Temiz, Mircan Kaia, Natalia Mann, Şirin Soysal, Jean-Pierre Smadj,  Benjamin Skeeper, Replikas, Ayyuka, Pinhani, Candaş Şişman (Visuals),  Senem Diyici  ”Mavi Yol Quartet”, Alain Blesing, Enzo Ikah,  Yolda, Emin Fındıkoglu ‘’Unique Horns’, Anatolian Brass Quartet, Mark  O’Leary and many more. Thereby he was a part of experimental, pschedelic  folk, free jazz, pop, historical turkish music and classic music projects.

 

Can  Ömer Uygan has performed on stage in New York, Amsterdam, Berlin and  London. Apart from this he toured in Belgium, Greece, Indonesia and China,  etc. Along with these projects, he is currently teaching trumpet in his studio from 2007.