Ayşe Cansu Tanrıkulu

Ayşe Cansu Tanrıkulu (* 1991 in Ankara) is a jazz singer of Turkish origin who lives in Berlin.

Tanrıkulu initially studied psychology at Bilkent University and graduated with honors in 2013. Since 2008, she has also performed as a singer in Ankara and at Turkish university festivals, increasingly specializing in jazz. She also studied jazz and contemporary singing, first at the State Conservatory of Başkent University in Ankara and then at the Jazz Institute in Berlin. There she received the Jazz Institute Berlin Prize in 2018.

Tanrıkulu worked as a soloist with the Turkish Harmony Stars Big Band, in Ensemble O with Dora Osterloh and in Last Chance to Misbehave with Julia Hülsmann. She presented a Strayhorn program with her own band. With MEOW! (with Jim Black, Liz Kosack, Dan Peter Sundland) she performed at the Saalfelden Jazz Festival in 2019. She also works in a trio with Greg Cohen and Tobias Delius, which performed at JazzFest Berlin 2021 with guest Marc Ribot. She opened JazzFest Berlin in 2019 with Anthony Braxton's Sonic Genome, where she also performed with her trio Melez, which included Jim Black and Elias Stemeseder. She performed with James Banner's Usine, with whom she released two albums, at Berlin's A-Trane in 2020. She performed in a duo with Nick Dunston at the 2023 German Jazz Award gala.