Elif Caglar was born 1980, in Istanbul,Turkey. She studied "Jazz Composition" at Istanbul Bilgi University (1998-2002) with Turkey’s leading jazz musicians as professors (Randy Esen, Nukhet Ruacan, E. Ali Perret, Can Kozlu, Aydin Esen, Neset Ruacan, Selen Gulun, Imer Demirer, Ricky Ford...) She participated in Lawrence 'Butch' Morris's unique "conduction" experience and also focused on "Classical Turkish Music'" with Timur Selcuk for a year. She