Masis Aram Gözbek was born in 1987, Istanbul. He has been invited to some of the most prestigious festivals and has won many international awards with Boğaziçi Jazz Choir including two World Championships.
He attended countless competitions, festivals and master classes in countries such as The USA, China, Germany, France, Austria, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, Latvia, Hungary, Slovenia, Serbia, Bulgaria and The Republic of North Macedonia.
He has led workshops and performances with world-renowned choirs such as Dekoor Close Harmony (The Netherlands) and the Swiss Youth Choir.
He has also won ‘The Most Successful Young Person’ award at the 19th TOYP Turkey, the ‘Young Conductor Special Award’ in the 35th International May Choir Competition Varna, YTU ‘Rectorate Award’ and ‘The Music Entrepreneur of the Year’ by METU (Middle East Technical University).
He is regularly being invited as a jury member or guest conductor to prestigious festivals like European Music Festival for Young People Neerpelt (Belgium), International May Choir Competition Varna (Bulgaria), European Festival of Youth Choirs Basel (Switzerland), World Choir Festival (Hong Kong). He has been one of the 12 finalists in the World Choral Conducting Competition, Hong Kong.
He was also one of the candidates of 2021 Fosco Corti International Competition for Choral Conductors in Italy.
He has initiated the Voice of Cultures Project and pioneered the establishment of choirs that will sing in 7 different languages in 7 different cities of Turkey.
He has launched the KOROHANE (Choir-House) platform in order to bring together everyone from all over Turkey who are devoted to choral music, and to share experiences with individuals and institutions who want to form a choir.
He has won the European Video Award 2021 with MAGMA & Boğaziçi Jazz Choir Family and 2022 Atatürk Youth Award with Boğaziçi Youth Choir.
In 2022, he has been invited as the conductor of the Chamber Choir of Europe to assist Sir Karl Jenkins during his concert and rehearsals with the Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento in Merano, Italy.
In July 2023, he has also been invited as the masterclass leader to the Choral Conducting Masterclass in Corfu (Greece), organized by Ionian University and the University of Macedonia. Recently, he’s been one of the jury members at the competition for the Anthem of the 100th Anniversary of Turkish Republic.
He is the founder and the artistic director of Boğaziçi Jazz Choir, Boğaziçi Youth Choir and MAGMA Choirs.
He has been a trustee of Yücel Cultural Foundation since 2018.
He also leads workshops and seminars about choral music and regularly works with choirs as a guest conductor both in different cities of Turkey and abroad.