Istiklal Barbur 12 Nisan 1980’de Lubnan/Beyrut’ta dogdu. 98 senesine kadar Iskenderun’da yasadi. Ayni sene universite için Ankara’ya tasindi. 1998-2002 seneleri arasinda Ankara Bilkent Universitesi’nde Amerikan Kulturu ve Edebiyat-- Bolumu’nde okudu ve bu bolumden mezun oldu. Universite yillarinda muzik ve tiyatroyla amator olarak ilgilendi. 2002 yilinda Bilkent Universitesi’nden mezun olduktan hemen sonra Istanbul’a müzik yasamina profesyonel olarak devam etmek icin tasindi. Bir cok grupta farkli muzisyenlerle vokalist olarak calisti. Halen besteci, söz yazari ve vokalist olarak muzik hayatina devam etmektedir. 2009 Ocak ayinda produktorlugnu Cudi Genc'le beraber yaptigi, kendi soz ve bestelerinden olusan UYAN adli albumu ADA MUZIK tarafindan cikarildi. Album grubu ve "mellow trip trio" ile olan canli performanslari hala devam etmektedir.
Jehan Istiklal Barbur was born in 1980 in Beirut. She grew up in Iskenderun and went to Ankara for college. She studied at the American Culture and Literature Department at Bilkent University where she also enjoyed her years as an amateur singer and also joined drama clubs where she acted for three years. After she graduated fom Bilkent University; in 2002 she moved to Istanbul and started to seek her carreer in which she always dreamed to be..."a song-writer and a singer". For a short time she studied with Randy Esen and joined gigs; sang in several events. She worked for the TV and production companies when she realised that she would only like to breath and live for music; thus gave everything up and started to work on her own and for her own music. In 2004 she joined the group "Funkalaturca" as the group's vocalist where they performed shows for special events. (for the group info pls visit : www.funkalaturca.com) She is still the memeber of the group and touring on occassions. In 2005 she started to write her own songs and worked with several musicians. In January 2009, she, with the help of Cudi Genc, produced her album named "UYAN" which has been released by ADA MUZIK. Jehan is now working for the album, singing with three different goups and still writing songs of her own . Her group "mellow trip trio" and her album group which she regards as her lovely family can be followd through her weekly schedule on this site.
....breathing through music to live.....with stories she longs to tell in her songs.
