Dr. İlhan Sami Özulu is currently celebrating his 40th year anniversary in professional music business, and 44 years in music since he began his studies at Istanbul Municipal Conservatory of Music (later University of Istanbul School of Music)in 1966.  He was born and raised in İstanbul, and played guitar, violin, and viola in Istanbul, Turkey between 1970 and 1992. İlhan still plays guitar, keyboards, and violin in Washington, DC area since he moved to the United States in 1992.