Bilge Kösebalaban (born 8 February, 1980) is the vocalist and
guitarist of the band, Direc-t.
Bilge, who from a young age displayed an inclination towards music and
often sang, received his first guitar towards the end of middle
school. His musical studies, on which he focused heavily on during his
high school years, proved to be fruitful with his entry to the Turkey
Ankara University for Spanish Language and Literature as a result of
his success with his compositions at the Milliyet music competition;
taking first place.
As music grew in significance, he left his studies in Ankara midway,
and moved to Istanbul. Aside from his compositions, his musical
identity and style began to attract attention. He restarted Direc-t
with his old friend from Adana, Özgür.
Later on, after completing two albums with Direc-t, Bilge travelled
for a long time through Olympus and Istanbul, Italy and Holland,
performing street music with Ekin Cengizkan and Tuncay Korkmaz from
Anima. He was the December finalist for the 2005 VH1- song of the year
competition with "Anything I've Done", performed with Gülce Duru.
Bilge, who has just completed the recording for the third Direc-t
album, Son Ağaç, also has two other groups called Lucy Beton and The
Chish. He is an economics graduate from the Anadolu University.
