Elif Canfeza Gündüz graduated from Neva Özgen’s Kemençe class at the State Conservatory for Turkish Music at the Technical University of Istanbul in 2016. In 2018 she was awarded the Success Prize for Young Musicians by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. She is co-founder of the music groups Arfana, Şimdilik Trio and Savt, with whom she regularly releases albums, including Anatolian Jazz Impressions by her group Arfana, published by Kalan Music. Elif Canfeza Gündüz has worked on numerous other albums and has given solo and group concerts in Greece, Israel, South Korea, Australia, and Norway. She has also conducted maqam seminars.