Born in Eskişehir, Gökhan Aybulus began his musical education at Anadolu University State Conservatory with Prof. Zöhrab Adıgüzelzade. In 2000, he was accepted to Prof. Naum Shtarkman’s class at Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory. Aybulus, who completed his undergraduate and graduate education with Naum Shtarkman in 2006, completed his studies at the doctorate level with Prof. Sergei Dorensky at the same school in 2009.

Aybulus, who has received awards in many national and international competitions, worked with Mikhail Voskresensky, Ruvim Ostrovsky, Pavel Nersesian, Nikolai Lugansky, Andrey Pisarev and Nina Kogan during his education in Russia. He has given concerts in festivals such as the International Carniola Music Festival (Slovenia), the Bruckner Music Festival (Austria), Bella Pais (TRNC), and the Istanbul Music Festival, as well as in many countries such as the USA, Russia, Ukraine, Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Spain, Italy, Israel, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Azerbaijan, and China. In 2012, he took part as a soloist in a four-concert tour with the Presidential Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rengim Gökmen in Beijing, Xi’an, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, China. He has given concerts in leading halls in Türkiye and the world, such as Brucknerhaus, Philharmonie Essen, Vienna Konzerthaus, Berlin Konzerthaus, Great Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Beijing National Performance Center (NCPA), Xinghai Concert Hall, Shenzhen Concert Hall, Maribor Union Hall, Sarajevo National Theater and Vijećnica, Albert Long Hall, and Presidential Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall. He received great acclaim by giving concerts with world-famous artists such as Naum Shtarkman, Nikolay Lugansky, Dora Schwarzberg, Natalia Gutman, Daniel Hope, Alexander Buzlov, Roman Simovich and Alexander Kagan.

Aybulus was deemed worthy of the “Art Encouragement Award” by Anadolu University in 2013, the “Professional Services Award” by Eskişehir Yunus Emre Rotary Club in 2014, and the “Pianist of the Year” award at the 7th Donizetti Classical Music Awards in 2017. Gökhan Aybulus, who received the title of associate professor in 2012, worked at Uludağ University and Anadolu University between 2010 and 2023, and currently serves as a faculty member at Ankara Music and Fine Arts University. In addition, the artist, who gives solo recitals and chamber music concerts in Turkey and abroad, is invited as a soloist to orchestras in Türkiye and abroad.