Mutlu Torun was born in 1942 in Ankara, Beypazar?. He graduated from State Fine Art Academy, Architecture Department. He started learning mandolin, guitar and the oud. In 1968-69, at the Turkish Musical Conservatory Association of Istanbul, he studied guitar from Andrea Paleologos, Pepe Rodriguez, Rafael Nogales and Nino Ricardo. He learned harmony, counterpoint and composition from Cemal Re?id Rey.  He taught at the Istanbul Technical University, Turkish Music State Conservatory. He also started teaching a class on Traditional Turkish Art Music at Marmara University, the Faculty of Education, Music Department in 1981-1983. In 1975 - 1981, he entered the municipal orchestra of Istanbul as a maestro. He gave a conference on oud performances and the composition of ?erif Muhiddin Targan at Bosphorus University. He researched ?evki Bey as a composer for the broadcast of TRT. He prepared “oud lessons” for teaching oud methods and published it. In 1982, he was a one of the sub-committees of Turkish Prime Ministry on Turkish Music. 
He participated with his oud and guitar in a broadcast of TRT and many concerts in Turkey and abroad. He also gave concerts with famous Turkish Music players such as Niyazi Say?n (ney), Akagündüz Kutbay (ney), Cüneyd Orhon (violin), ?hsan Özgen (violin) and Ruhi Ayangil (kanun). He is one of the soloists of the Bosphorus Ensemble and the Istanbul Chamber Orchestra. He also translated the book of Marcel Bitsch?s “Presic d?Harmonie Tonale” into Turkish. 
He studied many old songs, same as old as one hundred years, which were written in an old-fashioned way, and he rewrote them using a contemporary music score. He composed; 1 Mevlevi Ayini (religious musical service), 10 ilâhi (chant), 21 saz works, 12 saz orchestra works for Turkish Music, 24 vocal music works, 9 Children?s songs, 4 works for classic guitar, 11 chorus works, 4 works for movies, 2 works for the theatre and a commercial. From these compositions, he received 29 awards.
Selected albums: “Rönesans ve Bizden Yorumlar” for violin, with ?hsan Özgen (Istanbul 1984); “Istanbul Chamber Orchestra”, conducted by Timur Selçuk, soloist: Mutlu Torun and Ruhi Ayangil; “Sortiléges” with French pianist, Colette Merklen (Paris 1997); “Occident-Orient” with French pianist, Colette Merklen (Paris 1998); “Bulu?malar” (Istanbul 2001).
Web: http://www.turkishculture.org/whoiswho/music/mutlu-torun-378.htm (2012)