Selma Gokcen has given recitals throughout the United States and Europe and has toured in South America for the U.S. State Department. Her appearances have taken her to Australia, New Zealand and the People's Republic of China, where she was invited to give recitals and masterclasses in Shanghai, the Sichuan province, and Beijing. With Dr. Jonathan Kramer and Bernard Greenhouse, she has presented a programme entitled Pablo Casals: Artist of Conscience in London, New York and Washington DC's Kennedy Center to critical acclaim.
Selma holds a First Prize from the Geneva Conservatoire, where she was a pupil of Guy Fallot and Pierre Fournier, and a B.Mus., M. Mus. and a doctorate of music from the Juilliard School as a member of the class of Leonard Rose.
She currently resides in London, where she is professor of cello and the Alexander Technique at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Her workshops, called The Well-Tempered Musician, address movement and coordination in string playing and the quality of attention in performance.