Bengisu Gokce was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1991.

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After succeeding on the entrance audition for Mersin University State Conservatory, she became a student of Ebru Yunkus and attended the master classes of Cihat Askin, Ozcan Ulucan, Veniamin Varsawski and workshops by Nuri Iyicil, Albert Markov, Lucas David, Mikhail Gotsdiner and Stephan Picard.

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In 2004, Gokce joined the Mersin University Academic Chamber Orchestra. In the Gulden Turali National Violin Competition, organized by the Mersin University State Conservatory, she came in third in 2004 and 2008, won the Best Interpretation of a Turkish Piece Special Award in 2004, 2006 and 2008.

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She has performed with the Bursa Regional State Symphony Orchestra and the Mersin University Academic Chamber Orchestra as a soloist and collaborated with other musicians such as Cihat Askin, Hagai Shaham and Itzhak Rashkovsky. She was one of the two concertmasters in the Dogus Kids Symphony Orchestra since its establishment in 2004 and graduated second in her class in June 2011 from Mersin University State Conservatory, where she has since worked as a teacher.

Gokce has given concerts with the World Youth Orchestra in Germany, Italy and Monaco and Iran. In 2012, she got accepted to ‘Hanns Eisler’ College of Music in Berlin, Germany and studied with Prof. Stephan Picard. She was one in four Turkish students invited to play in the International Youth Chamber Orchestra founded by Turkish Cultural Organization TURKSOY and performed in concerts in the United States.

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In January 2015, she got accepted into Berklee College of Music. As well as solo performances at Boston Symphony Hall, MIT Kresge Auditorium, Berklee Performance Center; she won the 2015 Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition and the 2016 Berklee Performance Division String Award. She performed with worldwide known artists such as Tigran Hamasyan, Aynur Dogan, Mark O’Connor, Pablo Ziegler, Toninho Horta, Amal Murkus and many more.

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As of January 2015, she is continuing her studies at Berklee College of Music.