He was born in
Ankara/TURKEY. He participated in TRT Children Choir when he was at the
elementary school. He entered The Ankara State Conservatory in 1979 as
the pupil of Professor Nimet Karatekin. In early years, he gave several
recitals and took a lot of positive criticisms. For Turkish Radio and
Television Corporation, he made some recordings. He joined to workshops
by Roux, Brumberg, Katin, Tocco,T.Pikeizen, V.Erman who was world-class
famous pianists.He finished the
university in 1989 and he won the first prise of school and piano
department. Between 1994-1996 he
completed his MA degree as the pupil of Pianist Dr. Benal Tanrısever at
The Bilkent University Faculty of Music and Performing Arts. He was
accepted to Doctoral Program of Artistic Performance in 1997 at the same
university. And he accomplished the DMA degree as a concert pianist to
whom was advised by Professor Ersin Onay.He wrote some
articles for Art Magazines and his interviews was published. Between the
years 1993-1997 he worked as a classical music producer at a radio
station. In the years 2002-2006 he was a piano teacher at Gazi
University Department of Music Education.Since 1990 he has
been working as an academic staff at The Hacettepe University Ankara
State Conservatory. He continues his concert tours in Turkey and all
over the world.
In addition, thanks to his success in improvisations on piano, he
works as a composer. His wide range repertoire consists of the
compositions from baroque, classical, romantic and impressionist
periods. Authorities say that he plays piano with a warm and deeply
touch and his interpretation is within emotional and full
unaffectedness style.
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