Tzigane - Duo Yildirir-Karabulut (Violn, Piano) + Visit of Villa Bernasconi

PROGRAM

THE ARTISTS

Muhammed Yıldırır (violinist),  was born in Istanbul in 1987, began his musical education at the age of 7 with his father, Ali Yıldırır was also violin player.
After graduating from Marmara Academy with degrees in Film Directing and Sound Engineering, he successfully completed the Composition program at Istanbul Technical University State Conservatory.
By performing the piece “Flight Of The Bumblebee” in 37 seconds—an achievement in contrast to violinist David Garrett’s 66-second rendition—he earned the title of “The World’s Fastest Violin Artist” in the record books.
For this accomplishment, he was awarded the “Most Successful Artist of the Year” award by the President of the Republic of Turkey.
In his international solo and orchestral concerts, he has showcased repertoires of jazz, classical, Turkish, and gypsy music. He has successfully represented his country on international platforms through the Turkey-Hungary brotherhood with Hungarian violin virtuoso Roby Lakatos and the Turkey-India brotherhood concerts featuring Indian violin virtuoso Dr. Subramaniam.
In previous years, under the banner of “European Brotherhood,” he performed international concerts in 11 different cities accompanied by the Russian Red Army Choir and Dance Ensemble.
Since 2016, he is the founder of the Başakşehir Youth Orchestra, composed of 110 young musicians, which he continues to lead successfully.

Ahmet Sait Karabulut (Pianist, Composer)
Born in Izmir in 1987 and started his piano education in 1997 with Ibrahim Ismailov and later with Nergiz Şakirzade. He perfectionated with Andrée Sommer (Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris, Pianist).
In 2012, he became the first Turkish composer to be invited to Focus Jazz & Movie Music Festival in Trapani city of Sicily. There, he composed music for one of the festival movies called “Repeat” and performed it during its gala preview.
He performed numerous concerts in various countries. Along with these, he worked with several ethnic (Turkish, Bosnian, Greek folk music), Jazz, Latin, Flamenco and oriental music orchestras. He created original compositions for 2 documentaries which were commissioned by TRT (Turkish State Television) and composed music for a variety of short movies. He worked for the King Concert Hall of London, Antalya State Opera and Ballet and many more. He dedicates himself more and more to composition (a children’s musical, “The Little Prince” in 2016, “Sivrisineklerin Valsi for strings and piano quartet which was performed at Antalya State Opera and Ballet, and many more.)