Piano Album For The Young

Born in Ankara in 1976, Metin Yilmaz started his formal musical education
at the Bilkent University, Department of Musical Composition in the Faculty of
Performing Arts. He studied with Hatira Ahmetli on “Taniyev’s Harmony and Musical
Pedogogy”.
He continued his musical studies with Arif Melikov in Baku Music Academy
following a special invitation. He performed in four concerts which included his own
compositions that were broadcasted on Russian NTV, Azerbaijan State Televisions.
He participated in Rostropovitch’s musicality and instrumental composition master
classes. He pariticipated in seminars along with Russian and Iranian composers in
International Zagulba Composition Festival that took place in Baku. His interviews
from these seminars were published in various mediums. Some of his pianoworks
were represented in various concerts and recorded by known pianist Yuri Savetskin.
He completed his composition education in Turkey with Aydın Azimov in Mersin
University State Conservatorium and graduated in the first place. Soon after his
graduation he perfırmed and conducted his own piano concerto “SARI” with Mersin
Youth Symphony Orchestra. While working as an academic instructor in Çukurova
State Conservatorium he also instructed piano in Mersin Fine Arts High School. Later
he instructed in Baskent State Conservatorium. His arrangements and compositions
are performed in Antalya, Bodrum and Ankara by Baskent University Academic
Orchestra.
He continued his master’s and artistic proficiency in Baku Music Academy with
Arif Melikov and in Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatorium with Igor Dranov. His
composition “Geveze” (Babbler) was deemed worthy for the first place in Yamaha
International Composition Competition and was performed in America, Germany,
Italy and China.
He participated and performed in various concerts and organizations in Ankara,
Baku and Tiblisi Jazz Festivals and jazz Clubs and started Babel Project music
community that arranged concerts. The modal jazz and Turkish music arrangements
draw attention and his workshops inspired many young jazz musicians. He
composed and arranged documentary and titles compositions that were broadcasted
on Turkish National Radio and Television and other broadcasting institutions. He
thought Music Theory & Culture and participated in foundation of Atilim University
Department of Jazz. He thought in Yildirim Beyazıt University State Conservatorium.
He broadcasted “HAFIZAMDAKI MAKAMLAR” in Turkish National Television that
explored music of architecture. He is the board chairman of Musical Therapy
Education and Research Association and general director of School of Art Machine
that evolved into Babel Project Music Ltd. His musical compositions fuse elements of
traditional, contemporary and classical music styles in a natural sense of integrity
blended with mature emotional expressiveness.