Nağme Yarkın

As a performer and composer, Nagme Yarkin is known for her works combining Anatolian Music and Jazz Music. She graduated from the Composition Department at Istanbul University State Conservatory with Master’s and Doctorate degrees. With her traditional instrument, kemence from Istanbul, she not only introduces traditional Turkish music to the world, but also makes innovations in the field of jazz fusion by playing her own compositions and arrangements in her concerts and albums, with the Yarkın Duo and Quartet groups she established with her brother, pianist Baturay Yarkın. By combining these two music genres, they have performed at various festivals, concerts and workshops in many countries from Europe to USA. Since 2017, they have been giving concerts within Silkroad GMW, founded by Yo-Yo Ma. In 2018, they gave two workshops at Berklee College of Music. Yarkın had concerts with Andre Rieu as part of his world tour in 2013 and 2014. In 2022, he released “Künh,” a polyphonic kemence album featuring her own compositions, a world first. She worked as a visiting professor at the University of Alberta in Canada for the 2022-2023 academic year. Since 2012, she has been serving as an Assoc. Prof. at Istanbul University State Conservatory.