ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born in 1970 in Ankara, İbrahim Yazıcı studied piano, composition, and conducting at the Ankara State Conservatory. He continued his studies at the “Conservatoire Regionale de Musique de Perpignan” and graduated with three “Premier Prix”. Additionally, he worked with Gilbert Varga and participated in master classes across various European countries. The artist completed his master's degree at Hacettepe University and fulfilled his proficiency in art program, which he started at Bilkent University, at Dokuz Eylul University.
İbrahim Yazıcı’s intensive and diverse conducting career commenced in 1995 at the Ankara State Opera and rapidly expanded to conducting orchestras such as the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic, Brandenburgische Staatsorchester, Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra, Camerata de France, and Ensemble Resonanz Hamburg. He has performed at prestigious concert halls like the Presidential Symphony Orchestra and all major symphony orchestras in Turkey, as well as the Berlin Philharmonie, Vienna Konzerthaus, Essen Philharmonie, Moscow International Music House, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Liederhalle Stuttgart, Palais des Beaux Arts Bruxelles, Berlin Konzerthaus, Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center, and Seoul Arts Center. In 2000, he conducted the operas “Suor Angelica” and “Gianni Schicchi” at the Puccini Festival in Valencia. In April 2008, he performed with the Turkish Presidential Symphony Orchestra at the International House of Music in Moscow. He has also been featured in Europäischer Musik Sommer Berlin, CBS Korea, Bella Pais, Mersin, and Istanbul International Music Festivals. In 2012 and 2013, he conducted Fazıl Say's Nazım Oratorio in high-profile concerts in Wuppertal, Essen, and Frankfurt.
He has recorded numerous works by Turkish composers such as Ahmed Adnan Saygun, Fazıl Say, Muammer Sun, and Turgay Erdener on CD and DVD.
In 2002, İbrahim Yazıcı was awarded Hacettepe University’s "Artistic Encouragement Award", the "Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia" by the President of Italy in 2005, and "Conductor of the Year" in 2012.
Since 2017, Yazıcı has also turned to composition and taught at Hacettepe University, Ankara State Conservatory, and the Music and Performing Arts Faculty of Bilkent University. From 1998 to 2007, he was the conductor of the State Polyphonic Choir, served as the General Music Director of the İzmir State Symphony from 2007 to 2012, conducted at the Mersin State Opera and Ballet from 2013 to 2015, and was a conductor at the İzmir State Opera and Ballet from 2015 to 2023. He has been Artistic Director of KODA from 2020 to 2024. Between 2014 and 2024, he served as the Music Director of the Olten Philharmonic Orchestra and is currently the General Music Director of the Istanbul State Opera and Ballet.