Komponist – MainWeltmusik Festival

Hasan Yükselir (TUR)

Composer and soloist HASAN YÜKSELİR is considered one of the most outstanding and many-sided artists of his country. With his extraordinarily powerful voice, he will arrange traditional Anatolian folk songs in classical-western form and jazz versions, sometimes poetic-romantic, sometimes epic-epic, in his own unique musical style…

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Umut Fırat Yükselir (TUR)

Umut Fırat Yükselir is a Turkish composer and conductor. After studying cello at AAGS High School, he earned a composition scholarship at Bilkent University and later a master’s degree at Istanbul University. He continued his education in Film Scoring at Berklee College of Music. In 2006, his work “The Cry of a Noble Moment” was premiered by the Presidential Symphony Orchestra. During his first year at Berklee, he skipped two classes and had his works performed by the Esterhazy Quartet and Kalistos Chamber Orchestra. He was also selected as one of the top 35 participants in the ASCAP and 20th Century Fox International Film Music Workshops. The MainWeltmusik Festival is thrilled to welcome Umut Fırat Yükselir for the 10th anniversary. His performance is set to be a memorable highlight of the Mainweltmusik festival.

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