zelal aktaş Zelal Aktaş Ankara Zelal Aktaş started her music and piano career when she was 13. She was accepted to the Bilkent University Faculty of Music and Performing Arts, Music Preparatory High School, in 2019 with a scholarship and started studying piano with Dr. Oliver Jia. Aktas received the first prize in the "Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music" competition held in Germany between 19-24 October 2020 and was invited to perform at the gala concert held at Beethoven House in Bonn, Germany, in August 2021. In December 2020, she received the first prize in the "Golden Classical Music Awards" competition held in New York, USA, and she will play at Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Hall, one of the most famous and prestigious concert halls in the world in 2022. She attended the masterclass of Prof. Adiba Sharipova. As an active member, she participated in the "Digital Scoring" Workshop organized by Prof. Craig Vear. At the "VI. Bilkent Music Days," which was held between March 2 and March 30, she performed in the concert titled “Young Masters” on March 30, Ludwig van Beethoven's "Piano Quartet in E flat Major WoO 36 No.1" as a member of the "Quartet Quattro e Mezzo." Aktas' "Four Miniatures for Solo Flute," which she wrote for solo flute, was selected to be performed by "Ensemble Handwerk" from Germany at the "2022 İzmir New Music Days" which will be held in İzmir on May 25. The premiere of "Four Miniatures for Solo Flute" was performed by Daniel Agi-"Ensemble Handwerk" on May 25, 2022. Aktas, with her "Four Miniatures for Solo Flute," won the second prize with the highest score in the "Young Composers" category and also in all the other categories at the "Academia Musica" international composition competition held in Austria in April. She attended Dr. Klaus Lang's masterclass. She continues her piano studies with Dr. Oliver Jia in Bilkent University Faculty of Music and Performing Arts. zelal aktaş’s tracks sesimi duyan var mı? by zelal aktaş published on 2023-03-27T16:47:32Z black killer by zelal aktaş published on 2023-03-27T16:31:06Z Four Miniatures for Solo Flute (2022) by zelal aktaş published on 2022-07-18T09:34:18Z an ending (a variant of brian eno) by zelal aktaş published on 2022-05-24T08:41:47Z