Hello, I`mJülide Yalçin

Jülide Yalçin was born in Ankara. She started her first violin studies at Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory in 1981 with Prof. Murat Tamer. She was sent to Lyon National de Musique Conservatory for a year by H.U. Ankara State Conservatory within the framework of cultural cooperation, where she continued her violin studies with Jean Estournet and Veronique Riou. She graduated from H.U. Ankara State Conservatory in 1990. In the same year, she passed the exam held by the Presidential Symphony Orchestra and became a 1st violin member. She completed her Master’s Degree at Bilkent University (Music and Performing Arts) with State Artist, Prof. Suna KAN. She received her Master’s Degree in 1992. Between 1992 and 1996, she successfully completed her Graduate and Artist Diplomas at the New England School of Music and the Longy School of Music while on a Fulbright Scholarship. She studied with Eric Rosenblith and chamber music with Louis Krasner, Eugene Lehner, Isaac Stern, Felix Galimir, Daniel Phillips and Benjamin Zander. She gave concerts with Yo-Yo Ma, Leon Fleisher, Seiji Ozawa, Bernard Haitink, Michael Tilson Thomas, Gilbert Kalish, Reinbert de Leeuw, Yehudi Wyner and the Julliard String Quartet. She worked with composers such as György Ligeti, Herman Weiss and Theo Loewendie, interpreting their works. Among the awards she received: First place in the violin competition ”Lyon National de Musique” (France); ”Honorary Mention” awards as violin-piano duo in ”The Shoreline Alliance” chamber music competition (America). National and international festivals attended: In America, the ”Yellow Barn” and ”Tanglewood” Music Festivals. In Bulgaria, she was a concertmaster and a soloist at the Varna Summer İnternational Music  Festival. In the New Bulgarian University, she gave master classes and recitals. She gave numerous solo recitals in Turkey and abroad and has appeared as soloist with the Presidential, Istanbul, Izmir, Çukurova, Bursa, Antalya, Eskişehir, Brampton and Sofia Symphony Orchestras. Ms. Yalçin founded the Suzuki Music Education Association of Turkey in 2008. She became the first female concertmaster of the Presidential Symphony Orchestra in 2015 and received the title of Associate Professor in the same year. Ms. Yalçin taught at Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory and Baskent University State Conservatory.  She continues to serve as the first concertmaster at the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra.