Emre Yavuz

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Emre was born in 1990 in İzmir, Turkey. His talent for learning at a rapid pace was evident at anearly age, eventually leading to a musical education. He started his education in music in 1998under the “Educational Act for Prodigy Children”, studying with Kamuran Gündemir in Ankara.He continued his studies with Fazıl Say and Sanem Berkalp at the Bilkent University, where healso studied composition. Later studying with Roland Batik in Vienna, Karl-Heinz Kämmerlingin Hannover, and with Arie Vardi in Hannover and Tel Aviv. Starting at an early age he playedwith major orchestras performing concertos of Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Saint-Saëns,Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff. With his interpretations of Chopin he won prizes in Sicily in2007, and in Vienna in 2010. He became the first piano student of the Vienna Conservatory tograduate with full grades upon his final recital, performing works by Beethoven, Saygun andRachmaninoff. In 2013 he performed Beethoven’s Concerto No. 3 under the conduction ofZubin Mehta. Emre has competed in a number of competitions: In 2012 he won the first prize inthe 4th International Rosario Marciano Competition in Vienna where he was designated as an“outstanding artistic personality”, in 2015 first prize in the 2nd National Piano Competition inAnkara, in 2016 first prize and Schubert Prize at the Vienna International Piano Competition,third prize in Schubert Competition in Dortmund, and lastly first prize at KissingerKlavierOlymp in Bad Kissingen where his unconventional programming with a self-composedpiece and works Scarlatti, Rameau, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Saygun wasespecially praised. In 2018 he launched his Rachmaninoff International tour which lasted oneyear, performing solo works, chamber music and concertos by Rachmaninoff. Emre Yavuz is aBösendorfer Pianist and lives in Vienna.