Sinan Ayyıldız

Sinan Ayyıldız was born in 1980 in Ankara. He began taking advanced bağlama techniques lessons from Erol Parlak in the years 2002-2006. After successfully completing his Chemical Engineering course at İTÜ (Technical University of Istanbul), he decided to enroll in a master's degree at İTÜ Turkish Music State Conservatory. He completed this degree with success with his dissertation on Polyphony Features in Southwest Anatolian Region Turkoman Music Culture. He was the founder of Etni-ka and MESEL in 2006 and 2014, respectively. He performed in numerous concerts, radio, and television programs with these bands. He made a debut album Pangea with Etni-ka as music director, arranger, and performer. He made a single "Getme" (Don't Go) with MESEL. Sinan Ayyıldız was invited to the Stereognosis project recordings in the USA, a project which involves specifically selected musicians from around the globe coming together. The Stereognosis Hybrid album was produced and released in 2011 in the USA. A solo album of the artist is underway, and the new albums of the Stereognosis Project and MESEL are on their way. He is working with various bands and as a solo artist as of the present day. He is studying in the Ph.D. program at the Center for Advanced Studies in Music (MIAM) at the Technical University of Istanbul (İTÜ) and instructing at Istanbul Medipol University Fine Arts Faculty.