Born in Ankara in 1976, Metin Yilmaz started his formal musical education<br />at the Bilkent University, Department of Musical Composition in the Faculty of<br />Performing Arts. He studied with Hatira Ahmetli on &ldquo;Taniyev&rsquo;s Harmony and Musical<br />Pedogogy&rdquo;.<br />He continued his musical studies with Arif Melikov in Baku Music Academy<br />following a special invitation. He performed in four concerts which included his own<br />compositions that were broadcasted on Russian NTV, Azerbaijan State Televisions.<br />He participated in Rostropovitch&rsquo;s musicality and instrumental composition master<br />classes. He pariticipated in seminars along with Russian and Iranian composers in<br />International Zagulba Composition Festival that took place in Baku. His interviews<br />from these seminars were published in various mediums. Some of his pianoworks<br />were represented in various concerts and recorded by known pianist Yuri Savetskin.<br />He completed his composition education in Turkey with Aydin Azimov in Mersin<br />University State Conservatorium and graduated in the first place. Soon after his<br />graduation he perfirmed and conducted his own piano concerto &ldquo;SARI&rdquo; with Mersin<br />Youth Symphony Orchestra. While working as an academic instructor in &Ccedil;ukurova<br />State Conservatorium he also instructed piano in Mersin Fine Arts High School. Later<br />he instructed in Baskent State Conservatorium. His arrangements and compositions<br />are performed in Antalya, Bodrum and Ankara by Baskent University Academic<br />Orchestra.<br />He continued his master&rsquo;s and artistic proficiency in Baku Music Academy with<br />Arif Melikov and in Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatorium with Igor Dranov. His<br />composition &ldquo;Geveze&rdquo; (Babbler) was deemed worthy for the first place in Yamaha<br />International Composition Competition and was performed in America, Germany,<br />Italy and China.<br />He participated and performed in various concerts and organizations in Ankara,<br />Baku and Tiblisi Jazz Festivals and jazz Clubs and started Babel Project music<br />community that arranged concerts. The modal jazz and Turkish music arrangements<br />draw attention and his workshops inspired many young jazz musicians. He<br />composed and arranged documentary and titles compositions that were broadcasted<br />on Turkish National Radio and Television and other broadcasting institutions. He<br />thought Music Theory &amp; Culture and participated in foundation of Atilim University<br />Department of Jazz. He thought in Yildirim Beyazit University State Conservatorium.<br />He broadcasted &ldquo;HAFIZAMDAKI MAKAMLAR&rdquo; in Turkish National Television that<br />explored music of architecture. He is the board chairman of Musical Therapy<br />Education and Research Association and general director of School of Art Machine<br />that evolved into Babel Project Music Ltd. His musical compositions fuse elements of<br />traditional, contemporary and classical music styles in a natural sense of integrity<br />blended with mature emotional expressiveness.