Biography
Melisa Yıldırım is an award-winning Anatolian Kamancha player, multi-instrumentalist and improviser from Istanbul, based in Helsinki. She is working with various professional artists around the world and she composes music close to traditional Anatolian music forms and is an improviser interested in hypnotic, meditative sounds. Her styles and influences range from sufi, spiritual music to Anatolian folk, as well as experimental and contemporary world music. She is doing her artistic master research based on ancient yogic deep listening practices and musical improvisation at the Sibelius Academy Global Music department in Finland. https://melisayildirim.com