Who I Am
He was born in 2005 in Ankara. He started his music education in Bilkent University Music Preparatory Primary School's viola department in 2014 with a scholarship, in Ece Akyol's class. In 2023, he graduated successfully from Bilkent University Music Preparatory High School with a full scholarship in Cavid Cafer's class. He is currently studying his bachelor degree with Prof. Tabea Zimmermann at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt, Germany.
Prizes
Prize of chosen as one of the six composers to take part in the festival
MATA Jr. (Music at the Antology) Festival 2021
August 2021
Competition
Ensemble, 2nd Prize
Medici International Music Competition
15 August 2021
Competition
Ensemble, 1st Prize Certificate of Achievement
King's Peak International Music Competition
6 April 2021
Competition
Viola, 1st Prize Certificate of Achievement
King's Peak International Music Competition
31 March 2021
Competition
15-25 Age Category, 3rd Prize
Online Classic Music Academy, Violin-Viola-Violoncello Competition
30 January 2021
Competition
Strings B Category, 1st Prize
29th Young Musician International Competition ‘Citta Di Barletta‘
6-12 May 2019
Competition
Artistic Director Francesco MONOPOLI's special prize
29th Young Musician International Competition ‘Citta Di Barletta‘
6-12 May 2019
Competition
Concerto Competition, Junior Session Winner
Luzerne Music Center - New York / USA
14 July 2018
Competition
C Category, ‘Antonio SALIERİ‘ 1st Prize
IX. International Young Musician Competition
7 April 2018
Competition
Junior Category, 2nd Prize
Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition
December 2017
Competition
Scholarships
2017-2017
USA – 1 Month Education Scholarship
Luzerne Music Center
2018-2018
Ahmed Adnan SAYGUN Success Scholarship
Bilkent University
2018-2018
USA – 1 Month Education Scholarship
Luzerne Music Center
2019-2019
USA – 1.5 Month Education Scholarship
Luzerne Music Center
2020-2020
Success Scholarship
Foreign Service Spouses Solidarity Association
2022-2022
Youth Summer Camp Scholarship
Royal Concertgebouworkest Young - Amsterdam / NETHERLANDS
Certificates
Efdal ALTUN Certificate of Participation
‘Klasik Keyifler‘ Music Association
29 May 2018
Masterclass
Lise BERTHAUD Certificate of Participation
Bilkent Üniversity
29 May 2019
Masterclass
Marion LELEU Certificate of Participation
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Music Gymnasium Berlin / GERMANY
23-26 January 2020
Masterclass
Concertgebouworkest Young Certificate of Participation
AMSTERDAM / HAMBURG
4-21 August 2022
Masterclass
News
March 2021
ARCAN İSENKUL “KING’S PEAK” ULUSLARARASI MÜZİK YARIŞMASINDA BİRİNCİ OLDU
Amerika’da çevrimiçi olarak düzenlenen “King’s Peak” Uluslararası Müzik Yarışmasında Arcan İsenkul birincilik ödülünü aldı.
April 2021
ARCAN İSENKUL’UN ODA MÜZİĞİ GRUBUBUNA AMERİKA’DA BİRİNCİLİK ÖDÜLÜ
Amerika’da çevrimiçi olarak düzenlenen “King’s Peak” Uluslararası Müzik Yarışması Oda Müziği kategorisinde Bilkent Üniversitesi Müzik Hazırlık Lisesi 11. sınıf öğrencilerinden Ceyda Özeser (keman), Arda Büyükgüral (viyolonsel), Alp Birsel (piyano) ve 10. sınıf öğrencisi Arcan İsenkul’un (viyola) yer aldığı oda müziği grubu birincilik ödülüne layık görüldü.
September 2021
ARCAN İSENKUL’UN BESTECİLİK ALANINDAKİ BAŞARISI
New York'da düzenlenen MATA Jr. 2021 (Music at the Anthology) festivalinde Arcan İsenkul’un eseri finale kalan altı eser arasına girmiş, böylece festivalde yer alacak altı besteciden biri olarak seçilmiştir. "Heves" adlı eseri, Bergamot Quartet tarafından 17 Ekim 2021 tarihinde Brooklyn/New York'da seslendirilmiştir.
Youtube
Under the direction of Gustavo Gimeno, Concertgebouworkest Young 2022 performs a recent work by rising star Francisco Coll, followed by a masterpiece from the orchestral repertoire: Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 (‘From the New World’).
In the second year of the project, six talented young artists met with music fans.
Mata Jr Konseri Streamed live from Scholes Street Studio in Brooklyn, NY
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