Göksel Yilmaz

Göksel Yilmaz was born in the Netherlands and is of Arabic decent. He grew up in South Turkey. At a very young age he began to play the saz and specialized himself later in Turkish folk music. During his high school years, he played in a folk choir and formed his first band. Later he returned to the Netherlands where he started to play classical guitar. He formed the band “Anadolu Ezgisi”, which he performed with for 10 years in the Netherlands, Germany and Turkey. In 2000 he recorded a cd with “Anadolu Ezigisi”. In 2003 he co-formed the multicultural band “Sedawaz”. The band was formed by a Dutch, a Kurd, an Arabian, an Iraqi, an Iranian, a Greek and a Venezuelan musician. In 2005 he formed his new ensemble the "Göksel Yilmaz Ensemble". He performed with this ensemble on several festivals like the "Music Meeting" 2007 in Nijmegen/NL and "Sterren Festival" in Dwingeloo/NL, in theaters like "De Spiegel" in Zwolle/NL and music cafe "De Lantaern" in Zevenaar/NL. Göksel studied classical guitar at conservatory of Enschede/NL with concert guitarist and composer Louis Ignatius Gall.Göksel Yilmaz Ensemble in concert at Cafe "De Lantaern" in Zevenaar/NL»-(¯..v..¯)-» Design your MySpace with MyLook «-(¯..v..¯)-«