Cem Yildiz

After completing his high school education in Erzincan, he attended Turkish Music State Conservatory of Istanbul Technical University in 1987. Following his graduation, for a while he gave courses on note, solfege, baglama in various places and in his own musical school. During this period, he also accompanied many artists both on stage and on their album work. He accompanied Zülfü Livaneli between the years 1997-1999, Sükriye Tutkun between the years 1999-2004, Yildiz Tilbe between the years 2004-2006 as a baglama player on their stage performances. Moreover, he has been performing as a studio musician since 1999. Between the years 1999-2000, he contributed both as a singer in chorus and a baglama player to the choral album of Turkish Folk Music namely “Halimiz Ahvalimiz” composed of 8 albums. He also accompanied the musical “Sultan Gelin” staged on --stanbul Metropolitan Municipality City Theater with his baglama as a guest musician.In 2004, under the name of “Orient Expressions”, his band performing ethnic and electronic music released their first album. He gave concerts as a member of the band in many festivals and organisations held in Turkey and Europe. The band Orient Expressions has made music for one of the serials of Channel D namely “Hirsiz Polis”. The band Orient Expressions and Sabahat Akkiraz with their album namely Kulliyat have been continuing their stage performance together.Cem Yildiz is also the composer and the performer of the song Imkansiz Ask.Albums : Orient Expressions / Divan 2004 Orient Expressions & Sabahat Akkiraz / Kulliyat 2006 Cem Yildiz /Ask Imkansiz 2007