Mahir Cetiz

Recent Performances

April 2026: Performance of “Unbounded” for two pianos, performed by Yun-heng Tiao and Mahir Cetiz – Contemporary Chamber Players Spring Concert, University of Memphis.

March 2026: World premiere performances of “Unbounded” for two pianos, commissioned and performed by “Offbeat Piano Duo” with the pianists Sezi Seskır and Barış Büyükyıldırım” at the Bucknell University and Penn State.

December 2025: Mahir Cetiz is announced to be one of the recipients of the Fromm Commission Award, by Fromm Foundation, Harvard University.

April 2025: “Undiscovered Country” performed by Contemporary Chamber Players, University of Memphis.

November 2024: World premiere of “Cello Concerto” by Çağ Erçağ (cello), Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Murat Cem Orhan

October 2023: Release of “Dreams of a River” recorded by Deutsche-Symphonie Orchester, conducted by Howard Griffiths

November 2022: World Premier of “dedication” for orchestra, commissioned and performed by Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Romain Dumas.

May 7th 2022: premiere of “Ritual of unknown mythologies” by Hezarfen Ensemble, in Bristol, UK.

May 2nd 2022: premiere of “The shades of twilight” and “Nadia Boulanger Variations” at Merkin Hall, NYC

April 22nd 2022: “Tracing the shadows” for violin and electronics, by I. B. Kucukdogan at the “ELECTRIC SOLOS” by Contemporary Chamber Players concert, Memphis, TN.

September 27th 2020: Sound meditation for “Up in the air”: an artistic collaboration with Amanda Millet-Sorsa and Maki Teshima

October 20th, 2020: “The call of light” for Gedik Philharmonic, Istanbul, Turkey.

July 2-8, 2020: Premiere of “Breathe!” for solo violin, performed by Önder Baloğlu, commissioned for the “Unvoiced Diaries” by Gedik Sanat.

May 5th 2019: Naxos Release of “Soliloquy” for solo violin, recorded by Ellen Jewett

March 19th 2019: “Inhibited Momentum” performed by Ensemble U, Estonia.

March 14th 2019: World Premiere of “Dreams of Water” by Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Gürer Aykal, Istanbul, Turkey.

Get in Touch

mahircetiz@gmail.com