Istanbul-born Baturay Yarkın (1991) is one of the most gifted pianists of his generation. At the age of 12, he won 3rd place for European Young Pianists. After his graduation from classical piano education for 12 years & industrial engineering (bachelor), he has been a jazz and tango pianist in high demand. Baturay & Nağme (his sister), established Yarkin Duo in 2016, released One (2017) & Quintessence (2020). Duo, whose repertoire consists of different genres coming from old cultural roots, performed & gave workshops at prominent festival stages in Turkey, U.S.A., England, France, Holland, Italy, Crotia, Albania and Montenegro. After recording his first trio album Su (2018), he made Turkey tour, was sponsored by Republic of Turkey Ministry Culture and Tourism, in 15 universities with Anadolu'nun Renkleri (2019), which combines Jazz and Turkish Music. Baturay is also an established tango pianist who plays and records several albums for TangEsta. The artist worked with Grammy-awarded musicians joining 3. & 4. Silk Road’s (established by Yo-Yo Ma) G.M.W. in US. Baturay completed his M.A. at ITU (Music Theory and Composition) & Codarts (World Music) and his D.M.A. (Doctorate) at IUSC Jazz. He's teaching as Dr. Lecturer at İstanbul University State Conservatory Jazz Department since 2018. Baturay has 8 personal albums & multiple albums in his discography. His latest album, Dream Again , is available on all platforms now. www.baturayyarkin.com