Trombone

Eray ZÝKGUÞ

He was born in Istanbul, in 1982. He was accepted as a student of Aycan TEZTEL to the Trombone Department at the Istanbul University State Conservatory in 1994. He performed with the Istanbul Trombone Ensemble and participated in several activities such as International Istanbul Music Festival and International Cemal Resit Rey Festival. He also performed with Istanbul Trombone Ensemble, which was awarded the Jury Special Award in the Young Talents Chamber Music Competition, held in Corum between 5 and 8 October 2000. He was accepted to join the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra in 2001. He participated in the various concerts with Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, Bursa State Symphony Orchestra, Eski?ehir B.B Symphony Orchestra, Antalya State Symphony Orchestra, Çukurova State Symphony Orchestra, Tekfen Philharmonic Orchestra, Cemal Re?it Rey Symphony Orchestra and Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra as a bass trombonist both at home and abroad. He performed with Istanbul University State Conservatory Student Symphony Orchestra, which was invited as the best youth orchestra to the International Beethoven Festival in Bonn, Germany in 2002. There, he had the opportunity to work with the famous European conductors such as Krzystof Penderecki, Helmut Rilling and Peter Gülke. He won the first prize by playing Solo Bass Trombone accompanied by Istanbul Trombone Ensemble in the M?AM 2005 Copper Brass Chamber Music Competition. He graduated from the State Conservatory of Istanbul University in 2005. He has been working as a bass trombonist in the Eski?ehir Metropolitan Municipality Symphony Orchestra since 2011.