Bekir Serbest

Bekir Serbest was born in Izmir, Turkey in 1989. With the encouragement of his elementary school music teacher, Hülya Bıkmaz, he entered local and regional music competitions and received awards in various categories. In 2003 his teacher succesfully prepared him for the music department auditions at Işılay Saygın Anatolian Fine Arts High School. He graduated after four years of intensive piano and viola instruction. In 2009, Bekir Serbest was accepted to the Dokuz Eylül University State Conservatory Vocal Department. During his studies he attended masterclass with many important artists such as Rockwell Blake, Alessandro Corbelli, Armando Ariostini, Manuela Custer, Francis Keeping, Burak Bilgili, Kartal Karagedik, Sebahat Tekebaş and the Turkish orchestra conductor and composer Selman Ada.