Selin Demirel has successfully won several prizes in international music competitions and played alongside acclaimed musicians like David Garrett, David Geringas, Eminem and Smokey Robinson. She regularly performs as a soloist in orchestras and gives concerts with established chamber music partners.
She served as a principal cellist with various orchestras and is musically active in orchestras such as the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin City Symphony Orchestra, the Amman Chamber Orchestra and the New Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin. Selin Demirel has performed extensively in countries such as Germany, Switzerland, United States, France, Turkey, China, Hungary, Jordan, Italy, and Lithuania. With her broad musical repertoire and passion for the cello, she has made a name for herself both nationally and internationally.
Throughout her musical development, Selin Demirel had the privilege of being inspired and guided by renowned musicians such as Maria Kliegel, Ditta Rohmann, Troels Svane, and Leonid Gorokhov. Selin Demirel was a scholarship holder of the Ayhan Şahenk Foundation and is also a scholarship holder of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation. She currently holds a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Temple University, Boyer College of Music in Philadelphia.
Selin Demirel was born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey. At the age of 11 she began cello lessons at the Istanbul Conservatory, where she graduated with distinction. She then moved to Germany as a pre-college student to complete a two-year training program in violoncello at the pre-college Institute of the Detmold Music University. Subsequently, she studied at the Hanover University of Music and at the University of the Arts in Berlin. In addition to these degrees, she pursued further studies in Switzerland at the Kalaidos University of Music in Zurich with Prof. David Geringas and Friedemann Ludwig. Recently she completed her master’s in music performance in the United States of America under the tutelage of Prof. Dennis Parker, a student of János Starker. Selin Demirel is currently pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts at Boyer College of Music in Philadelphia under the guidance of Prof. Jeffrey Solow.
Numerous invitations to festivals and concerts at home and abroad await Selin Demirel in the coming season.
