My Guest for this vlog-cast is Ezgi Yargici. In this episode, Ezgi and I talk about her focus on Mindfulness in Music, and how it is so important, especially during this crazy time.
Ezgi Yargici is an accomplished baroque and modern cellist as well as a successful teaching artist. She graduated from Bilkent University with a Bachelor's of Music Degree in Cello Performance and from Temple University with a Master's of Music Degree in both Cello Performance and String Pedagogy. Additionally, she has done professional studies at The Hartt School of Music.
As an active freelance cellist, Ezgi performs in different settings: solo recitals,
chamber music concerts, historical ensembles, contemporary ensembles, and
orchestras in and around the Philadelphia area. She has appeared with
Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, Kennett Symphony, Allentown Symphony, New
Manhattan Sinfonietta, Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Virtuosi
Chamber Orchestra, Brooklyn Orchestra, Brooklyn Metro Chamber Orchestra,
Bay Atlantic Symphony, Vox Ama Deus, Garden State Philharmonic, Wilmington
Ballet, Pennsylvania Philharmonic, New Jersey Capital Philharmonic, and Great
Hall Chamber Orchestra. In addition to performing at various venues including
Verizon Hall at Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Kennedy Center in Washington
D.C., Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, and the United Nations
building in New York, she has also performed abroad in Canada, Belgium, China,
and Turkey.
As a teaching artist, Ezgi works with individual students of all ages and levels as
well as groups in various school programs. Currently, she provides private cello
instruction and coaches chamber groups in her studio. She also works at The
Shipley School, Germantown Academy, and Nelly Berman School. Her main
teaching approach mixes instructional techniques from the Suzuki and Orff
methods with games to help her students learn and grow in an enjoyable
environment.
What She's Reading
📖 Yika Beynini (by M. Baris Muslu)
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