Derya Yıldırım

Derya Yıldırım (pronunciationⓘ; 1993 in Hamburg) is a German singer-songwriter, composer and music producer. The multi-instrumentalist is particularly associated with the bağlama. Yıldırım sings in the Turkish language and musically draws on Anatolian folk and pop music. She performs together with the band Grup Şimşek (pronunciationⓘ) or solo, and also works as a lecturer and jury member.

Biography

Derya Yıldırım was born in 1993 in Hamburg[1] and grew up in Veddel. She attended music school and learned piano, guitar, oud, bağlama and saxophone. She also sang in a choir.[2] From 2013 to 2016 she studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg.[3] From 2016 she studied music education at the Universität der Künste in Berlin. She was the only student in Germany with bağlama as her principal instrument, an instrument that has a special tradition among the minority of Alevis native to eastern Anatolia.[4] Yıldırım's teacher was Taner Akyol.[5] At the beginning of her musical career, Yıldırım performed classical Anatolian music together with her cousin Duygu Ağal.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Derya Yildirim". ByteFM. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  2. ^ Jan Paersch (26 November 2021). "Derya Yıldırım". Jazz Moves. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  3. ^ Baden-Württemberg, Popakademie. "Dozierende Weltmusik B.A. - Studium Popakademie Baden-Württemberg" (in German). Archived from the original on 25 September 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  4. ^ "Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek – laut.de – Band". laut.de (in German). Archived from the original on 25 September 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  5. ^ Jan Paersch (10 October 2019), "Derya Yıldırım: "Ich will nicht das Ghettomädchen sein, das es geschafft hat"", Die Zeit, Hamburg, ISSN 0044-2070, retrieved 26 August 2025
  6. ^ Kristina Bischoff (2 January 2023). "Derya Yıldırım – die "Hamburger Perle"". NDR. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
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