Kayahan Karaca
Kayahan Karaca was born in Mersin in 1996. He began his musical career after winning a talent competition organised by the State Conservatory of Mersin University, where he began studying the clarinet under Associate Professor George Kovziridze. In 2010, he was accepted into the Doğuş Children's Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rengim Gökmen, and was a member of the orchestra, giving concerts in many cities between 2010 and 2014. In 2014, he participated in concerts in Turkey and Greece with the Turkey-Greece Youth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Cem Mansur.
From 2015 to 2017, he successfully auditioned for the Turkish National Youth Philharmonic Orchestra and gave concerts in Turkey, Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Portugal, Spain and Italy. He has also participated in numerous concerts with the Mersin University Academic Chamber Orchestra. He has performed as a guest artist in concerts with the Bursa Regional State Symphony Orchestra, the Antalya State Symphony Orchestra, the Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality Symphony Orchestra and the Çukurova State Symphony Orchestra.
Kayahan Karaca has also participated in chamber music studies with Prof. Thomas Lindhorst, Pierre Woudenberg, Fabrizio Meloni, Michel Arrignon, and Nicolas Baldeyrou, alongside George Ksovreli, Halit Turgay, and Münif Akalın, and has performed in numerous concerts. In 2015, he won third prize with his group at the first Kemal Rastgeldi Chamber Music Competition. In 2016, he was admitted to the soloist audition held by the Izmir State Symphony Orchestra and earned the right to perform as a soloist with the orchestra. In 2017, he was admitted to the soloist auditions of the Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality Symphony Orchestra and performed there as a soloist. In November 2017, he joined the Samsun State Opera and Ballet. In 2018, he performed as a soloist at the invitation of the Çukurova State Symphony Orchestra. In 2020, he gave a concert as a soloist with the Mersin Academic Chamber Orchestra. In 2021, he performed again as a soloist at the invitation of the Çukurova State Symphony Orchestra. He completed his bachelor's degree at the Mersin University State Conservatory under the supervision of Associate Professor George Kovziridze.
He is currently principal clarinet with the Mersin State Opera and Ballet.
