Dilara Kaymak

She started her music education when she was 10 years old with French horn, played in a number of youth and professional orchestras as a soloist and orchestra member in Turkey and performed in a lot of important concert houses in Turkey and Europe She performed with Samsun State Opera and Ballet as a solist . She participated a lot of festival and concerts as an orchestra member like Essen Philharmonie Konzerthaus , Linz Brucknerfest , Wien Konzerthaus , Munih Festival of Nations , Koln Leverkusen Konzerthaus , Italy Ravellofest ,Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia , Verona Teatro Filarmonico and İstanbul Hagia İren Concert , Bursa , Ankara Cso and Dolmabahçe Palace , Bodrum D-marin Festival , with Turkey National Youth Philarmonie Orchestra conducted by Cem Mansur and Doğuş Child Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rengim Gökmen .

In 2014 she changed her major to Opera and studied with Çiğdem Aladağ. Her first stage debut was 'Bastienne' from Bastien und Bastienne by W.A.Mozart at Mersin University State Conservatory conducted by Burak Tüzün . She won third prize at İzmir National Young Opera Singers Competition in 2015 and she took part in Masterclass of Ulf Bastlein and Charles Spencer Performed at Schloss vor Husum . In 2016 she won a special prize in the 18th Siemens Opera Competition in Istanbul and In 2018 she became a finalist in 20th Siemens Opera Competition . In 2016 she performed in a concert with İzmir State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nesrin Bayramoğulları . She took part in the master classes of Silvano Zabbeo, Şebnem Ünal, Simge Büyükedes, Jaklin Dupre and Annie Vavrille. She was selected for ‘Mention Bien’ at Paris Concour de Chant Lyrique de L’upmcf 2016. In 2018 she performed in a concert with İstanbul State Opera and Ballet conducted by Zdravko Lazarov . She attended the Vocology Course of İlter Denizoğlu. The same year, she graduated from Mersin University State Conservatory the Department of Opera with a high degree. In 2019 She started to work at Mersin State Opera and Ballet as a chorister .

In 2019 She was selected to take part in Berlin Opera Academy with the part of Donna Anna from Don Giovanni at Theater im Delphi conducted by Kevin Class .She performed in Berlin Opernfest 2019 with pianist Russel Hodges.

She took lessons and dramatic coachings ; David Wakeham ,Chuck Hudson, Alexandra Hutton ,and Stefania Dovhan , Marcin Lakomicki .

She performed at the Grachten Festival in Uilenburgersjoel and participated Opera Performing Summer School Program in Amsterdam and took physical acting from Wildred van de Peppel , staging and coachings from Elsina Jansen , David Prins and Répétiteur from Marta Liébana . She participated Bavarian Opera Academy and took lessons from Kalle Kantilla and Monika Hauswalter and in the end of the course she performed to Tobias Hasan who is Director of Berlin Staatsoper.

She was selected to take member of Opera Studio of La Camerata delle Arti 2020 with Director Francesco Zingarello .

In March she will make her debut role of Musetta in La Boheme in Matera/ Italy and she will perform in Elektra Opera of R.Strauss as Chrysothemis with Werkproject in Amsterdam in Summer .

She still works in Mersin State Opera and Ballet as a chorus member .