Biography
Elif Karabiber
Orchestra Conducter
2003
In 2003, she started her music education with violin and added piano in 2008. In 2015, she graduated from Istanbul Avni Akyol Fine Arts High School Music Department, which she entered in 2011.
2013-2014
Between 2013-2014, she studied solfege, music form, music history and conducting with Prof. Dr. M. Erdem Çöloğlu; and between 2014-2015, she studied composition and orchestration with Assoc. Oğuz Usman in composition and orchestration in 2014-2015.
2015
In 2015, she completed his conducting studies at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University State Conservatory, Department of Composition and Orchestral Conducting with Antonio Pirolli, Can Okan, Naci Özgüç and Cem Mansur. She studied counterpoint with Prof. Dr. Ahmet Altınel, orchestration with Prof. Dr. Mehmet Nemutlu, score reading with Assoc. Can Okan, fugue with Prof. Dr. Özkan Manav and harmony and composition studies mainly with Prof. Dr. Hasan Uçarsu.
2018
In addition to her in-house conducting studies, she participated in the master classes conducted by Prof. Rengim Gökmen with the Izmir Karşıyaka Chamber Orchestra in 2018 and by the Bodrum Chamber Orchestra and Lior Shambadal at the International Gümüşlük Music Festival in 2019.
2020
In 2020, when she completed her undergraduate education with High Honors, she was accepted to the master's program in Composition and Conducting at MSGSU Institute of Fine Arts. Inspired by young musicians who could not find the opportunity to perform under pandemic conditions, she made her first recording with the New Generation Orchestra, which she founded in 2020, at Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall on May 19, 2021, which was broadcast on online platforms.
2021
In December 2021, she conducted her conducting studies in Germany upon the invitation of Prof. Dr. Martin Brauss.
2022
In the 2022-2023 academic year, she started giving solfege lessons as a lecturer at MSGSU Istanbul State Conservatory. She still continues her duty.
2022
In November 2022, she became the first conductor to conduct the premiere of Prof. Dr. Hasan Uçarsu's "100. Yıl Türküsü" composed for choir and chamber orchestra in honor of the 100th anniversary of the republic at Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall. She graduated from her master's degree with the study titled Evaluation of Orchestral Conducting Undergraduate Programs in Turkey and Suggestions for Improving Professional Life, written under the supervision of Prof. Dr. M. Erdem Çöloğlu.
2023
In the summer of 2023, she participated in maestro Daniele Gatti's masterclass at the International Chigiana Festival and Summer Academy.
2024
Most recently, in 2024, she attended the Conductors Retreat at the invitation of Kenneth Kiesler and was awarded The Gerie Slattery Memorial Scholarship for this program.
