Metin Yilmaz Quartet | Avoca Beach Theatre

Metin Yilmaz Quartet’s music flourishes with the mystical sound of Bilûr/Kaval, a characteristic and prominent traditional flute of the region, where Metin hails from. The Quartet, which includes piano, double bass and drums embraces microtonal scales and musical modes characteristic of Anatolia with compositions in sophisticated time signatures dancing between contemporary and traditional expressions. It is a creation of unique and soulful sounds with meditative improvisations and innovative jazz approaches.

Featuring:
Metin Yilmaz – Bilur/Kaval (traditional Flute)

Jodie Michael – Drums

Matt McMahon- Piano

Steve Elphick – Double Bass

Metin Yilmaz is a virtuoso exponent of the Kaval (Ancient/traditional flute)

Metin is a disciple of Ustad Sinan Celik and Osman Aktas, Turkey’s first and foremost Kaval matsers and music producers. Of Kurdish origin and born in Turkey, Metin’s experience as a performing and recording artist in Turkey, Europe and Australia is extensive, having since become a renowned Kaval player.

Based for a decade in Cologne, Germany where he toured Europe with some of Turkey’s finest musicians as well as collaborating with musicians across Europe, Metin now aims to create the sound that he has been working for decades together with his new Quartet, which has been defined as transformative, meditative and captivating.