CONDUCTOR I Yiğit Deniz

He was born in 1990 in Eskişehir, Türkiye. While continuing his studies in Mechanical Engineering at METU, he participated in Yıldız İbrahimova's "Performing Jazz" class and the METU Voice Choir.

In 2014, he founded Jazzberry Tunes with his fellows from the Performing Jazz class and has been conducting the choir ever since.

In addition to his participations in choral conducting workshops by conductors like Dénes Szabó and Régis Harquel, he received vocal coaching training from the state opera singer Arda Doğan. He took the roles of musical director, conductor and actor in various projects of Lemur Sanat, Türkiye's leading amateur musical theater organization.

Yiğit Deniz has served as a board member of the Choral Culture Association since 2020, and joined the European Choral Association’s board in 2024.  He works to promote choral culture and increase awareness of choral music in Türkiye.