Nihan Ulutan
Nihan Ulutan was born in Ankara in 1999. She took up her first amateur piano lessons at the age of 8. In 2009, she gained entrance to Bilkent University with a full scholarship for piano, studying there with Professor Gamze Kirtil. The same year Nihan performed solo recitals at various concert halls; Turkish Standardization Institute (TSE), Japanese Embassy and Modern Arts Center. She also appeared on major Turkish TV channels; Kanal B and Ses TV.
In 2010, she was accepted to Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory and continued studying with Sanem Berkalp. She won the 3rd prize at the 2nd National Piano Competition hosted by Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory. Nihan's achievements continued, and she won the 1st prize of 5th International Competition by Baku's Music Academy. She was the youngest winner of the competitors, and she was invited to perform at the Azerbaijan Television, that was broadcasted live. During the same year, she won another the 3rd prize at the 5th International Piano Competition in Stockholm, Sweden.
Until 2019, Nihan continued to attend İdil Biret’s master classes. Throughout her piano education, Nihan also continued to study with Ayşegül Sarıca, Misha Dacic, Marek Drewnowski , Roland Batik , Stefan Mehlig, Pamela Mia Paul and others. Additionally, she also joined Joseph Paratore's master class at Salzburg Mozarteum Academy, and performed several concerts in 2015.
Between 2018 – 2020, she performed public concerts at Köln Yunus Emre Institute, Essen and Neuss for the mayor of Neuss city in Germany. She also frequently performs concerts at Düsseldorf Robert Schumann Hochschule.
She attended the Beethoven 250th Anniversary Commemoration Festival, which took place in Missouri, USA in 2020, as part of a special invitation. In 2021, she was invited to the same festival to perform the works of Mozart. In the same year, she gave a concert at Nazım Hikmet - Pushkin Culture and Art House in Ankara.
Nihan made the first and only recording of Schumann's 'Ammenuhr' for the German National Library in Düsseldorf. This Project was nominated to be “Project of the year” in Germany. She has received outstanding reviews by music critics, and interviewed by top notch magazines such as Andante Music Magazine, Sabah Europe Newspaper, Başkent Newspaper, Rheinische Post and many more.
In 2018, she was accepted to Robert Schumann Musikhochschule Düsseldorf. During her education, she studied conducting with Christian von Gehren, composition with Hans Peter Reutter, singing with Katharina Woesner, chamber music with Hans Eijscakers, and jazz piano with Joshua Bredemeier. She is currently studying with Paolo Giacometti.