MISSION HILL ARTS FESTIVAL

Classically-trained and multi award winner Yağmur Soydemir is a flutist, composer, arranger, educator, and humanitarian activist from Turkey, who celebrates and honors every moment and experience life offers. With her compelling music, she elegantly blends her cultural roots of Turkish musical traditions, Classical Western Music, and the more contemporary influences from Jazz and fusion genres.

She holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Nice Conservatory, France and a Master’s Degree from Lugano Conservatory, Switzerland, as well as a Professional Diploma in Jazz Performance, and a Master's Degree in Contemporary Performance from the Global Jazz Institute at Berklee College of Music, where she was awarded with a full-tuition scholarship twice.

Music is her playground! She is a master in exploring and representing a composer’s imagination while performing, and discovering new visions, options, and colors while arranging music. Her artistic influence generates from her classical training that taught her the importance of discipline to educate oneself, combined with life valuable experiences and lessons of adaptability and collaboration.

In February 2023, following the serious earthquakes in Turkey, she organized a project in support of the earthquake victims, titled “Earthquake Relief Project for Türkiye.” The project, co-produced with Berklee professor Kemal Oksal, took a traditional Turkish folk song and arranged it for orchestra, choir, vocal soloists, and ethnic instruments. It was later recorded and released in collaboration with Berklee Productions.

Several of her compositions are in the recording phase, while her orchestral arrangements are performed live worldwide.

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Doors open 15 min ahead of starting time

Food and alcohol are not permitted

No smoking or vaping of any kind permitted

You can bring your own chair

Performances may be canceled or rescheduled due to rain.

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A few words from the Festival curator, Luisa Harris:

I would like to extend a very special and heartfelt thank you to YOU, the audience, because through your attendance, ticket purchase, and commitment to the arts and community, you are truly making the festival possible and treasured!

Highly valued and appreciated is the philanthropic contribution of in curating and organizing the Festival. In coordinating these gatherings, this organization aims to encourage the discovery or application of one's artistic essence.

A very meaningful recognition is ' choice to CO-HOST this event. Throughout the years, this organization has demonstrated a consistent commitment in support of the arts and the artists, always in meaningful and effective ways and, in so doing, inspiring every neighborhood in Boston!

Equally important is the continued support and confidence in the Festival by the ! It is an honor to be selected by this amazing and committed benefactor to the Arts and to both communities. They are a sustaining force for the Festival!

- , providing the welcoming location of THE YARD for the Festival’s events

- , author of the exclusive and compelling branding identities for each Festival’s series, based on his interdisciplinary design practice as well as his thoughtful guidance of student interns through creative learning

- , committed to connect students who live off-campus with their community and so adding a positive contribution to the neighborhood

- , choosing to invest in the Arts & community in support of our efforts

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