At the Boston Music Project we are proud to have an exceptional team with a diverse background of teaching and performance experiences. When our Teaching Artists are not teaching music lessons, they are pursuing their own professional careers as active performers, composers, music producers, dancers, and the list goes on.
Most recently, our Mozart and Villa-Lobos Teaching Artist, Bengisu Gokce, was featured by Berklee School of Music. The video features her composition Inspiration performed by BMP Teaching Artists both past and present! "Inspiration is my first composition that I originally wrote for string orchestra and solo violin," shared Bengisu. "My inspiration to write this piece came from the 20th century Turkish composers, who combined Turkish folk melodies and rhythms with a Western Classical approach. I am so honored and happy that I got to record it with these extraordinary musicians, who had also been a part of BMP family in the past!"
"My inspiration to write this piece came from the 20th century Turkish composers, who combined Turkish folk melodies and rhythms with Western Classical approach."
Turkish born and raised, Bengisu Gokce is a multi-genre Violinist and Singer, known for combining in her music the Turkish roots with Eastern-European and Middle-Eastern traditions. As a professionally renowned performer, Gokce’s versatile playing has led her to share the stage with several music icons including Mark O’Connor, Tigran Hamasyan, Aynur Dogan, Shreya Goshal, Toninho Horta, Shankar Mahadevan, Simon Shaheen, Amal Murkus, and Pablo Ziegler to name a few.