The live final auditions of Nardis’s 18th Young Jazz Vocal Competition were held last night at Nardis with the support of Yapı Kredi Play. Before this year’s candidates took the stage, we listened to a song from Beliz Soyak, last year’s highest-scoring vocalist.
Nine contestants performed two songs each live, accompanied by the house band consisting of Uraz Kıvaner on piano, Ozan Musluoğlu on bass, and Burak Cihangirli on drums. After the live performances, there was a 45-minute break for jury evaluations.
This year’s competition awards were distributed as follows:
- Performance at Istanbul Jazz Festival – Rüzgar Yıldırım
- Performance at Akbank Jazz Festival – Rüzgar Yıldırım, İdil Dönmez
- Performance at Ankara Jazz Festival – Rüzgar Yıldırım
- sE Electronics V7 Vocal Microphone DORE Music Award – Söylem Oduncu
- Sibel Köse BAU Education Support – Buse Melisa Durukan and Dilber Yörük
- Nardis Jazz Club Stage Awards – Dilber Yörük, Söylem Oduncu, Rüzgar Yıldırım
- The Badau Stage Awards – Rüzgar Yıldırım, Esra Gürçay, Dilber Yörük
- NTV Radio Interview Award – Derin Yeğin, Rüzgar Yıldırım
- Special Guitar Lessons from Cem Tuncer – Rüzgar Yıldırım
- Ece Göksu Jazz Camp Special Award (August 29-September 2) – İdil Dönmez
The performers who took the stage during the evening, in order of appearance:
- Dilber Yörük
- Derin Yeğin
- Söylem Oduncu
- İdil Dönmez
- Merisa Şahin
- İnci Öcal
- Buse Melisa Durukan
- Rüzgar Yıldırım
- Esra Gürçay
Our Jury Members:
- Aydın Kahya – Musician
- Cem Tuncer – Musician
- Dilek Sert Erdoğan – Musician
- Ece Göksu – Musician
- Eren Noyan – The Badau Istanbul
- Hakan Tüfekçi – NTV Radio
- Harun İzer – IKSV Jazz Festival Director
- Önder Focan – Musician
- Sedat Ergin – Journalist
- Sibel Köse – Musician
Concerts
- 1 contestant will perform at the 30th Istanbul Jazz Festival
- 1 contestant will perform at the 33rd Akbank Jazz Festival
- 1 contestant will perform at the 27th Ankara Jazz Festival
- 1 contestant will receive an sE Electronics V7 Vocal microphone
Additionally, various honorable mentions such as jazz club performances and radio program appearances will be awarded to suitable contestants.
This year, no contestants will be sent to international competitions as they have been canceled.
Selection Committee
- Arda Öztaşkın – (YKB Brand Director)
- Aydın Kahya – Musician
- Başak Yavuz – Musician
- Cem Tuncer – Musician
- Dilek Sert Erdoğan – Musician
- Ece Göksu – Musician
- Eren Noyan – The Badau
- Gözde Sıvışoğlu – Akbank Jazz Festival Director
- Hakan Tüfekçi – Radio Programmer
- Harun İzer – Istanbul Jazz Festival Director
- Önder Focan – Musician
- Sedat Ergin – Journalist
- Sibel Köse – Musician
Nardis Jazz Club may appoint another person as a Selection Committee member if any member resigns or cannot participate in committee activities.
Application files and demo recordings must be submitted via email (focan@nardisjazz.com) by Friday evening, January 20, 2023.
Selection Committee
- The application deadline is Friday, January 20, 2023.
- Demo recordings of jazz vocalists who have applied by January 20 will be listened to by the Selection Committee, and the ten most successful applications, based on the average of committee members’ evaluations for each contestant, will be invited to the evaluation concert. The announcement regarding this invitation will be published on Nardis’s website and communicated directly to the relevant participants.
- The evaluation concert will be held on Monday, February 6, 2023, at Nardis Jazz Club, open to audiences. Vocalists invited to the evaluation concert will perform two pieces of their choice accompanied by a trio determined by the club, in front of the audience and selection committee. The order of performance will be determined by drawing lots.
- Following the evaluation concert, the selection committee will choose and announce the finalists who will be eligible to participate in the “Young Jazz Vocal” concerts.
