Biography
Yiğit Kolat’s music draws inspirations and expressions from a wide array of topics ranging from bytebeats to the application and ethics of artificial intelligence in music. The complicated political and social landscapes of his native Turkey and adopted United States often inform his diverse output. His works, described as “touching and convincing...a multi-sensory universe,” (K. Saariaho) have been recognized by a prestigious array of international organizations, including the Tōru Takemitsu Composition Award, the Queen Elisabeth Competition, Bogliasco Foundation, and the Concours International de Composition Henri Dutilleux. His music has been featured throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia by leading ensembles and soloists, among them the Tokyo Philharmonic, Solistes de L’Orchestre de Tours, The Nieuw Ensemble, Talea Ensemble, Argento New Music Project, Seattle Modern Orchestra, Ryoko Aoki, Donatienne Michel-Dansac, Bonnie Whiting, and Peter Sheppard-Skaerved. His music has been broadcast by the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) and Turkish Radio Television (TRT).
He has presented his research at conferences such as Conference on AI Music Creativity (University of Oxford, Vrije Universiteit Brussels), Spectralisms International Conference (IRCAM), and Reëmbodied Sound Symposium (Columbia University). Kolat earned his Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Washington, studying with Joël-François Durand.