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Jerfi Aji was born in Istanbul in 1976. He started his piano training at the age of five with private lessons from Zeynep Aksoy Eğilmez. He continued his piano studies with Hülya Ardıç, while pursuing an engineering degree in the Department of Textile Engineering at Istanbul Technical University. Aji then completed his Master’s degree in piano performance at Dr. Erol Üçer Center for Advanced Studies in Music (MIAM) of Istanbul Technical University, where he studied piano with State Artist Ayşegül Sarıca. Aji also completed his Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering at Boğaziçi University. In 2006, he was accepted to the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, and completed his doctoral studies in piano performance with Marian Hahn in 2011.
Aji has given solo recitals and chamber music concerts in Turkey and the United States, and has played in several contemporary music ensembles. He made his orchestral debut with the Bursa State Symphony Orchestra in 2002, playing Ravel′s Piano Concerto in G. He attended master classes of Leon Fleisher, Murray Perahia and Jerome Rose, and participated in the ARIA International Summer Academy in Muncie, Indiana, and the International Keyboard Institute and Festival at Mannes College of Music. He studied with prominent pianists and pedagogues, such as Thomas Hecht, Dimitry Rachmanov, Angela Cheng, and Ali Darmar. In 2011, Aji was awarded the Frances M. Wentz Turner Memorial Prize in Piano, presented by the Peabody Conservatory. Currently, Aji serves in the faculty of MIAM at Istanbul technical University.
Reference: jerfiaji.com
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