She was born in 1997 in Şişli, Istanbul.
Since 2004, as a member of Koroporte, she has participated in musical productions such as The Carnival of the Animals, Pictures at an Exhibition, and Peer Gynt: Who I Am.
She studied solfège and dictation with Yaprak Sandalcı and continued her classical music education. She has shared the stage with prominent figures such as Ayla Algan, Aslı İçözü, Bennu Yıldırımlar, Tansu Biçer, Özlem Durmaz, Serkan Keskin, Maral Ceranoğlu, and Duygu Güngör.
She studied theatre under the direction of Işıl Kasapoğlu and Gülin Kılıçay, and took artistic and contemporary dance lessons from Duygu Güngör.
İş Sanat Performances:
2004–2005 season: The Carnival of the Animals – 8 performances
2005–2006 season: The Carnival of the Animals – 8 performances
2006–2007 season: Pictures at an Exhibition – 8 performances
2008–2009 season: Pictures at an Exhibition – 7 performances
2009–2010 season: Peer Gynt – Who I Am – 4 performances
2010–2011 season: Peer Gynt – Who I Am – 3 performances
2012–2013 season: Tales of the 1001 Nights: Scheherazade – 5 performances
In 2008, she passed the entrance exam for the Istanbul University State Conservatory and was accepted as a part-time clarinet student in Gürhan Eteke’s class.
On April 24, 2008, she performed with Koroporte at the Kadıköy Haldun Taner Stage in the play Mythological Mutts from the Aegean.
In 2009, she began working as an announcer for the radio program Arkadaşım Müzik, broadcast on TRT Radio 3 on weekends.
In 2011, she performed with Koroporte in the musical Ninnari Lullabies on May 22 at the Young Classicists Festival in Kağıthane, Istanbul, and at the Kırkpınar Festival in Adapazarı on June 25.
Throughout her performances, she had the honour of working with esteemed artists such as Ramiz Melik Aslanov, Serdar Yalçın, Ayla Algan, Bennu Yıldırımlar, members of Semaver Kumpanya, and Işıl Kasapoğlu.
In addition to her artistic activities, she completed her primary education with a GPA of 94.22 and scored 453.232 on the SBS exams.
In 2011, Arkadaşım Müzik, the program she co-hosted, received both the Donizetti Classical Music Award for “Radio/TV Program of the Year” and the Sedat Simavi Radio Award.
After Arkadaşım Müzik ended on TRT in 2011, she continued hosting the program on Borusan Klasik Radio in 2012, under the direction of Gaye Çağlayan.
That same year, she began playing the B♭ clarinet in the Istanbul Clarinet Choir, founded by her teacher Gürhan Eteke at the Istanbul University State Conservatory.
In 2012–2013, she performed with Koroporte in Tales of the 1001 Nights: Scheherazade and continued performing with the choir at the Fulya Art Centre.
In 2012, she performed with the Istanbul Clarinet Choir at the Caddebostan Cultural Centre, with soloists Hakan Aysev and Hüsnü Şenlendirici, conducted by Serdar Yalçın.
Later that year, she also performed at the Halkalı Cultural Centre with Hüsnü Şenlendirici as soloist, again conducted by Serdar Yalçın.
In 2013, she began studying the double bass clarinet with Gürhan Eteke and transitioned to that role within the choir.
She performed on double bass clarinet as part of the Istanbul Clarinet Choir at ClarinetFest 2013, organised by the Accademia Italiana del Clarinetto and supported by the International and European Clarinet Associations, held in Assisi, Italy (July 24–28, 2013).
In 2013, she performed at the closing concert of the 5th International Virtuosos Music Festival in Sliven, Bulgaria, again as a double bass clarinettist with the Istanbul Clarinet Choir.
She also performed in the same role on Moderator Hafta Sonu, a music program aired on Kanal 24 titled Music Feast from Istanbul Clarinet Choir.
Later in 2013, she took part in TRT Müzik’s live broadcast concert Clarinet and Colours (Klarnetler ve Renkler) with the Istanbul Clarinet Choir.
In 2014, she performed at the 9th International Dadaş Film Festival in Erzurum.
In February 2015, she performed in a concert at the Bursa Fethiye Cultural Centre where Hüsnü Şenlendirici was the soloist.
She was accepted into Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA, for the Fall 2015 semester.
That same year, she was also accepted with a scholarship into the Music Department of Istanbul Bilgi University and began her undergraduate studies.
In 2016, she contributed to the planning of the Istanbul Woodwind Festival and performed with the Istanbul Clarinet Choir.
Also in 2016, she began producing and hosting the Perdedeki Notalar radio show for Borusan Klasik on karnaval.com.
In 2017, she played double bass and bass clarinet in the orchestra for The Lord of the Rings Live Soundtrack Concert at Zorlu Performing Arts Centre.
She also performed on bass clarinet that year with the Istanbul Clarinet Choir at Moda Deniz Kulübü and appeared in video recordings with the Yeşilçam Symphony Orchestra playing the B♭ clarinet.
She completed her conservatory education in 2017.
From January to November 2018, she continued hosting Perdedeki Notalar on Borusan Klasik.
In 2018, she worked as a recording assistant on the Bilgi Music Label and the Sound Picnic project.
In 2019, she played B♭ clarinet on the album 5 Musketeers (Original Film Scores).
She contributed backing vocals for Ege S's 2019 single Gece Gündüz and Efe Can's 2020 single I Won’t Break.
In 2020, she hosted the YouTube channel of the guitar string brand “Pitbull Strings.”
Having graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University’s Music Department, she is currently an announcer at TRT Radio 3 and continues producing and hosting Perdedeki Notalar on Borusan Klasik Radio via karnaval.com.
On February 12, 2021, her debut single, New Generation, featuring three songs, was released on all digital platforms under the Bilgi Music Label.
Personal Website: www.bestesue.com.tr
