Emine was born in Istanbul, where she obtained her Bachelor’s degree as top of her department in Ottoman-Turkish Classical Music (Yıldız Technical University, ’16).

She followed a music education from a young age (9). Until the time she moved to the Netherlands in pursue of an international music career, she studied classical kemenche with Derya Turkan, Mahinur Özüstün and Aslıhan Özel; Ottoman-Turkish makam theory with Ruhi Ayangil, Fikret Karakaya and Özer Özel. To top off her musical education, grand master Ihsan Özgen provided guidance on her classical kemenche performance.

During her Bachelor education, she combined her study with Musicology and worked with Prof. Dr. Alper Maral. In the same period, she learned how to build a kemenche to explore her instrument more intimately by assisting one of the most renowned luthiers of Istanbul: Fehmi Kılınçer.

In 2016, she moved to the Netherlands for her MA study at Codarts, University of Arts. During her study, she had a great chance to work with the celebrated artist Kudsi Erguner.

After her MA studies, she worked as a fellow researcher at University of Leiden. There, she classified the Dutch musicologist Wouter Swets’s collection as a specialist on Turkish music. Currently, she is carrying out a PhD research on the new art worlds and experimental works in Ottoman-Turkish instrumental makam music, at University of Amsterdam.