Mısırlı Ahmet

Ahmet Yıldırım started his music life playing a Turkish-style darbuka in the Turkish style.

He tours and gives workshops all over the world, has recorded a number of solo albums and many contributions, and 2007 he created a percussion school in Istanbul, drawing musicians of all nationalities.

After learning the Turkish style of playing the darbuka, Yıldırım went to France to work individually.

He stayed in Egypt for years, working alongside famous musicians and singers such as Omar Khayrat, singing idol Mohammad Fuad, Fethi Salamah.

They supported me, they saw me as one of them.” In 1991 he joined the "Sharkiat" ensemble with which he performed in many tours in Europe (Estonia, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy) and the Middle East.

In Spain he worked on flamenco style and he recorded two albums within two years, Mel de Cabra (2000) and The Search (2001).

He considers as highlights of his career the album he recorded with Carlos Benevant, his collaboration with Anjelika Akbar in the show "Bach al Oriental" and his participation in the concert of Nana Vasconselos in Turkey.

In 2008 he was one of the highlights of the festival Turkey Now[13] and in October he gave concerts in Thessaloniki (Greece) and then in the Netherlands: in Bimhuis Amsterdam and in World Music and Dance Centre, Rotterdam.