Selman Ada (born February 24, 1953,[1] Ceyhan) is a Turkish composer,[2] conductor[3] and pianist.

When he started to conduct the Istanbul Opera Orchestra in 1973 at the age of 20, he went down in history as “the youngest opera conductor in the world”.

[4] He was born in 1953 in Ceyhan.

He started music as a student of Ferdi Ştatzer and Mithat Fenmen.

[5] In 1973, he started to work as an assistant and student of General Music Director Robert Wagner at the Istanbul State Opera and Ballet.