Born in 1995, Turkish-American pianist and harpsichordist Tolga Atalay Ün completed his master’s degree in music studies at the Royal College of Music in London.

In 2007, he began his piano studies with Sibel Özgün at the Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory and graduated in 2014 with the highest honors. During his seven years of conservatory education, he gave numerous concerts, performed premieres, and made radio recordings as a pianist, conductor, chamber musician, and accompanist.

During his studies with Prof. Norma Fisher, he continued his harpsichord studies with Prof. Terence Charlston and piano studies with Prof. Niel Immelman for two years. Ün, who was a Kenneth and Violet Scott scholar at the Royal College of Music, received support for his masterclasses and concert activities from Talent Unlimited (London) and the Sevda-Cenap And Music Foundation. In September 2016, he was selected and became a member of the Young Musicians on World Stages program founded and directed by Güher Pekinel and Süher Pekinel.

In March 2019, he played the piano in the concert organised for the annual President’s Visit from His Majesty King Charles III to the Royal College of Music in London. In February 2022, he conducted the Presidential Symphony Orchestra in Turkey from the harpsichord, in his first concert with them, and became one of the youngest conductors to do so. In his career that followed immediately after, he performed as a conductor, pianist, and harpsichordist with various orchestras, including all Turkish symphony orchestras.

Besides Turkey, Tolga Atalay Ün has given concerts in the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Greece, and Romania, and has participated in numerous masterclasses with Ton Koopman, Janina Fialkowska, Rolf Plagge, Ian Jones, and Gordon Fergus-Thompson etc.

In 2017, he won first prize at the Kendall Taylor Beethoven Competition, and in 2018, he received the St Martin-in-the-Fields Beethoven Medal. Between 2009 and 2013, he studied modern music history and contemporary music techniques with Turkish composer İlhan Baran. In November 2015, he won second prize at the Broadwood Horniman Harpsichord Competition. During his seven years of conservatory education, he gave numerous concerts, performed premieres, and made radio recordings as a pianist, conductor, chamber musician, and accompanist.

Tolga Atalay Ün continues his professional activities as a conductor, pianist, and harpsichordist, and currently serves as a conductor at the Ankara State Opera and Ballet.

Since September 2016, he has been a member of the Young Musicians on World Stages family founded by Güher and Süher Pekinel.