Born in Ankara in 1970, İbrahim Yazıcı studied piano, composition and conducting at the Ankara State Conservatory.

He continued his studies at the Conservatoire Régional de Musique de Perpignan, graduating with three Premiers Prix. He also studied with Gilbert Varga and took part in masterclasses in several European countries. After earning his master’s degree at Hacettepe University, he began the Proficiency in Art programme (the doctoral degree in the arts) at Bilkent University and completed it at Dokuz Eylül University.

Yazıcı’s conducting career began in 1995 at the Ankara State Opera. Within a short time, in addition to all of Turkey’s state orchestras, he conducted orchestras such as the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, the Taipei Symphony Orchestra, the New Japan Philharmonic, the Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester, the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra, Camerata de France and Ensemble Resonanz Hamburg. He has appeared in prestigious concert halls including the Berlin Philharmonie, the Wiener Konzerthaus, the Philharmonie Essen, the Moscow International House of Music, the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, the Liederhalle Stuttgart, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center and the Seoul Arts Center. In 2008 he gave a concert with the Presidential Symphony Orchestra of Turkey at the Moscow International House of Music. He has also performed at the Europäischer Musiksommer Berlin, CBS Korea, the Valencia Puccini Festival, the Bellapais Festival, and the Mersin and Istanbul International Music Festivals. In 2012 and 2013 he conducted Fazıl Say’s oratorio Nâzım in widely acclaimed performances in Wuppertal, Essen and Frankfurt.

He has recorded many works by Turkish composers such as Ahmed Adnan Saygun, Fazıl Say, Muammer Sun and Turgay Erdener on CD and DVD.

In 2002 İbrahim Yazıcı received Hacettepe University’s Artistic Encouragement Award, and in 2005 he was appointed Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia by the President of the Italian Republic.

Also active as a composer since 2017, Yazıcı has taught at Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory and at the Faculty of Music and Performing Arts of Bilkent University. He served as conductor of the State Polyphonic Choir (1998–2007), General Music Director of the İzmir State Symphony Orchestra (2007–2012), conductor at the Mersin State Opera and Ballet (2013–2015) and the İzmir State Opera and Ballet (2015–2023), Artistic Director of KODA (2020–2024) and Music Director of the Olten Philharmonic Orchestra (2014–2024). Currently General Music Director of the Istanbul State Opera and Ballet, he also teaches at the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University State Conservatory and the Maltepe University Conservatory.