Mehmet Cemal Yesilcay, who continues to act as composer, arranger and lute player, was born in Istanbul. He moved to Germany and continued great parts of his works there. He was lectured lute from Çinuçen Tanrıkorur and Turkish sacral music (Sufi Music) from Seyyid Nusret Yesilcay; where he decided the Sufi Music as his branch and performed significant and lasting works. He has worked with Opera singer Edita Gruberova, composer Hans Werner Henze, Leonard Bernstein and Miles Davis in several concerts and performed in SARBAND and CONCERTO KÖLN orchestras. In addition, he has presented an album named CLUB MARKIZ (recorded 5.1 surround system) and EX ORIENTE LUX together with some famous Turkish musician, pop and jazz artists. Mehmet C. Yesilcay is the director of the PERA ENSEMBLE.