Turkish tenor Murat Karahan graduated with master’s degree and received his Ph.D. in Musical Arts from the Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.

He also studied at Academia di Santa Cecilia, Rome, with Prof. Bruno Cagli, and took master classes with Renata Scotto, Anna Vandi and Cesare Scarton.

Since 2005, Murat Karahan is a soloist of the ensemble of Ankara State Opera and Ballet. Since 2012 he is a regular guest at the Latvian National Opera, Riga, where he performed many leading tenor parts like Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor and Alfredo in La Traviata, among the others.

In 2014, Mr.Karahan was chosen as the Most Successful Male Opera Artist of the Year in Donizetti Classical Music Awards by Andante Music Magazine.

Mr. Karahan performed the leading roles at Berlin Deutsche Oper, Wiener Staatsoper, Arena di Verona Festival, Munich Bayerische Staatsoper, Oper Frankfurt Opernhaus, Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Teatro Massimo Palermo, Finnish National Theatre. 

Murat Karahan has appeared in many concerts so far with the orchestras such as Accademia Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow, Latvian National Opera Orchestra, Liepaja Symphony Orchestra, Tiran Symphony Orchestra, Baden Philharmonic Orchestra, Presidential Symphony Orchestra of Turkey, Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, Antalya State Symphony Orchestra, Çukurova State Symphony Orchestra, Ankara, İstanbul, İzmir and Mersin State Opera and Ballet Orchestra.

He took office as the Administrative and Artistic Director General of the Directorate General of State Opera and Ballet of Turkey in January, 2018 and still working as a soloist at the same time. As a administrative and artistic director Murat Karahan, collaborates with Turkish composers produces projects that are inspired by the rich Turkish culture.

Murat Karahan, the Project Creator and Art Director of Troy Epic Opera composed by Bujor Hoinic for the Year of Troy announced by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on the 20th anniversary of Troy’s inscription on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, is working on the representation of this work of art internationally. Mr. Karahan is also on the stage with his role as the Prince of Troy, Paris in this piece with over 300 artists and technical staff.

He made his Bolshoi Theatre stage debut as Rodolfo in La Boheme, 2015.