BIOGRAPHY

Born in Izmir, Turkey, Berk Agar began his classical music education with private lessons in the classical guitar studying throughout middle school and high school. Mr. Agar continued his collegiate music education in theory and composition at Del Mar college in 2005. After completing his studies at Del Mar college in 2008, he attended Texas A&M University where he earned his Bachelor’s of Music in classical guitar performance under the professorship of Philip Hii. As well as a classical guitar, Mr. Agar performed and led the band Mundowho released their first album, “A New Beginning” in 2009. The band also went on to release more music in 2011, their second album was called “Oyun”. In 2011 Mr. Agar was accepted into the graduate program at the University of Texas at San Antonio under the professorship of Matthew Dunne. After earning his Master’s in Guitar Performance in 2014, Mr. Agar went on to teach at Palo Alto College where he thought classical guitar until 2018. Mr. Agar also recorded with a Turkish band Insiyatifand recorded their “Hayat” album. In 2016, he released his single called “Serendipity” with bassist Jim Kalson and percussionist Joe Caploe. Mr. Agar was appointed as the director of Northside Music School in San Antonio and owns and directs the Institute of Musical Arts of San Antonio. During his free time, Mr. Agar performs in musical many styles in venues all around Texas collaborating with many artists such as Juan Ortiz, Armin Marmolejo, Jim Kalson, and Joe Caploe.