Awarded for 2025; announced January 2026

Award Citation

The Inspirational Story Award 2025 of the Global Flute Excellence Awards is presented to Lelya Bayramoğulları (Turkey) in recognition of an ongoing artistic journey that continues to inspire creation, collaboration, and engagement within the contemporary flute community.

Her recognition is grounded not in narrative alone, but in direct artistic response. During the 2025 award year, multiple composers created new flute works dedicated specifically to her, resulting in tangible additions to the living repertoire. These compositions stand as concrete acts of inspiration — written for performance, recording, and long-term artistic circulation.

Inspiration Through Artistic Presence

A defining aspect of Bayramoğulları’s impact lies in the way her artistry generates creative momentum around her. Rather than seeking visibility for its own sake, her work fosters trust, continuity, and artistic responsibility, encouraging composers and collaborators to invest deeply in new creative projects.

This form of inspiration is measurable, durable, and rooted in artistic integrity — reflected in repertoire that exists because of her presence as a performer and collaborator.

Performance, Teaching, and Mentorship

Alongside her close collaboration with living composers, Lelya Bayramoğulları remains actively engaged in performance, teaching, and mentorship. Her work emphasizes sustained growth over immediacy, positioning artistic development as a long-term process shaped by consistency, care, and commitment.

Through these combined roles, she contributes to an artistic environment in which creativity is nurtured, supported, and transmitted across generations.

The Award

The Inspirational Story Award honors individuals whose artistic lives motivate creation, learning, and listening in meaningful and lasting ways.
In recognizing Lelya Bayramoğulları with the Inspirational Story Award 2025, the Global Flute Excellence Awards acknowledge an artistic path defined by integrity, continuity, and the rare ability to inspire others to create.

This recognition is part of the Global Flute Excellence Awards 2025.