Ahmet TİRGİL, born in 1982 in Erzurum, completed his primary and secondary education in Samsun. He took folk instrument with three double strings lessons from Ali Özdolap, a retired teacher. He attended Karadeniz Technical University, Department of Music between 1999 and 2000. After one year, he enrolled at Marmara University, Department of Music in 2000. He completed his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Marmara University.
Ahmet Tirgil began playing violin at the university in 2000. He continued his violin studies with Olexander Samolyenko who is the chief violinist at Istanbul State Opera and Ballet.
Ahmet Tirgil continued his music studies at Paul Hindemith Music School in Berlin for a while in 2008. He also continued his violin studies with Matthias Leipold.
He returned to Turkey in 2009 and began to live in Dersim after the year 2010. He worked as a music teacher between 2010 - 2017 in Dersim. Ahmet Tirgil has been living in Berlin as a freelance musician and violin teacher since 2017.
During his musical career;
He went on tours with his group, the Metin&Kemal Kahraman Ensemble and Mehmet Atlı, in Turkey and abroad with the purpose of presenting samples of Anatolian Folk Music. He performed with orchestras such as the CRR İstanbul Symphony Orchestra, the Yeditepe University Astare Chamber Orchestra and the Marmara Univesity Academic Orchestra and gave various concerts.
He also made original documentary film music of "Diyarbakır 5 Nolu Penal House" directed by Çayan Demirel and "Hay Vay Waxt" directed by Nezahat Gündoğan.