International recording and performing artist Celil Refik Kaya is one of two three-time prizewinners of the Guitar Foundation of America International Guitar Competition, the youngest First Prize Winner of the JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition, and is a recording artist with Naxos Record label. Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra conductor JoAnn Falletta commends Kaya as "a superb musician in every sense." American Record Guide has called his performances "just perfect," and numerous critiques from around the world applaud Kaya's playing as being "seemingly effortless."