Beyond competition success, his artistic profile is defined by long-term conceptual projects and a carefully considered approach to repertoire.

His recordings have received multiple International Classical Music Awards (ICMA), including Solo Recording of the Year (2019 and 2025) and Young Artist of the Year (2020). Further distinctions include Diapason d’Or, Choc de Classica, Supersonic, Record Geijitsu Selection, and Gramophone Editor’s Choice.

Since 2023, he has been developing a twelve-album project with BIS Records, juxtaposing piano works by Franz Schubert with compositions inspired by Schubert. Scheduled for completion in 2028, the project is conceived not as a complete edition but as a curated exploration of Schubert’s musical thinking.

As a soloist, he has appeared at Wigmore Hall in London, the Berlin Philharmonie, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, and Arsenal Metz, as well as in major concert halls throughout Turkey. He has performed with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, NOSPR Katowice, the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, and numerous leading Japanese orchestras. In 2024, he inaugurated the restored Liszt piano in Weimar.

Chamber music forms a central part of his work, with regular collaborations including Veriko Tchumburidze, Dorukhan Doruk, Alexandre Castro-Balbi, and Dominik Wagner. In 2022, he was appointed Professor of Piano at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.

He studied with Emre Şen, Jun Kanno, Marcella Crudeli, Diane Andersen, and most recently with Grigory Gruzman at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar, supported by the G & S Pekinel Foundation.

Can Çakmur is a Kawai Artist.