Bade Daştan is a Turkish violinist currently pursuing her Bachelor's degree at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia as a Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Fellow on full scholarship, where she studies with Shmuel Ashkenasi and Pamela Frank.

In 2026, Bade was awarded the Audience Prize and Finalist Grant at the Concours musical international de Montréal (CMIM). She has also received top prizes at the International Grumiaux Competition (Belgium), the Pancho Vladigerov International Competition (Bulgaria), the International Competition Young Virtuosos (Bulgaria), and the Andrea Postacchini International Competition (Italy).

She has performed in more than 30 countries, appearing at venues including Bozar Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels, and has collaborated with orchestras including the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Orchestra Filarmonia de Cluj, Flanders Festival Orchestra, İzmir State Symphony Orchestra, and the Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality Symphony Orchestra, working with renowned conductors including Sascha Goetzel, Ender Sakpınar and Gilbert Varga.

An active participant in leading international festivals and academies, Bade has recently appeared at the Nume Festival Academy, Kronberg Academy Masterclasses, and Musica Mundi Festival among others.

She has shared the stage with distinguished musicians including Fazıl Say and Maxim Vengerov, and has worked with internationally renowned artists and pedagogues such as Maxim Vengerov, Mihaela Martin, Miriam Fried, Ivey Gitlis, Benjamin Beilman, Vadim Gluzman, Robert Levin, Stella Chen, and Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider.

Since 2018, her musical journey has been supported by ÇEV Sanat through its Young Talents Project. Bade performs on a 1732 Nicolò Gagliano violin, generously on loan from Florian Leonhard Fine Violins.