Born in Antalya in 2007, İdil Dündar began her piano education at the age of four under the guidance of Özge Çağlar. In 2015, she entered the Akdeniz University Antalya State Conservatory’s Violin Department and began studying with Guljahan Babayeva Solak.

Studying under the tutelage of Dilara Kurtaran and Adilhoca Aziz later, she gained a scholarship to the Bilkent University Faculty of Music and Performing Arts, where she studied in Irina Nikotina’s class in 2021. She also participated in masterclasses with renowned artists such as Alexander Markov, Kristóf Baráti, Kirill Troussov, Prof. Ildiko Moog, Cihat Aşkın, Erkin Onay, Prof. Pelin Halkacı, Flavio Maddonni, Muhammedjan Turdiev, Stephen Waarts, Ning Feng, and Marco Misciagna.

In 2018, Dündar passed the audition for the Doğuş Children’s Symphony Orchestra. In 2019, she performed as a soloist with the Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality Symphony Orchestra, conducting Jules Massenet’s Meditation From Thasis under the baton of Ender Sakpınar. In the same year, she won the first prize in the string instruments category of her age at the 17th International Classical Music Competition organized by the Viva Music Foundation.

Between 9-26 August 2023, İdil Dündar participated in the Concertgebouw Young Orchestra summer camp, where she performed under the baton of Andrés Orozco-Estrada at both the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Berlin Konzerthaus. That summer, she also won first prizes in the Medici International Music Competition and the London International Online Music Competition in the chamber music category.

In November 2023, she won another first prize in the Vienna International BTHVN Online Music Competition in the chamber music category, earning the opportunity to perform in Vienna. In 2024, Dündar participated in the Gümüşlük Music Festival and gave a recital as part of the Bilkent Music Days. In March 2025, she performed Vivaldi’s B-flat major violin and cello concerto with the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra conducted by Tolga Atalay Ün. Dündar continues her studies at the Bilkent Music Preparatory High School, where she works under the guidance of Irina Nikotina.