Hande Dalkılıç was born in Ankara, in 1974. After her initial piano lessons with Prof. Güherdal Karamanoğlu Çakırsoy, she started her academic training in Bilkent University Faculty of Music and Performing Arts. Here, she studied with Prof. Ersin Onay up to the level of doctorate, cultivating her prowess and her musical formation, which had already begun to mature and distinguish at young ages.

Since the very early periods of her professional career, Hande Dalkılıç has attracted notice also with her researcher side, nourished by her fine artistic perception. It is through these qualities that she has attained a mature interpretation and a wide repertoire at a young age.

Her first CD, which includes the world premier of Ahmed Adnan Saygun’s Op.76 Piano Sonata was released in 2000 under the BMP label. This recording was re-released in 2008, again on the BMP label. Ms. Dalkılıç has also recorded Saygun’s Op. 34, 1st Piano Concerto (BMP), Muammer Sun’s “Country Colours ” for  solo piano (BMP and Kalan) and on the occasion of Turkish Composer Cemal Resit Rey's centennial, she recorded his piano concerto "Variations on an Istanbul Song" with Bursa State Symphony Orchestra. This CD was sponsored by Cental Bank of Republic of Turkey and was released on October 2004.

Her recent CD, released by Kalan Music, in which Ms Dalkilic performs complete solo piano works of Ulvi Cemal Erkin is an indication of the artist's consciously chosen and carefully shaped professional career as a performer of Turkish composers. She always features works by Turkish composers especially at her concerts abroad. She has participated in some important festivals, including the 34th International Sofia Music Festival, International Cartage Festival in Tunisia 2002, the 18th and 22nd International Ankara Music Festival, the 5th Antalya Piano Festival, 9th International Bellapais Festival in North Cyprus and D-Marin Turgut Reis  5th International Music Festival.  

Besides her performances as guest soloist with many Turkish and foreign orchestras, Hande Dalkılıç has also given recitals and chamber music concerts in such countries as Bulgaria, Egypt, England, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Tunisia and Ukraine.

Hande Dalkılıç continues her career as a soloist through her concerts both home and abroad, together with her radio and TV broadcasts. Her profound and genuine interpretations, with a powerful technique that forms her virtuosity, reach a wider audience by the day. Associate Professor Hande Dalkilic lives in Ankara-Turkey and is an instructor at Bilkent University, Faculty of Music and Performing Arts.