İSMAİL SADRİ AKTAŞ

In 2016, he entered the secondary school piano department of the State Conservatory. He has been continuing his piano studies with Associate Professor Doctor Aslı Tuncay since then. He took part in various concerts in Turkey.

İSMAİL SADRİ AKTAŞ

COMPETITION PROGRAM

1.      J. S. BACH: PRELUDE FROM ENGLISH SUITE IN G MINOR BWV 808

2.      K. SZYMANOWSKI: VARIATIONS IN B FLAT MINOR, OP. 3

3.      F. CHOPIN: BARCAROLLE IN F-SHARP MAJOR, OP. 60, NATIONAL EDITION

İREM AYDIN

She was born on 13 May 2006 in İzmir. She started her musical studies at the age of 10 at Sadat Yüce's art center for the first time. One year later, she succeeded in the entrance exam of DEU State Conservatory and started piano education in the class of Associate Professor Aslı Gedikli. She participated in master-class studies of many valuable pianists such as Gökhan Aybulus and Claudio Trovafoli. She is still studying in the piano class of Associate Professor Aslı Gedikli.

İREM AYDIN

COMPETITION PROGRAM 

1)      J. S. BACH: PRAELUDIUM AND FUGA BWV 866, B FLAT MAJOR

2)      AHMED ADNAN SAYGUN: 12 PRELUDES ON AKSAK RHYTHMS NO. 9

3)      F. CHOPIN: ETUDE OP. 10, NO. 5 G FLAT MAJOR, HENLE VERLAG EDITION

DOĞUKAN DEMİREL

He was born in Dubai, 2005. He started his piano education in 2013 with private lessons. Between 2014-2016 he studied in Dubai National Conservatory. In 2016 he started to study in İstanbul University State Conservatory certificate program with Prof. Dr. Eser Bilgeman Şakir.

DOĞUKAN DEMİREL

COMPETITION PROGRAM 

1) J. S. BACH: SINFONIA NO. 2 IN C MINOR, BWV 788

2) FAZIL SAY: KUMRU BALLADE

3) F. CHOPIN: POLONAISE OP. 26 NO. 1 C SHARP MINOR

JOZEF DOMZAL

Jozef Domzal - Polish young pianist, was born in 2003 in Warsaw. His family has traditions in musical profession: father is cellist, mother and grandmother are pianists and grandfather violinist. He started learning piano at the age of 5 and now he's a student of prof. Wılia Ochocka­Janusz at the Zenan Brzewski's School of Music in Warsaw. J6zef was already giving concerts in many music halls like: National Philharmonic of Warsaw, S1 - the Concert Studio of Polish Radio, Concert Hall of Frederic Chopin University of Music, Concert Hall of Feliks Nowowiejski's Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, Music Society of Warsaw, Frederic Chopin's Birthplace in Zelazowa Wola, Haedam Concert Hail in Daegu, South Korea. He is also a laureate of many prestigious competitions, both nationwide and international.

JOZEF DOMZAL

COMPETITION PROGRAM 

1.      J. S. BACH: PRELUDE FROM ENGLISH SUITE IN G MINOR BWV 808

2.      K. SZYMANOWSKI: VARIATIONS IN B FLAT MINOR, OP. 3

3.      F. CHOPIN: BARCAROLLE IN F-SHARP MAJOR, OP. 60, NATIONAL EDITION

SARP DORUK EGEMEN

He was born in Istanbul in 2004. He started his piano education at the age of 6 with Müge Sağırlar. After a long period of training from Çağdaş Tanık, he won the part-time piano department of MSGSÜ Istanbul State Conservatory. He took lessons from young pianists such as Malik Halçe and Buğra Yüksel. He started his conservatory education with Beyza Yazgan. Since 2016, he has been continuing his education with Elif Gökçe Tuğrul.

SARP DORUK EGEMEN

COMPETITION PROGRAM 

1)      J.S. BACH: KEYBOARD PARTİTA NO. 2, C MINOR BWV 826, RONDEAUX- CAPRICCIO

2)      AHMED ADNAN SAYGUN: SONATINE, OP. 15, 3RD MOVEMENT “HORON”

3)      F. CHOPIN: BALLADE NO. 1, G MINOR, OP. 23, EDITION G. HENLE VERLAG

FATMA ECE ERGÜN

She was born on December 1, 2003 in Istanbul. She completed primary school at Private Sezin College. She became a part-time piano student at MSGSÜ in the 5th grade of primary school. She was entitled to become a full-time piano student at MSGSÜ in the 6th grade of Primary Education.  In May 2016, she received the Best Turkish Composer Interpreter award at the Pera Art Piano Competition. She also received an honorable mention at the 1st Nilüfer International Piano Competition in December 2016. She won the third prize at the Memorijal Hurica Murai International Piano Competition held in Varazdin, Croatia in April 2018. She received the first prize at the International Music Competition Salzburg Grand Virtuoso Competition in July 2020. She continues her education with Prof. Burcu Aktaş.

FATMA ECE ERGÜN

COMPETITION PROGRAM 

1)      J.S. BACH: PRELUDE-FUGUE, BWV 883, NO. 14, F SHARP MINOR

2)      ULVİ CEMAL ERKİN: PRELUDE NO. 6

3)      F. CHOPIN: SCHERZO NO. 1, B MINOR, OP. 20, HENLE VERLAG EDITION

ELİF NAZ KARABULUT

Elif Naz Karabulut was born in 2006, Ankara. She started to study piano with private lessons in 2010. In 2013, she started to study in Antalya State Conservatory with Ekaterina Aktı. In 2016, she won third prize in 11th Pera Piano Competition. In 2017, she won first prize in Mozart Academy Piano Competition. In 2018, she won mention prize in 9th Savshinky International  Music Competition. In 2019, she won third prize in 3th International Viva il Pianoforte Competition(St. Peterburg) and she performed in Carnegie Hall Global Artists Debut Concert. In 2020, she entered the Bilkent University Music and Performing Arts Faculty with a full-scholarship. She still continues her piano studies with Prof. Dr. Gülnara Aziz.

ELİF NAZ KARABULUT

COMPETITION PROGRAM 

1) J. S. BACH: PRELUDE AND FUGUE NO. 9 IN E MAJOR BWV 854 WTC I

2) ULVİ CEMAL ERKİN: “OYUN” DUYUŞLAR

3) F. CHOPIN: SCHERZO NO. 1 IN B MINOR, OP. 20, PADEREWSKI EDITION

TUNA KARAKAYA

He was born in 2006 in Ankara. He started music at the age of 9 with guitar and choir lessons in Çankaya Municipality Thousand Children Choir. He started taking piano lessons at the age of 10. After studying piano for 1 year, he was accepted to Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory's horn department. After 1 year of horn training, he transferred to the piano department due to his interest and love for the piano. He continues her piano education as a student of Prof. Dr. Yeşim Alkaya Yener

TUNA KARAKAYA

COMPETITION PROGRAM 

1)      J. S. BACH: PRELUDE- FUGUE, BWV 858 F SHARP MAJOR

2)      İLHAN BARAN: SİYAH BEYAZ NO.4, “ŞAKA”, NO. 9 “OYUN HAVASI”, NO. 10 “AKSAK”

3)      F. CHOPIN: VALSE OP. POSTH. E MINOR, EDITION PETERS

PERLA ALARA KURŞUN

She was born on March 5, 2004 in Ankara. In the same year, she moved to Istanbul with her family. In 2012, she started taking piano lessons from Elena Kerimova. In 2013, she continued to take piano lessons from Aylin Doğan and solfege lessons from Cem Doğan at the Boğaziçi Art Academy. In 2014, she was accepted to the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University State Conservatory Piano Department and she studied under Prof. Dr. Gülden Gökşen for two years. She continues her education with Assoc. Dr. Melin Molla since 2016. In April 2019, she was awarded the second prize in the Musical Fireworks at Baden-Württemberg Piano Competition held annually in Germany. Within the scope of master class programs; She had the opportunity to work with Vincenzo Balzani in 2016, with Mauricio Vallina in 2017, with Gulsin Onay in 2018, and with Rüya Taner, Tamara Poddubnaya, Gereon Kleiner, Mehmet Okonşar, Tomislav Baynov and Alfredo Perl in 2019. In 2019, at the Wiener Musikseminar in Vienna, she was being accepted to the two-week training program with Prof. Wolfgang Watzinger, she had the opportunity to improve herself in terms of technique and music. She regularly works with İdil Biret within the scope of Ayvalık International Music Academy (AIMA) held every summer and actively participates in concert programs.

PERLA ALARA KURŞUN

COMPETITION PROGRAM 

1)      J.S. BACH: PRELUDE-FUGUE, BWV 877, WTC BOOK II NO. 8, D SHARP MINOR

2)      ULVİ CEMAL ERKİN: DUYUŞLAR, “OYUN”

3)      F. CHOPIN: SCHERZO NO. 1, B MINOR, OP. 20, EDITION PETERS

İDİL KÜNER

She was born in Istanbul in 2004. At the age of 5, he won the exam for the part-time piano department of the Istanbul University State Conservatory Piano Department. She started her piano education with Bahar Alpcan. In 2013, she started to study with Prof. Eser Bilgeman Şakir. In 2014, at the 10th International Pera Piano Competition, she won the first prize in her age group and the second prize in the four-hand category. In 2016, she won first place and 3 supervisor awards at the International Mozart Piano Competition held in Tbilisi, Georgia. In 2019, she appeared on the stage at the "Island's Dream Young Talents Concert" on the Bellapais Stage in Cyprus. She participated in master-class studies with Hüseyin Sermet, Martha Gulyas, Herbert Schuch, Aldı Ragone, Tamara Poddubnaya, Rüya Taner and Toros Can. She continues her piano studies as an advanced level 2 student with Prof. Eser Bilgeman Şakir at the Istanbul University State Conservatory.

İDİL KÜNER

COMPETITION PROGRAM 

1)      J. S. BACH: FANTASIA C-MINOR, BWV 906

2)      FAZIL SAY: NAZIM LA MINOR

3)      F. CHOPIN: MAZURKA OP. 17, NO. 4, A MINOR

DERİN SU MUTLU

Derin Su Mutlu was born in 2005, Aydın, Söke. She started to study piano when she was eight years old with Denizay Taka. At the age of eleven she started to study in Yaşar University (Yüsem) with Seçil Saykan Türker. She still continues her piano education in Yüsem with Seçil Saykan Türker and now she is in a Yüsem certifate program seventh grade.

DERİN SU MUTLU

COMPETITION PROGRAM 

1) J. S. BACH: PRELUDE- FUGUE, BWV 899 D MINOR

2)İLHAN BARAN: SİYAH BEYAZ NO.5 “AKSAK”

3)F. CHOPIN: ETUDE OP. 10 NO. 9 F MINOR, PADEREWSKI EDITION, INSTYTUT FRYDERYKA CHOPINA

SONiA SCHWABE

Born in 2005 in Warsaw, she is currently studying there at the Zenon Brzewski State Music School in Warsaw (OSM im. Zenona Brzewskiego w ZPSM nr 1) under the tutelage of professor Joanna Ławrynowicz-Just.

She is a laureate of numerous national and international competitions, incl.:

–               International J.S. Bach Piano Competition (Gorzów Wlkp., Poland, 2019)

–               Maurycy Moszkowski International Piano Competition (Kielce, Poland, 2019)

–               International Chopin Festival in Mazovia (Sochaczew, Poland, 2018)

–               Paderewski Piano Competition (Tuchów, Poland, 2017)

–               Golden Classical Music Awards (New York, 2017)

–               Grand Prize Virtuoso (Salzburg, 2017).

She has honed her abilities at various piano master classes, under the guidance of such eminent pedagogues and professors as Karol Radziwonowicz, Paweł Zawadzki, Elżbieta Stefańska, Wojciech Świtała, to name but a few.

SONiA SCHWABE

COMPETITION PROGRAM 

1)      J. S. BACH: PRELUDE AND FUGUE IN D MINOR, BWV 851

2)      F. CHOPIN: ETUDE IN C MAJOR, OP. 10 NO. 1

3)      F. CHOPIN: BALLADE NO. 1 IN G MINOR, OP. 23, PROF. JAN EKIER NATIONAL EDITION

MACIEJ SMOLAG

He was born on 19 May 2003. He finished Music School in Slubıce in 2016. Now he is in 5^th class of Zenon Brzewski secondary school of music in Prof. Karol Radziwonouicz’s class. He played in many prestigious places such as: National Philharmonic in Warsaw, The Royal Castle in Warsaw, F. Chopin’s house of birth, Zelazowa Wola. He played with orchestra many times. Competitions: 1^st International Online Competition “Magic Muse” in Moscow (2021, first prize and special prize for performance of Polish music); International Piano Festival Gloria Artis in Wien (2020, second prize); 28^th International Chopin Festival in Sochaczew on Mazovia (2020, Lavreate title); Participation in International Tv Show and Competition “Virtuosos V4+” in Budapest; 5^th International Piano Competition in Trzciana (2019, first prize and special prize: Participation in International Piano Festival Gloria Artis in Wien.

MACIEJ SMOLAG

COMPETITION PROGRAM 

1)      J. S. BACH: PRELUDE AND FUGUE IN G SHARP MINOR BOOK II, BWV 887

2)      IGNACY JAN PADEREWSKI: POLONAISE IN B MAJOR, OP. 9, NO. 6

3)      F. CHOPIN: SCHERZO IN E MAJOR, OP. 54, NATIONAL EDITION

EFE ŞEN

Efe Şen was born in 2005. He started his piano lessons at the age of eight. In 2017 he started to study in Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University İstanbul State Conservatory with Doç. Dr. İnci Yakar Birol. In 2019, he won third prize in Pera International Piano Competition. In 2020, he won first prize in Euplayy 2020 1th International Piano Competition. In 2020, he won second prize in Piano Talents 2020 10th International Online Piano Competition. He attended the masterclasses of Prof. Pavel Kaminski and Marta Gulyas.

EFE ŞEN

COMPETITION PROGRAM 

1) J. S. BACH: PRELUDE&FUGUE B MINOR, BOOK II, NO. 24, BWV 893

2) ULVİ CEMAL ERKİN: DUYUŞLAR NO. 1 “OYUN”

3) F. CHOPIN: SCHERZO IN B FLAT MINOR, OP. 31, NO. 2 (HENLE VERLAG EDITION)

EMİR CAN TANYILDIZ

He was born in 2003 in Istanbul. He started taking piano lessons in 2015. In 2020, he received the distinction certificate from the 8th level of the London Collage of Music exam. He is a 12th grade student at Celal Aras Anatolian High School.

EMİR CAN TANYILDIZ

COMPETITION PROGRAM 

1)      J. S. BACH: PRELUDE AND FUGUE NO. 4, C SHARP MINOR, BWV 849, WTC BOOK I

2)      AHMED ADNAN SAYGUN: ETUDE, OP. 38, NO. 1

3)      F. CHOPIN: SCHERZO NO. 2, B FLAT MINOR, OP. 31, JAN EKIER EDITION

TUNA TÜNEY

Tuna Tüney was born in 2003. He started playing the piano at the age of 6. In 2013, He started his education with Prof. Eser Bilgeman Şakir at the Istanbul University State Conservatory. He has received awards in various national and international competitions since 2013. Some of these are: the right to play with the Izmir DSO by winning the soloist auditions; First prize in the National Young Talents competition; The right to play with IDSO; Second prize in the international "Heirs of Orpheus" competition; First prize in the International Rhapsody Piano Competition; Second prize in the 14th International Pera Piano Competition. Tüney had the opportunity to work with pianists such as Gökhan Aybulus, Gülnara Aziz, Natalia Trull, Dimitri Alexeev, Andrey Pisarev and Ruvim Ostrovsky. He continues to study piano with Prof. Eser Bilgeman Şakir.

TUNA TÜNEY

COMPETITION PROGRAM 

1)      J. S. BACH: PRAELUDIUM AND FUGA, WTC I, G SHARP MINOR

2)      AHMED ADNAN SAYGUN: 10 ETUDES ON AKSAK RHYTHMS, OP. 38, NO. 1

3)      F. CHOPIN: BALLADE, NO. 1, OP. 23, G MINOR, JAN EKIER EDITION