Biography
Born in Istanbul, she graduated from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University State Conservatory and was awarded 2nd Prize by the Siemens National Opera Competition in İstanbul. She was accepted at The Mozarteum Summer Accademy where she studied with many distinguished artists, including Edith Mathis, Kurt Widmer and Edda Moser. After she graduated she won a place at the Accademia Teatro alla Scala where she studied with many distinguished Maestri including, Leyla Gencer, Mirella Freni, Luciana Serra, Renato Bruson, Luigi Alva and Vincenzo Scalera. Finalist in the 6th Leyla Gencer Opera Contest, she was awarded the Grand Prix Leyla Gencer by L’Académie Disque du Lyrique. In Turkey she was nominated the Best Female Opera Singer and Best Musician of the Year by Andante Magazine and was awarded The Suna Korad Special Prize for Best Female Opera Singer of the Year from the Semiha Berksoy Foundation in Turkey.
Roles:
AURELIANO IN PALMIRA: Publia; CARMEN: Title role, Mercedes;
NORMA: Adalgisa; MADAME BUTTERFLY: Suzuki; CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Lola; ALCESTE : Title role; DIE LUSTIGEN WEIBER VON WINDSOR: Anna Reich; FALLSTAFF: Meg Page; I DUE FIGARO: La Contessa/Rosina; I DUE FOSCARI: Pisana; IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Rosina; IL CAPPELLO DI PAGLIA DI FIRENZE: Baronessa; IL COMBATTIMENTO DI TANCREDI E CLORINDA: Clorinda; LA TRAVIATA: Flora; LE CONVENIENZE ED INCONVENIENZE TEATRALI: Il Pippetto /Il Musico; L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI: Isabella; RIGOLETTO: Мaddalena; TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Brangäne; ZANETTO : Title role.
Concert appearences include:
M.Ravel "SHEHERAZADE" : Teatro Politeama di Palermo
Beethoven SYMPHONY NO 9: Inauguration of Ravello Auditorium Bonn; BeethovenMusicFestival, Malaga Music Festival
Pergolesi Stabat Mater: Brescia - Lausanne - Bursa (Turkey) Vesperae Solennes de Confessore: Teatro alla Scala
Mozart Requiem: Istanbul - Ankara (Turkey)
100th Anniversary of Gallipoli: Istanbul - Ankara
Salvatore Sciarrino Le voci sottovetro: Cremona
Conductors and directors with whom she has collaborated include:
Sergio Alapont; Giovanni Antonini; Gürer Aykal; Andrea Battistoni; Giorgio Bernasconi; Jordi Bernacer Valdes; Myung-whun Chung; Rengim Gökmen; Marco Guidarini; Julian Kovatchev; Vachtang Machavariani; Riccardo Muti; Antonio Pirolli; Renato Palumbo; Giacomo Sagripanti; Nicola Valentini; Alberto Zedda.
Antonio Albanese; Recep Ayyılmaz; Arnaud Bernard; Andrea Cigni; Michael Hampfe; Werner Herzog; Yekta Kara; Joseph Franconi Lee; Damiano Micheletto; Timothy Nelson; Emilio Sagi; Giorgio Strehler; Franzo Zeffirelli
Recordings:
CD – Contessa: I DUE FIGARO (Mercadante) on the Ducale label - world premier recording, conducted by Riccardo Muti
DVD – Publia: AURELIANO IN PALMIRA (Rossini) on the Bongiovanni label, live from the Festival dellaValle d’Itria, conducted by Giacomo Sagripanti
DVD – Pipette: LE CONVENIENZE ED INCONVENIENZE TEATRALI (VIVA LA MAMMA) (Donizetti) on the BelAir label from Teatro alla Scala conducted by Marco Guidarini
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