FESTIVAL AND RECITAL TOUR

An ever busy concerting schedule awaits Gülsin Onay again in late spring and summer. The renowned pianist is first touring the States, Germany and Austria for recitals and festival appearances from 7 April to 14 June. Her summer programme will follow with festivals in Turkey, and tours to Greece with the conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy and once more to Germany.

NEW CONCERT VIDEOS ON THE WEBSITE

Please visit the Gallery to watch this collection of recent live performances.

Debussy, Images II - "Night Music" Recital, Ankara 2008
Ravel, Gaspard de la Nuit, Gibet and Scarbo - Ankara 2008
Chopin, Nocturne Op.48 No.2 - Ankara 2008
Rachmaninov, 3rd Piano Concerto - Bilkent Symphony/Vladimir Askenazy - Ankara 2007
Chopin, 2nd Piano Concerto II mvmt - Presidential Symphony/Rengim Gökmen - D-Marine Classical Music Festival 2007
Schumann, Abegg Variations - Bella Pais Festival, Northern Cyprus 2006
Mendelssohn, Variations Serieuses - Bella Pais Festival, Northern Cyprus 2006

GÜLSİN ONAY PLAYS SAYGUN WITH THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC

The Royal Philharmonic concert, dedicated to Turkey’s most famous classical composer Ahmed Adnan Saygun, brings Gülsin Onay once again to London. Renowned universally for her definitive interpretations of Saygun, the pianist will play her teacher’s 1st Piano Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic under the baton of Gürer Aykal.

FROM KREMLIN FESTIVAL TO GERMANY

Welcoming 2008 with a busy recording and concert schedule, Gülsin Onay gave the first concert of the year to benefit UNICEF. She was then at the Kremlin Festival, performing Chopin’s 2nd Piano Concerto on 15 January and right after that in Germany where “she conjured glistening strings of pearls from the piano” at her recitals.

in 2007

4 AWARDS
8 FESTIVALS
2 CONCERTS with VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY
5 OPENING CONCERTS
57th COUNTRY in the WORLD
8 CONCERTOS
SAYGUN CONCERTOS with 9 ORCHESTRAS
for the CENTENARY OF AHMED ADNAN SAYGUN Panels and Masterclasses
and... 1 NEW ALBUM

GÜLSİN ONAY RECEIVES TURKEY'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS MUSICAL AWARD

GÜLSİN ONAY RECEIVES HONORARY DEGREE FROM HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY

Hacettepe University have conferred an Honorary Doctorate on pianist Gülsin Onay. Ms. Onay received her degree at a ceremony held on 25 September 2007 at Hacettepe University in Ankara.

LIVE CONCERTOS ON CD

Two much-praised live interpretations of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov concertos by Gülsin Onay have now been released as live concert recordings under Lila label.

ONAY ENCHANTS PAKISTAN

Gülsin Onay gave a recital in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad which won the hearts and minds of the audience, and lavish praise from the national media. Her performance at the Turkish Embassy Cultural Centre was lauded by many, including Pakistani newspaper, Dawn, which wrote: “Turkish pianist enchants city audience.”