About Us
‘’Art Songs transcending borders’’
Duo Istanbulied was founded by two Turkish musicians who had studied classical western music. The duo, who started their work in Istanbul in 2013, performed a repertoire of 1930s Turkish tango songs, arrangements of Turkish folk songs and many newly composed songs, in addition to classical songs by German, French and Russian composers, on stages in Turkey for about ten years. With mezzo-soprano Ekin Bezirganoğlu settling in Berlin, the duo plans to take part in the Berlin and other German stages as well as in Turkey.
EKIN BEZIRGANOGLU / MEZZOSOPRANO
Ekin Bezirganoğlu was born in 1985 in Izmir, and began her musical life in 1999 in Izmir Umran Baradan Anatolian Fine Arts High School by playing the violin and piano. While in the high school, she had a strong aspiration for singing and she took her first singing lessons from Izmir State Opera and Ballet (IZDOB) artist Özlem Çabuk.
In 2005, she began her studies in Izmir Dokuz Eylul University State Conservatory Opera program in the Performing Arts Department. She kept studying with Nurgun Baburhan, a soloist of Izmir State Opera and Ballet (IZDOB).
In 2007, she made her debut in the operas of “Carmen” and “Lucia Di Lammermoor” in Summer Arts Festival in the USA.
In 2009, while she was still a student in the third grade, she began to work in IZDOB as a contracted artist. IZDOB 23rd International Izmir Festival took place in the same year and she took the stage with “Imeneo” under the baton of conductor Paolo Villa.
Moreover, she took the stage in the play “Kadının Fendi Kadıyı Yendi” under the baton of conductor Gagliardo Varas and the musical “Defol-u Zevkler” under the directing of Asst. Prof. Alper Kazancıoğlu. She also performed “Carmen” as a soloist in company with Dokuz Eylül Symphony Orchestra.
SENEM ZEYNEP ERCAN / PIANO
She began her piano studies in Bursa with Fethiye Sanlıkol. She graduated from Istanbul Anatolian Fine Arts High School and Marmara University Department of Music. Moreover, she continued her piano studies with composer Ali Darmar between the years of 1992 and 2006.
In 2002, she finished her master studies in ITU MIAM (Center for Advanced Studies in Music) by studying “piano performance” under the supervising of pianist and State Artist Ayşegül Sarıca. Then she began her doctoral studies in the same institution and she got her PhD Degree in 2011.
She continued her doctoral program with a scholarship from Memphis University, USA for 2006-2008. Here she worked with pianist Sam Viviano. Moreover, she had the chance to work with pianists/pedagogues like Sheila Page, Catherine Vickers, and Pamela Mia Paul. She participated in many solo concerts, chamber concerts and studio recordings. She did her first recordings of contemporary Turkish and American composers. In 2012, she participated in the recording of chamber music pieces from contemporary German and Turkish composers in Istanbul and Essen.
She performed chamber music concerts in Borusan Music House, Karşıyaka Opera House, Izmir Ahmet Adnan Saygun Concert Hall, and within the scope of Istanbul Philarmony Concerts.
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