Rauf Raif Denktas Culture and Congress Center
Through the collaboration and contributions of EMU, the organisation of the Music Foundation and the main sponsorship of Turkish İş Bank, a concert by Rüya Taner will be taking place at Rauf Raif Denktaş Culture and Congress Center at 8:00 p.m. on Monday, 18 December 2017.
Titled “TRNC University Recitals”, the concert taking place of within the scope of Rüya Taner’s “A Town, A Recital” project will host pieces from Taner, R.Schumann, C. Debussy, F. Mendelssohn, F. Chopin, Ed. Grieg and Z. Kodaly. The concert is free of charge and open to public.
Who is Rüya Taner?
Acknowledged as one of the new generation Turkish pianists and Steinway and Sons Artist Rüya Taner started her first studies in music with her father Yılmaz Taner. She entered Ankara State Conservatory at a young age and continued her studies in piano with Mithat Fenmen and Tulga Çetiz. At the age of 11, she benefited from “Law on the Raising of Gifted Children” and became a student of Prof. Joan Havill at at “Guildhall School of Music and Drama” in London with the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus scholarship. She graduated from the said school with AGSM and ARCM diplolmas with the rare title of “Concert Pianist”. She has given concerts and recitals at around 60 different countries to date. Her CDs include live recording from Wigmore Hall under the label Recbysaatchi and Sweet waters of europe EMI Ak muzik Turkey.
