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Süher Pekinel

Süher Pekinel is a world-renowned pianist performing mostly in duo with her sister, Ms Güher Pekinel. The Pekinels at the age of 23 won the first prize representing Germany at the "UNESCO World Piano Competition" followed by eight first prizes in international competitions for solo and duo.Güher and Süher Pekinel were first discovered by Herbert von Karajan in 1984 and invited to appear at the Salzburg Festival. They have since embarked on a worldwide career and played with leading orchestras, including the Berlin, Vienna, New York and Israel Philharmonic, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Royal Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Cleveland, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Tokyo Philharmonic, RAI Milano, St. Cecilia and many others. The Pekinels made numerous recordings of most important duo-piano literature for well-known labels. Their live concert DVD’s are released by Arthaus Musik besides being on air in worldwide TV’s.The Turkish Government awarded the title of "State Artist" and the Bosphorus University the one of "Honorary Doctor" to the Pekinels. Ms Pekinel attended the Paris Conservatory and the Frankfurter Musikhochschule and was subsequently invited by Rudolf Serkin to continue her studies at the Curtis Institute of Music. She completed her second master’s degree at the Julliard School of Music. Following the french high school Notre Dame de Sion, Ms Pekinel graduated from the Odenwaldschule in Germany and studied in addition philosophy at the Goethe University in Frankfurt for two years. www.pekinel.com
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