Pekinel sisters

Güher and Süher Pekinel ( born March 29, 1953 in Istanbul) are Turkish pianists. Together, the identical twin sisters form a piano duo of world renown.

Career

The two girls began as a "miracle child " on the piano at a very early under the guidance of her mother, a pianist. Your first public appearance they had at the age of six years. With nine years they made ​​their debut with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Ankara. They continued their education at the Conservatoire de Paris and in August Leopolder at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt. Rudolf Serkin brought them to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Later, at the Juilliard School, she met with Leon Fleisher and Claudio Arrau. Particularly worthy of their training there Adele Marcus and Yvonne Loriod made ​​soloing and Mieczyslaw Horszowski duo.

Herbert von Karajan, she won in 1984 for participation in the Salzburg Festival. Thither they turned back many times in the following years. From then on she concerted with many major symphony orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam and the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano. Exists a CD (Take Bach) Jacques Loussier Trio from the 2000.

Her repertoire includes classical to modern, in particular works by Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Bruch, Poulenc, Britten, Dutilleux, Lutoslawski, Boulez and BA Zimmermann.