“Violinist Alican Süner and violist Diyang Mei triumphed in the finals of Max Rostal Competition”
- The Strad Magazine
ARTIST BIO
Winner of Max Rostal & Postacchini Competitions and the Medaille of the Italian Presidency, violinist Alican Süner is a fast emerging international soloist and served as a 1. concertmaster with the leading orchestras of Switzerland, Germany and Turkey. Currently 1. violinist with the Tonhalle Orchestra of Zurich (where he also served as a 2. concertmaster in the 2022/23 season), Süner has been on the Artistic Advisory Committee of Istanbul Int’l Music Festival since 2022.
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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Medal of the Italian Presidency at the Concorso Postacchini, Fermo/Italy 2015
"Aydın-Gün Prize" at the Istanbul Int'l Music Festival, 2022
Receiving the 1. Prize from Prof. Ulf Hölscher at Max Postal Competition, Berlin/Germany, 2015
Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra & Maestro Alessandro Cedrone, 2023
Konzerthausorchester Berlin and Maestro Ryusuke Numajiri, 2015
Izmir State Symphony Orchestra & Maestro Gürer Aykal, 2022
Trio Ran at Pera Palace, Istanbul/Turkey 2024
Alican & I Virtuosi Italiani, Verona/Italy 2017
Çukurova State Symphony Orchestra & Maestro İbrahim Yazıcı, Adana/Turkey 2024
"Nevid Kodallı Young-Talent Prize", Mersin/Turkey 2010
Karajan-Academy Concert with pianist Yukako Morikawa, Chamber Music Hall of the Berlin Philharmonic, 2017
Alican & Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra at Ankara Festival, 2018
Guest-concertmaster with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Maestro Aziz Shokhakimov, Geneva/Switzerland 2022
Filarmonica Marchigiana & Maestro Romolo Gessi, Fermo/Italy 2015
With pianist Kemal Cem Yılmaz & clarinetist Selin Gürol, Boğaziçi Albert Long Hall, Istanbul 2015
1. Prize, Audience Prize and Prize of the Freunde Junger Musiker e.V. at Max Postal Competition, Berlin/Germany, 2015
Filarmonica Marchigiana & Maestro Romolo Gessi, Fermo/Italy 2015
With cellist Jamal Aliyev & pianist Can Çakmur at St. Antoine Church, Istanbul Int'l Music Festival, 2018
Guest-concertmaster with Musikkollegium Winterthur, Maestro Gábor Takács-Nagy, Switzerland 2020
"Young Talents on World Stages" Concert, Istanbul 2018
1. Prize at the Concorso Postacchini, Fermo/Italy 2015
Recording Session Trio Ran, Tonhalle Zürich, 2023
Izmir State Symphony Orchestra & Maestro Gürer Aykal, 2022
Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra & Maestro Alessandro Cedrone, 2023
Alican & Karşıyaka Chamber Orchestra, Izmir/Turkey 2023
Mersin Academic Chamber Orchestra & Maestro Münif Akalın, Istanbul 2016
Guest-concertmaster with Tekfen Philharmonic Orchestra, Maestro Aziz Shokhakimov, Istanbul 2022
Mersin State Opera & Ballet Orchestra & Maestro İbrahim Yazıcı, 2015
Leipzig Academic Chamber Orchestra & Maestro Thomas Wicklein, Gewandhaus Leipzig 2016
Recording Session with Maestro Howard Griffiths, pianist Julian Trevelyan & BBC National Symphony Orchestra of Wales, Cardiff/UK 2023
Presidential Symphony Orchestra of Turkey & Maestro Rengim Gökmen, Ankara 2009
Enescu Competition, Bucharest/Romania 2016
Alican & Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra at Ankara Festival, 2018