ABOUT
Violinist Alican Süner is the top prize winner of the Max Rostal and Postacchini Competitions (2015) and recipient of the Italian Presidential Medal. Süner has appeared as a soloist with ensembles such as the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Filarmonica Marchigiana, and I Virtuosi Italiani, performing at major European venues including the Philharmonie Berlin, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Teatro Filarmonico di Verona, and Konzerthaus Berlin. In Turkey, he has performed with all the country’s leading orchestras. A former member of the Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker, he has also served as concertmaster with leading orchestras in Switzerland, Germany, and Turkey. Currently, he is a first violinist with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich (where he also served as 2. concertmaster during the 2022/23 season) and serves as a member of the Artistic Advisory Committee of the Istanbul Music Festival.
Full bio below (in English, Turkish and German):
Medal of the Italian Presidency at the Postacchini Competition. Fermo/Italy 2015
"Aydın-Gün Prize" at the Istanbul Music Festival, 2022
Receiving the 1. Prize from Prof. Ulf Hölscher at Max Rostal Competition. Berlin/Germany, 2015
With Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra & Maestro Alessandro Cedrone, 2023
With Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra and Maestro Ryusuke Numajiri, 2015
With Izmir State Symphony Orchestra & Maestro Gürer Aykal, 2022
Trio Ran at Istanbul Pera Palace, 2024
Alican & I Virtuosi Italiani. Verona/Italy 2017
With 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
With Filarmonica Marchigiana & Maestro Romolo Gessi. Fermo/Italy 2015
With pianist Kemal Cem Yılmaz & clarinetist Selin Gürol. Boğaziçi Albert Long Hall, Istanbul 2015
Alican receives 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 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 with Trio Ran, Tonhalle Zürich, 2023
With Izmir State Symphony Orchestra & Maestro Gürer Aykal, 2022
With Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra & Maestro Alessandro Cedrone, 2023
Alican & Karşıyaka Chamber Orchestra, Izmir/Turkey 2023
With Mersin Academic Chamber Orchestra & Maestro Münif Akalın. Istanbul 2016
Guest-concertmaster with Tekfen Philharmonic Orchestra, Maestro Aziz Shokhakimov. Istanbul 2022
With Mersin State Opera & Ballet Orchestra & Maestro İbrahim Yazıcı, 2015
With Leipzig Academic Chamber Orchestra & Maestro Thomas Wicklein. Gewandhaus Leipzig, Mendelssohn Saal, 2016
Recording Session with Maestro Howard Griffiths, pianist Julian Trevelyan & BBC National Symphony Orchestra of Wales, Cardiff/UK 2023
With the Presidential Symphony Orchestra of Turkey & Maestro Rengim Gökmen. Ankara 2009
Enescu Competition, Bucharest/Romania 2016
Alican & Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra at Ankara Festival, 2018