Misplaced Pages

Ayla Erduran: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Browse history interactively← Previous editContent deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 19:18, 7 January 2025 editAdem (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users3,965 edits added infoTags: Reverted 2017 wikitext editor← Previous edit Latest revision as of 23:06, 9 January 2025 edit undoCitation bot (talk | contribs)Bots5,435,511 edits Altered url. URLs might have been anonymized. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by BorgQueen | Category:2025 deaths | #UCB_Category 159/209 
(64 intermediate revisions by 15 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|Turkish violinist (born 1934)}} {{Short description|Turkish violinist (1934–2025)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox person
⚫ ]'s workshop]]
| name = Ayla Erduran
'''Ayla Erduran''' (born 22 August 1934, Istanbul &ndash; 7 January 2025) was a ] violinist.<ref>https://slippedisc.com/2025/01/the-turk-who-played-duets-with-david-oistrakh/</ref> A student of Karl Berger she performed her first recital when she was 10 years old. She then went on to study at the Paris International Conservatory from 1946 to 1951 under Benedetti and Benvenuti. After her graduation she went on to United States, where she stayed until 1955, and studied with Ivan Galamian and Zino Francescatti.
| image = Ayla Erduran (3x4 cropped).jpg
⚫ | caption = Erduran in ]'s workshop
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|08|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = ], Turkey
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|01|07|1934|08|22|df=y}}
| death_place = Istanbul, Turkey
| occupation = Classical ]
}}


'''Ayla Erduran''' (22 August 1934 &ndash; 7 January 2025) was a Turkish classical violinist. She studied in Istanbul, Paris, the U.S. and Moscow. A fifth place prize in the 1957 ] opened an international career for her. She toured widely, such as in the Middle East with the ] and in Africa with pianist ] in 1968. She taught the violin in ], Switzerland, from 1973 to 1990.
From 1957 to 1958, Erduran studied under ] at Moscow Conservatory.


==Biography==
⚫ Her career as a violin teacher spanned between 1973 and 1990 in Switzerland, including her master's classes at the ].
===Early life and education===
Erduran was born on 22 August 1934 in ] to Kadriye Erduran and ] Behcet Sabit Erduran.<ref name="c093">{{cite web |last=Erdogan |first=Koray |date=8 January 2025 |title=World-renowned Turkish violinist Ayla Erduran dies at 90 |url=https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/world-renowned-turkish-violinist-ayla-erduran-dies-at-90-102662/ |access-date=8 January 2025 |website=Türkiye Today}}</ref><ref name="The Strad">{{cite web |last=Lloyd |first=Christian |date=8 January 2025 |title=Obituary: Violinist Ayla Erduran (1934–2025) |url=https://www.thestrad.com/news/obituary-violinist-ayla-erduran-1934-2025/19095.article |access-date=8 January 2025 |website=]}}</ref> Her mother was of mixed heritage, with Armenian, Greek, Italian, and Polish ancestry.<ref name="T24-2015">{{Cite web |date=2015-08-16 |title=Dünyaca ünlü keman virtüözü Ayla Erduran: Flört etmek için çok geç kalınmış bir hayattı benimki... |url=https://t24.com.tr/haber/ayla-erduran-annem-hirslanayim-diye-suna-kanla-beni-tatile-goturup-sen-kemal-calamiyorsun-dedi,306432 |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=T24 |language=Turkish}}</ref> Ayla was introduced to violin by her mother, who played the instrument.<ref name="Gurkan-2006" /><ref name="www.peramuseum.org" /> She began studying under Karl Berger at age four, and performed her first recital, a benefit for the Child Protection Agency at the Saray Cinema, when she was 10 years old.<ref name="c093" /><ref name="The Strad" /><ref name="T24-2015" /> She often played for guests who came to her home, including ], ], and ].<ref name="T24-2015" /> In 2015, Erduran recalled that her intense musical studies, encouraged by her mother, resulted in childhood isolation.<ref name="T24-2015" />


She went on to study violin at the ] from 1946 to 1951, and graduated with top honors.<ref name="c093" /><ref name="www.peramuseum.org">{{Cite web |date=2019-02-26 |title=Sounds of Istanbul Ayla Erduran |url=https://www.peramuseum.org/event/sounds-of-istanbul-ayla-erduran/920 |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=]}}</ref> After her graduation she went on to the United States where she studied with ] and ] until 1955.<ref name="c093" /><ref name="www.peramuseum.org" /> From 1957 to 1958, Erduran studied with ] at the ].<ref name="c093" /><ref name="The Strad" /> She won the fifth place prize in the ] in 1957.<ref name="c093" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=3rd International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition |url=https://www.wieniawski.com/3ivc.html |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=www.wieniawski.com}}</ref>
Erduran earned the title of a state artist in 1971. She has also received a gold medal from the ]-based Sevda Cenap And Music Foundation (SCAMV). She won the fifth place prize in the Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in 1957, the Harriet Cohen-Olga Veryney Award in 1964, and the Beethoven Award of the Netherlands in 1970.


===Career===
Her performances with major orchestras includes the London Symphony, Suisse Romande, Berlin RIAS, Presidential Symphony Orchestra, and Czech Philharmonia. She has also worked with several conductors including ], Karel Ancerl, Paul Kletzki, Gennadi Rozhdetsvenski, Jean Fournet, Michel Plasson and ]. Locations of her concerts include South Korea, the US, Canada, Middle East, India, Africa, Russia, Azerbaijan, and Turkey. She premiered ]'s violin concerto in 1958, conducted by Ulvi Cemal Erkin, in Belgium. Erduran also performed the Sibelius's violin concerto with Suisse Romande Orchestra, conducted by Ernest Ansermet, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Sibelius in Geneva. Her performances were broadcast on radio in England, Germany, Brazil, Bulgaria, Russia, Poland, Iraq, the Netherlands, and the US.
In 1958, Erduran premiered ]'s Violin Concerto in Belgium, conducted by the composer.<ref name="The Strad" /> Her first major tours were in Canada in 1961 and 1962;<ref name="www.peramuseum.org" /> she then joined the ] on their 1963 Middle East tour.<ref name="c093" /><ref name="www.peramuseum.org" /> In 1964, she performed in London for the first time.<ref name="www.peramuseum.org" /> Her 1965 concert at London's ] the following year was broadcast live by the ].<ref name="www.peramuseum.org" /> That same year, Erduran also performed the ] by Sibelius with the ] in Geneva, conducted by ] on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Sibelius.<ref name="www.peramuseum.org" /> For much of her early career, Erduran disliked being a soloist, finding it lonely; it was not until she turned 50 that she enjoyed her solo performances.<ref name="Hurriyet Daily News-2024">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-11 |title=İlk harika çocuklardan Ayla Erduran: Ben alkışı değil müziği sevdim {{!}} Zeynep BİLGEHAN Köşe Yazısı - Hürriyet Haberler |url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/yazarlar/zeynep-bilgehan/ilk-harika-cocuklardan-ayla-erduran-ben-alkisi-degil-muzigi-sevdim-42501998 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812021743/https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/yazarlar/zeynep-bilgehan/ilk-harika-cocuklardan-ayla-erduran-ben-alkisi-degil-muzigi-sevdim-42501998 |archive-date=2024-08-12 |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=]}}</ref>


Her African tour, with Turkish pianist ], began in 1968.<ref name="www.peramuseum.org" /> Beginning in the 1970s, Erduran began playing only Bach in concerts, which she attributed to the fact that he was the only composer who could heal her soul following the murder of her cousin and aunt.<ref name="T24-2015" /> In 1973, she played with ] at the first International Istanbul Festival.<ref name="T24-2015" /> In 1977, she joined the Presidential Symphony Orchestra again, this time for a three week European tour.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1977 |title=Symphony Hailed on European Tour |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vEP-52FmH0wC&dq=%22Ayla+Erduran%22&pg=PP48 |journal=Turkey Today |language=en |publisher=] |issue=11 |pages=2}}</ref>
⚫ Erduran has had duet performances with notable musicians such as ], ], Navarra String Quartet, ], Valery Oistrakh, Victor Pikaizen, ], Collins, and Mieczyslaw Weinberg.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gurkan|first1=Yasemin|title=A lifetime devoted to the violin:Ayla Erduran|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/a-lifetime-devoted-to-the-violin-ayla-erduran.aspx?pageID=438&n=a-lifetime-devoted-to-the-violin-ayla-erduran-2006-12-14|website=dailynews.com|publisher=hurriyetdailynews.com|accessdate=14 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ayla Erduran|url=http://www.turkishculture.org/whoiswho/ayla-erduran-1342.htm|website=turkishculture.org|publisher=turkish culture foundation|accessdate=14 February 2017}}</ref>


⚫ Erduran's performances with major orchestras included the ], the ], and the ].<ref name="The Strad" /> Her performances were broadcast on radio in Canada, Switzerland, England, Germany, Brazil, Bulgaria, Russia, Poland, Iraq, the Netherlands, and the US.<ref name="www.peramuseum.org" /> Erduran performed with notable musicians such as ], ], the Navarra String Quartet, ], Valery Oistrakh, ], ], Collins, and ].<ref name="Gurkan-2006">{{cite web |last1=Gurkan |first1=Yasemin |date=2006-12-14 |title=A lifetime devoted to the violin:Ayla Erduran |url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/a-lifetime-devoted-to-the-violin-ayla-erduran.aspx?pageID=438&n=a-lifetime-devoted-to-the-violin-ayla-erduran-2006-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214181339/https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/a-lifetime-devoted-to-the-violin-ayla-erduran.aspx?pageID=438&n=a-lifetime-devoted-to-the-violin-ayla-erduran-2006-12-14 |archive-date=2017-02-14 |accessdate=14 February 2017 |website=] |publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ayla Erduran |url=http://www.turkishculture.org/whoiswho/ayla-erduran-1342.htm |accessdate=14 February 2017 |website=]}}</ref> In 1985, she recorded the ] by Johannes Brahms with the ].<ref name="c093" />
She died in 7 January 2025, at the age of 90.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Devlet Sanatçısı Ayla Erduran, İstanbul'da hayatını kaybetti |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/kultur/devlet-sanatcisi-ayla-erduran-istanbulda-hayatini-kaybetti/3443741 |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=]}}</ref>

⚫ Her taught violin from 1973 to 1990 in Switzerland, including master's classes at the ].<ref name="The Strad" />

===Personal life===
Erduran never married or had children, which she attributed to the time that her career required.<ref name="T24-2015" /> She continued to play violin in her later years, playing for three to four hours a day.<ref name="Hurriyet Daily News-2024" /> Erduran died on 7 January 2025, at the age of 90.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Devlet Sanatçısı Ayla Erduran, İstanbul'da hayatını kaybetti |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/kultur/devlet-sanatcisi-ayla-erduran-istanbulda-hayatini-kaybetti/3443741 |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Ayla Erduran | url=https://www.classicalmusicdaily.com/articles/e/a/ayla-erduran.htm | work=Classical Music Daily | date=January 2025 | access-date=2025-01-09}}</ref>

== Awards and recognition ==
* 1957: ], fifth place<ref>{{Cite web |title=3rd International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition |url=https://www.wieniawski.com/3ivc.html |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=Henryk Wieniawski Music Society in Poznań}}</ref>
* 1964: Harriet Cohen-Olga Veryney Award<ref name="www.peramuseum.org" />
* 1970: Beethoven Award of the Netherlands<ref name="www.peramuseum.org" />
* State Artist by the Republic of Turkey, 1971<ref name="The Strad" />
* 2006: Gold Medal, ] (SCAMV) in Ankara<ref name="Gurkan-2006" /><ref name="g389">{{cite book |last=Karaesmen |first=Erhan |title=Ayla Erduran'a armağan : evrenimizi iç ışıklarıyla aydınlatanlar Ayla Erduran, müzik ve keman |publisher=Sevda-Cenap And Müzik Vakfı Yayınları |year=2007 |publication-place=Ankara |page= |language=tr |oclc=925374795}}</ref>
* 2012: Medaille d’Honneur – Medaille de Vermeil, ] and the ]<ref name="c093" />
* 2015: Honorary Award, D-Marin Festival<ref name="T24-2015" />

== Further reading ==
* İlyasoğlu, Evin: ''Ayla'yı Dinler misiniz?'' Remzi Publishing House, 2002. Biography. (In English: ''Do You Listen to Ayla?'')


== References == == References ==
⚫ {{Commons category}}
{{reflist}} {{reflist}}

==External links==
⚫ {{Commons category}}
* {{discogs artist|Ayla Erduran}}


{{Authority control}} {{Authority control}}
Line 25: Line 56:
] ]
] ]
] ]
] ]
] ]
]
]
] ]
⚫ ]
] ]
] ]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
⚫ ]

Latest revision as of 23:06, 9 January 2025

Turkish violinist (1934–2025)

Ayla Erduran
Erduran in Aliye Berger's workshop
Born(1934-08-22)22 August 1934
Istanbul, Turkey
Died7 January 2025(2025-01-07) (aged 90)
Istanbul, Turkey
OccupationClassical violinist

Ayla Erduran (22 August 1934 – 7 January 2025) was a Turkish classical violinist. She studied in Istanbul, Paris, the U.S. and Moscow. A fifth place prize in the 1957 Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition opened an international career for her. She toured widely, such as in the Middle East with the Presidential Symphony Orchestra and in Africa with pianist Verda Erman in 1968. She taught the violin in Lausanne, Switzerland, from 1973 to 1990.

Biography

Early life and education

Erduran was born on 22 August 1934 in Istanbul to Kadriye Erduran and urologist Behcet Sabit Erduran. Her mother was of mixed heritage, with Armenian, Greek, Italian, and Polish ancestry. Ayla was introduced to violin by her mother, who played the instrument. She began studying under Karl Berger at age four, and performed her first recital, a benefit for the Child Protection Agency at the Saray Cinema, when she was 10 years old. She often played for guests who came to her home, including Fuad Köprülü, Yunus Nadi, and Yahya Kemal. In 2015, Erduran recalled that her intense musical studies, encouraged by her mother, resulted in childhood isolation.

She went on to study violin at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1946 to 1951, and graduated with top honors. After her graduation she went on to the United States where she studied with Ivan Galamian and Zino Francescatti until 1955. From 1957 to 1958, Erduran studied with David Oistrakh at the Moscow Conservatory. She won the fifth place prize in the Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in 1957.

Career

In 1958, Erduran premiered Ulvi Cemal Erkin's Violin Concerto in Belgium, conducted by the composer. Her first major tours were in Canada in 1961 and 1962; she then joined the Presidential Symphony Orchestra on their 1963 Middle East tour. In 1964, she performed in London for the first time. Her 1965 concert at London's Royal Albert Hall the following year was broadcast live by the BBC. That same year, Erduran also performed the Violin Concerto by Sibelius with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Geneva, conducted by Ernest Ansermet on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Sibelius. For much of her early career, Erduran disliked being a soloist, finding it lonely; it was not until she turned 50 that she enjoyed her solo performances.

Her African tour, with Turkish pianist Verda Erman, began in 1968. Beginning in the 1970s, Erduran began playing only Bach in concerts, which she attributed to the fact that he was the only composer who could heal her soul following the murder of her cousin and aunt. In 1973, she played with Yehudi Menuhin at the first International Istanbul Festival. In 1977, she joined the Presidential Symphony Orchestra again, this time for a three week European tour.

Erduran's performances with major orchestras included the London Symphony Orchestra, the RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, and the Czech Philharmonic. Her performances were broadcast on radio in Canada, Switzerland, England, Germany, Brazil, Bulgaria, Russia, Poland, Iraq, the Netherlands, and the US. Erduran performed with notable musicians such as Yehudi Menuhin, Henryk Szeryng, the Navarra String Quartet, Igor Oistrakh, Valery Oistrakh, Victor Pikayzen, Guy Fallot, Collins, and Mieczysław Weinberg. In 1985, she recorded the Violin Concerto by Johannes Brahms with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Her taught violin from 1973 to 1990 in Switzerland, including master's classes at the Lausanne Conservatory.

Personal life

Erduran never married or had children, which she attributed to the time that her career required. She continued to play violin in her later years, playing for three to four hours a day. Erduran died on 7 January 2025, at the age of 90.

Awards and recognition

Further reading

  • İlyasoğlu, Evin: Ayla'yı Dinler misiniz? Remzi Publishing House, 2002. Biography. (In English: Do You Listen to Ayla?)

References

  1. ^ Erdogan, Koray (8 January 2025). "World-renowned Turkish violinist Ayla Erduran dies at 90". Türkiye Today. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  2. ^ Lloyd, Christian (8 January 2025). "Obituary: Violinist Ayla Erduran (1934–2025)". The Strad. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Dünyaca ünlü keman virtüözü Ayla Erduran: Flört etmek için çok geç kalınmış bir hayattı benimki..." T24 (in Turkish). 16 August 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  4. ^ Gurkan, Yasemin (14 December 2006). "A lifetime devoted to the violin:Ayla Erduran". Hurriyet Daily News. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Sounds of Istanbul Ayla Erduran". Pera Museum. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  6. "3rd International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition". www.wieniawski.com. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  7. ^ "İlk harika çocuklardan Ayla Erduran: Ben alkışı değil müziği sevdim | Zeynep BİLGEHAN Köşe Yazısı - Hürriyet Haberler". Hurriyet Daily News. 11 August 2024. Archived from the original on 12 August 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  8. "Symphony Hailed on European Tour". Turkey Today (11). Embassy of Turkey, Washington, D.C.: 2. 1977.
  9. "Ayla Erduran". Turkish Cultural Foundation. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  10. "Devlet Sanatçısı Ayla Erduran, İstanbul'da hayatını kaybetti". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  11. "Ayla Erduran". Classical Music Daily. January 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  12. "3rd International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition". Henryk Wieniawski Music Society in Poznań. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  13. Karaesmen, Erhan (2007). Ayla Erduran'a armağan : evrenimizi iç ışıklarıyla aydınlatanlar Ayla Erduran, müzik ve keman (in Turkish). Ankara: Sevda-Cenap And Müzik Vakfı Yayınları. OCLC 925374795.

External links

Categories: