The great French pianist, F.R.Duchable depicts Ufuk and Bahar Dördüncü as “two committed pianists equipped with flawless technique, delivering vigorous and evocative performances”. Dördüncü duo is distinguished with the magic of exceptional technique coupled with harmony of their long-standing relation manifest in their performances.
Meeting with H. Datyner, D. N’Kaoua , E. Vercelli and V. Perlemutter has played a key role in the Duo’s affection for French music, while F.R.Duchable has closely fostered both artists talents with conviction since their adolescence.
The Duo’s Ankara, Geneva, Saragosse and Paris awards represents a significant aspect of their music career. Performance at the world’s most distinguished concert halls and with conductors like A.Jordan, Z. Nagy, A. Shwinck, P. Rophé, etc.have been elemental to this structural integrity. The artists have also performed at the Victoria Hall Geneva, Saal Moliére Lyon, the palace of Nations in Brazilia, Liderhalle in Sttutgart , Wittengenstein Palace in Düsseldorf etc.; in addition to their collaborations with great artists like Peter Ustinov, Heinz Holliger , Steven Schick, Maurice Bourgue, etc. In Europe, the artists have participated in festivals like Amadeus, Scubertiade, Ars Musica Strasbourg, Archipel, Paris Fontainbleau , Japon Akoyishidai, Australia, etc. and numerous music festivals organized in Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara in Turkey.
As an internationally renowned artists, Ufuk& Bahar Dördüncü are regularly invited to perform with the Ankara, Izmir, Istanbul, Adana and Bursa State Symphony Orchestras, CRR in Istanbul , the Bilkent Orchestra, Ensemble Contrechamps, Geneva Chamber Orchestra, etc.
They have got a big success in 2006 with their CD which is, French music for 4 hands named “Rendez-Vous Avec l’Enfance”. Their new recording with the quartet “Makrokosmos” (formation of 2 pianos and 2 percussions) is coming by the end of 2007 with the label “Hat-Hut”. Within this CD there is a piece especially composed for the Quartet Makrokosmos by Stefano Gervasoni.
Acclaimed as “Cultural Ambassadresses of Turkey”, they continue to represent their country all over the world with much-admired performances received enthusiastically by prominent critics. Also they have been invited and honored to be “Marraines” by Prim’Enfance.
Ufuk & Bahar Dorduncu
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Biography
Biography
Cumhuriyet
Like one pianist playing with four hands
Two sisters, Ufuk and Bahar Dördüncü, will be performing in a Piano Recital, tomorrow in Ankara
Ankara – Ufuk and Bahar Dördüncü, who are going to give a recital in Presidential Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall due to Turkish – Swiss Friendship Week, will be performing American Compositor Louis Pelosi’s special composition created for them in Geneva within a couple of days.
Turkey does not need any traditional folkloric games or prove some specific Turkish proverbs ie. Strong as a Turk, like that anymore. Our “Art Delegates” can do that in a more aesthetical and permanent way. The phrase, Strong as a Turk”, written as a newspaper headline after the performance of Ufuk and Bahar Dördüncü in France, is a very good example of this subject. This was just the topic of one of the interviews written for them. Although they are not too famous in our country, they are deeply appreciated after each and every performance they have carried out abroad. Here are the few examples:
Westdeutsche Zeitung - The artists were like the highly disciplined racers on the stage. If playing piano had been a discipline in the Olympics, Dördüncü Sisters’ fingers flying on the keys strong and errorless, would definitely win an Olympic Medal.
Rheinische post - We could not believe, if we did not see them with our own eyes. It was like one pianist playing with four hands. The sound of each piano was unique and did not compress the other’s sound. A common Crescendo, Descresendo or Accelerando could be observed continuously.
Although the number of compositions written for two pianos is just a few since Mozart, it looks like Dördüncü sisters are going to the new compositions especially written for them to their own repertoire. They are going to perform the composition written by American Compositor, Louis Pelosi, especially for them, in Geneva in the coming days.
Kemal Sunder’s “Concerto” was also performed by them for the first time in Ankara Festival, and then in Brazil. Now, they have the performance of Çetin Işıközlü written this concerto for 2 piano's this the first time which they are playing in Ankara.
They have a quite busy program until the end of this year. Dördüncü Sisters, who have just returned from Germany concert, will perform in Geneva, Germany, France and Italy respectively.
Ufuk and Bahar are 21st Century artists. Before else, they are two modern and innovative women. They create this image in their concerts in Europe apart of being Turkish.
The interest and criticism upon these ladies abroad are far more than it is in Turkey. But they are still Turkish pianists and they are definitely aware of this. They never cancel their concerts even if there are some organizational problems and unawareness. Although they both live out of Turkey, they evaluate every offer coming from their own country. The concert, performed two months ago, for the people who were affected by the earthquake was a good example of this.
Ufuk and Bahar Dördüncü sisters are going to perform in Germany, France and Italy after their concerts in Geneva
Nuran BAYER
Ankara – Ufuk and Bahar Dördüncü, who are going to give a recital in Presidential Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall due to Turkish – Swiss Friendship Week, will be performing American Compositor Louis Pelosi’s special composition created for them in Geneva within a couple of days.
Turkey does not need any traditional folkloric games or prove some specific Turkish proverbs ie. Strong as a Turk, like that anymore. Our “Art Delegates” can do that in a more aesthetical and permanent way. The phrase, Strong as a Turk”, written as a newspaper headline after the performance of Ufuk and Bahar Dördüncü in France, is a very good example of this subject. This was just the topic of one of the interviews written for them. Although they are not too famous in our country, they are deeply appreciated after each and every performance they have carried out abroad. Here are the few examples:
Westdeutsche Zeitung - The artists were like the highly disciplined racers on the stage. If playing piano had been a discipline in the Olympics, Dördüncü Sisters’ fingers flying on the keys strong and errorless, would definitely win an Olympic Medal.
Rheinische post - We could not believe, if we did not see them with our own eyes. It was like one pianist playing with four hands. The sound of each piano was unique and did not compress the other’s sound. A common Crescendo, Descresendo or Accelerando could be observed continuously.
Although the number of compositions written for two pianos is just a few since Mozart, it looks like Dördüncü sisters are going to the new compositions especially written for them to their own repertoire. They are going to perform the composition written by American Compositor, Louis Pelosi, especially for them, in Geneva in the coming days.
Kemal Sunder’s “Concerto” was also performed by them for the first time in Ankara Festival, and then in Brazil. Now, they have the performance of Çetin Işıközlü written this concerto for 2 piano's this the first time which they are playing in Ankara.
They have a quite busy program until the end of this year. Dördüncü Sisters, who have just returned from Germany concert, will perform in Geneva, Germany, France and Italy respectively.
Ufuk and Bahar are 21st Century artists. Before else, they are two modern and innovative women. They create this image in their concerts in Europe apart of being Turkish.
The interest and criticism upon these ladies abroad are far more than it is in Turkey. But they are still Turkish pianists and they are definitely aware of this. They never cancel their concerts even if there are some organizational problems and unawareness. Although they both live out of Turkey, they evaluate every offer coming from their own country. The concert, performed two months ago, for the people who were affected by the earthquake was a good example of this.
Ufuk and Bahar Dördüncü sisters are going to perform in Germany, France and Italy after their concerts in Geneva
Nuran BAYER
Concert Season 2008
Concert Season 2008
JAN 2008
Issanat / Istanbul
Izmir Symphony
FEB 2008
Berne / Saunders - CD recording ( Contrechamps )
MARCH 2008
Geneva / Recital ( Forum-Meyrin )
CRR / Istanbul
APRIL 2008
Brussels - Allemagne / Saunders
MAY 2008
Beaune / Recital
Mersin / Festival
Geneva / Concert with H . Holliger - Berg Kammerkonzert ( Contrechamps )
JUNE 2008
Italy - Emilia Romagna / Festival
JULY 2008
Aspendos / Festival
Bretagne / Makrokosmos
AUGUST 2008
Japon / Makrokosmos
Issanat / Istanbul
Izmir Symphony
FEB 2008
Berne / Saunders - CD recording ( Contrechamps )
MARCH 2008
Geneva / Recital ( Forum-Meyrin )
CRR / Istanbul
APRIL 2008
Brussels - Allemagne / Saunders
MAY 2008
Beaune / Recital
Mersin / Festival
Geneva / Concert with H . Holliger - Berg Kammerkonzert ( Contrechamps )
JUNE 2008
Italy - Emilia Romagna / Festival
JULY 2008
Aspendos / Festival
Bretagne / Makrokosmos
AUGUST 2008
Japon / Makrokosmos
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Bach Carl Philipp Emmanuel (1714 - 1788)
Bach Johann Sebestian (1685 - 1750)
Bartok Béla (1881 - 1945)
Bayer Francis (1938 - )
Bergmann Erik (1911 - )
Bério Luciano (1925-2003)
Bernstein Leonard (1918 - 1990)
Bizet Georges (1838 - 1875)
Blank William (1957 - )
Brahms Johannes (1833 - 1897)
Bruch Max (1838 - 1920)
Chopin Frédéric (1810 - 1849)
Chostakovitch Dimitri (1906 - 1975)
Crumb George (1929 - )
Czerny Karl (1791 - 1857)
Debussy Claude (1862 - 1918)
De Falla Manuel (1876 - 1946)
Denisov Edison (1929 - 1996)
Donatoni Franco (1927 - 2000)
Dutilleux Henri (1916 - )
Dvorak Antonin (1841 - 1904)
Fauré Gabriel (1845 - 1924)
Foss Lukas (1922 - )
Gershwin George (1898 - 1937)
Isikozlu Cetin
Kabalevski Dmitri (1904 - 1897)
Kadosa Pál (1903 - 1983)
Kozeluh Leopold Antonín (1748 - 1818)
Kurtág György (1926 - )
Lindberg Magnus (1958 - )
Liszt Franz (1866-1876)
Lutoslawski Witold (1913 - 1994)
Martin Franck (1890 - 1974)
Martinu Bohuslav (1890 - 1959)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Félix (1809 - 1847)
Milhaud Darius (1892 - 1974)
Moussorgsky Modest (1839 - 1881)
Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus(1756 - 1791)
Orff Carl
Pélosi Louis
Poulenc Francis (1899 - 1963)
Prokofief Sergueï (1891 - 1953)
Rachmaninof Sergueï (1873 - 1943)
Ravel Maurice (1875 - 1937)
Saint-Saens Camille (1835-1921)
Satie Eric (1866 - 1925)
Schnittke Alfred (1934 - 1998)
Schubert Franz( 1797 - 1828)
Schumann Robert (1810 - 1856)
Scriabine Alexander (1872 - 1915)
Stravinsky Igor (1882 - 1971)
Sunder Kemal
Takemitsu Toru (1930 - 1996)
Vieru Anatol (1926 - 1998)
Concert Season 2007
Concert Season 2007
January 2007
Recording a cd with label Hathut
March 2007
Sonate for 2 pianos & 2 percussions by Béla Bartok (Geneva).
Symphony of Istanbul, Poulenc Concerto for 2 Pianos.
April 2007
Ankara Festival.
May 2007
Tour in China.
A concert for Lösev in Ankara.
June 2007
Istanbul Festival.
September 2007
Concerts in Colombia.
Schubertiade, Switzerland
October 2007
Concerto for 2 pianos , 2 percussions & Orchestra by Béla Bartok (Geneva Chamber Orchestra).
November 2007
Istanbul, CRR , Martinu Concerto for 2 Pianos.
Fugues En Bleu : Music & Poésie / Recital 4 hands , Ravel with Alain Caré ( Récitant )
Recording a cd with label Hathut
March 2007
Sonate for 2 pianos & 2 percussions by Béla Bartok (Geneva).
Symphony of Istanbul, Poulenc Concerto for 2 Pianos.
April 2007
Ankara Festival.
May 2007
Tour in China.
A concert for Lösev in Ankara.
June 2007
Istanbul Festival.
September 2007
Concerts in Colombia.
Schubertiade, Switzerland
October 2007
Concerto for 2 pianos , 2 percussions & Orchestra by Béla Bartok (Geneva Chamber Orchestra).
November 2007
Istanbul, CRR , Martinu Concerto for 2 Pianos.
Fugues En Bleu : Music & Poésie / Recital 4 hands , Ravel with Alain Caré ( Récitant )
Recordings
Recordings
Rendez-vous Avec L'enfance
Distribution:Disques Office
www.disquesoffice.ch
CLAUDE DEBUSSY (Petit Suite)
En Bateau 03:33
Cortege 03:04
Menuet 03:03
Ballet 03:09
GABRIEL FAURE (Suite de Dolly, Op. 56)
Barceuse 02:27
Mi-a-ou 01:84
Le Jardin du Dolly 02:46
Kitty-Valse 02:13
Tendresse 03:35
Le pas Espagnole 02:03
ANDRE MESSAGER (Trois Valses)
Maestoso 01:57
Moderato 04:22
Allegro Giocoso 03:07
MAURICE RAVEL (Ma Mère L'Oye)
Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant 01:37
Petit Poucet 02:59
Laideranotte, Ýmperatrice des Pagodes 03:25
Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bete 03:46
Le jardin feerique 03:02
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Duo Ufuk & Bahar Dördüncü, pianistes
Enregistrement au studio Ernest Ansermet
Radio Suisse Romande à Genève en 1993
Prise de son: Maurice Charriére.
Régisseur musical : Istvan Zelenka.
Photo: Jean-Rémy Bertoud. Jean-Luc Reider pour le texte.
Photolithographie: Bienna SA, CH-Bienne
Remerciements
Department Instruction Publique Genevoise
Fonds Culturel
Fondation Honegger
Francis Poulenc:
Sonate pour 2 pianos (1953) (Ed. Max Eschig)
1. I. Prologue 6'52"
2. II. Allegro molto 5'38"
3. III. Andante lyrico 7'00"
4. IV. Epilogue 4'50"
Total : 24'32"
Claude Debussy:
En blanc et noir pour 2 pianos (1915) (Ed. Durand)
5. Avec emportement 4'20"
6. Lent. Sombre 6'38"
7. Scherzando 4'18"
Total: 15'16"
Béla Bartok:
Sept pièces de mikrokosmos arrangées
pour 2 pianos (Boosey)
8. Rythme bulgare 1'04"
9. Etude d'accord et de trille 1'09"
10. Perpetuum mobile 48"
11. Canon Bref et son inversion 50"
12. Nouveau chant populaire hongrois 1'05"
13. Invention chromatique 1'00"
14. Ostinato 2'12"
Total: 8'05"
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra
KV.365 No.10
Soloists: Ufuk & Bahar Dördüncü
Conductor: Juozas Domarkas
Cumhurbaskanligi Senfoni Orkestrasi
(Presidential Symphony Orchestra)
Allegro-Andante
Rondeau: Allegro
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Makrokosmos Quartet
Recorded January 2007 at RSR Studio Anserment Geneva
by Peter Pfister, assisted by Fanny Pfister;
Liner notes by Philippe Albera
translated in english by Dimitri Moliavko - Visotzky;
Graphic concept by fuhrer vienna;
Produced by MAKROKOSMOS;
Executive production by Werner X.Uehlinger
GEORGE CRUMB (1929)
1. Nocturnal Sounds (The Awakening) 5:55
2. Wanderer - Fantasy 5:19
3. The Advent 8:17
4. Myth 4:45
5. Music of the Starry Night 12:09
STEFANO GERVASONI (1962)
6. Sviete Tihi - Capriccio dopo la Fantasia per
2 pianoforti e 2 percusionisti (2006) 13:27
GEORG FRIEDRICH HAAS (1953)
7. Schictung, Schwingung, abbruch 12:11
8. In memoriam richard h. stein 6:10
9. "... indem ich die unsichtbare protagonistin
vor den vorhang hole..." (für gösta neuwirth) 3:09
Total Time 71:34
Concert Season 2006
Concert Season 2006
March 2006
GENEVA, ISTANBUL.
April 2006
NEW CD "Rendez-vous avec l'enfance".
May 2006
GENEVA.
June 2006
GENEVA (fête de la musique), BERN with Félix Renggli (flûte).
October 2006
BUDAPEST, LAUSANNE, BERN. November 2006 : ISTANBUL.
GENEVA, ISTANBUL.
April 2006
NEW CD "Rendez-vous avec l'enfance".
May 2006
GENEVA.
June 2006
GENEVA (fête de la musique), BERN with Félix Renggli (flûte).
October 2006
BUDAPEST, LAUSANNE, BERN. November 2006 : ISTANBUL.
Concert Season 2005
Concert Season 2005
JAN 2005
Concerts in GENEVA and BERNE.
FEB 2005
Bartok, concerto for 2 pianos and percussion with the ISTANBUL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
MARCH 2005
Festival ARCHIPEL, GENEVA. Récitals in SLOVENIA. Concerts in ANKARA.
APRIL 2005
Récital in LUBLIANA.
MAY 2005
Concert with H.HOLLIGER in LISBONNE.
JUNE 2005
Recording of a NOUVEAU CD in ISTANBUL.
AUGUST 2005
Concert in ROYAUMONT (Paris).
SEPT 2005
Concert in HELSINKI. Concert in STOCKHOLM.
OCT 2005
Concerts in GENEVA and MUSICA FESTIVAL in STRASBOURG.
NOV 2005
Concert with T.FISCHER in BELFAST.
DEC 2005
Récital in IZMIR.
Concerts in GENEVA and BERNE.
FEB 2005
Bartok, concerto for 2 pianos and percussion with the ISTANBUL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
MARCH 2005
Festival ARCHIPEL, GENEVA. Récitals in SLOVENIA. Concerts in ANKARA.
APRIL 2005
Récital in LUBLIANA.
MAY 2005
Concert with H.HOLLIGER in LISBONNE.
JUNE 2005
Recording of a NOUVEAU CD in ISTANBUL.
AUGUST 2005
Concert in ROYAUMONT (Paris).
SEPT 2005
Concert in HELSINKI. Concert in STOCKHOLM.
OCT 2005
Concerts in GENEVA and MUSICA FESTIVAL in STRASBOURG.
NOV 2005
Concert with T.FISCHER in BELFAST.
DEC 2005
Récital in IZMIR.
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Contact
Contact
ufuk-dorduncu@neuf.fr
makrokosmos@bluemail.ch
Bahar Dördüncü
bahardorduncu@mysunrise.ch
www.assonances.org
for Turkey:
Remzi Buharalı: remzibuharali@gmail.com
Tel. 00.90.532.207.88.00
for Europe
Eric Denut : eric.denut@instantpluriel.com
Tel: 00.33.148.00.81.02
Mobile : 00.33.673.47.01.61
Caroline Maby:caroline.maby@instantpluriel.com
Tel : 00.33.148.00.81.01
Mobile : 00.33.633.19.85.11
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