“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 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.
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