Benyamin Sönmez
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Benyamin Sönmez cellist.
Sonmez graduated from Ankara State Conservatory
and became a student of the famous Russian cellist, Natalia Gutman
, at the Stuttgart Hoch Schule für Musik and Moscow Conservatory
between 2003 and 2007. His repertoire includes modern composers including Shostakovich, Schnittke,Kancheli, Gubaidulina, Piazzolla and Kodaly as well as the composers of Baroque
and other eras.
He also had Master Class performances with cellists like Rostropovich, David Geringas
, Philippe Muller
, Alexander Rudin
, Stevan Popov, Frans Helmerson and Anner Bylsma
.
He plays an 18th-century Mateo Goffriller cello from Venice.
Sonmez graduated from Ankara State Conservatory
Ankara State Conservatory
The Ankara State Conservatory, the first conservatory to be founded in the Republic of Turkey, was established in 1936 by a directive of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.- Notable attendees :* Paul Hindemith* Carl Ebert* Evelyn Baghtcheban* Samin Baghtcheban...
and became a student of the famous Russian cellist, Natalia Gutman
Natalia Gutman
Natalia Gutman is a Russian cellist. She began to study cello at the Moscow Music School with R. Sapozhnikov. She was later admitted to the Moscow Conservatory, where she was taught by Rostropovich, amongst others....
, at the Stuttgart Hoch Schule für Musik and Moscow Conservatory
Moscow Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory is a higher musical education institution in Moscow, and the second oldest conservatory in Russia after St. Petersburg Conservatory. Along with the St...
between 2003 and 2007. His repertoire includes modern composers including Shostakovich, Schnittke,Kancheli, Gubaidulina, Piazzolla and Kodaly as well as the composers of Baroque
Baroque music
Baroque music describes a style of Western Classical music approximately extending from 1600 to 1760. This era follows the Renaissance and was followed in turn by the Classical era...
and other eras.
He also had Master Class performances with cellists like Rostropovich, David Geringas
David Geringas
David Geringas is a world-renowned cellist and conductor who studied under Mstislav Rostropovich. In 1970 he won the Gold Medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition...
, Philippe Muller
Philippe Muller
Philippe Muller is a French cellist and distinguished cello pedagogue.- Biography :Muller was born in 1946 in the Alsace region of France. He studied the cello with Paul Tortelier, Mstislav Rostropovich and André Navarra....
, Alexander Rudin
Alexander Rudin
Alexander Rudin is an Russian classical cellist and conductor.- Biography and career :Rudin was born in 1960, in Moscow, and he studied piano and cello at the Gnessin Institute before later studying conducting at the Moscow Conservatory with Dmitri Kitalenko...
, Stevan Popov, Frans Helmerson and Anner Bylsma
Anner Bylsma
Anner Bylsma is a Dutch cellist who plays on both modern, and period instruments in an historically informed baroque style. He took an interest in music from an early age...
.
He plays an 18th-century Mateo Goffriller cello from Venice.