Rüya Taner

Rüya Taner was born in Turkish Republic of North Cyprus in 1971. She started playing piano with the encouragement of conductor and father, Yılmaz Taner. Between 1982 and 1983, she studied with Mithat Fenmen and Tulga Cetiz in the Piano Department at Ankara State Conservatory. She continued her study with Joan Havill at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, and graduated with “premier Prix” award in 1994. She participated in many master classes including Pascal Roge (Nice), after which she performed together at Bellapais Festival in Turkish Republic of North Cyprus. She has received many awards in various national festivals around the United Kingdom including first prize at National Mozart Piano Competition, Oxford and Hatfield Festivals, in which she was praised by critics for her interpretation of Franz Liszt.

Since her debut at The Wigmore Hall in 1998, Taner has appeared at London’s St Johns Smith Square, Fairfield Hall and major venues within the U.K. She has toured extensively over 45 countries in Europe, USA, Asia and the Gulf region, giving solo recitals, chamber music and concerto performances. She has performed with the leading orchestras in Ankara, Istanbul, Adana, Izmir, Antalya, Mersin ,the Turkish Armed Forces Band orchestra in Turkey; Philharmonic Orchestras in Belgium; Ukraine, Sarajevo, Macedonia, Minsk, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan and the Royal Oman Symphony Orchestra. Her performances abroad have been broadcasted on national radio and television in North Cyprus, Turkey, Italy, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Azerbaijan.

Taner is an advisor on art to both Bellapais and Lefke International Music Festivals, and serves as a visiting piano Professor at Eastern Mediterranean University. Her three albums: “Mozart Piano Concerto No.21” (1996), “Highlights from Wigmore Hall” (1998), and “Sweet Waters of Europe” (2003) have received much acclaim from the press and music lovers around the world.

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