A violin virtuoso (b. 936 in
She gave her first recital on 18th
April 1946 at the concert hall of Ankara State Conservatory. Due to this
recital where she played the 5th
Violin Concerto of Mozart,
she was called and known as “The Wonder Child” and considered to continue her
education in
The violinist continued her repertory
studies with Gabriel Bouillon after graduating from the conservatory and
attended international competitions. She won Genève Competition with first
prize (1954), Viotti Competition with first prize (1955), Munich Competition
with second prize (1956) and Long-Thibaud Competition Paris City Prize (1957).
She returned to the country in 1957 and
was assigned as the soloist artist of the Presidency Symphonic Orchestra. She
married musician and music critic Faruk Güvenç. The same year she gave any
chamber music concerts and recitals in many parts of the country and centers
abroad, as the violin-piano duo she formed with the first concert pianist of
The famous violinist with a wide range of repertory
is one of the leading artists of the repertory that Turkish composers composed
for the violin. She performed the first playing of Violin Concerto of Necil
Kazım Akses, became one of the best interpreters of the violin Concerto of Ulvi
Cemal Erkin which she played frequently and she performed the Violin Concerto
of Ahmet Adnan Saygun. Due to her contributions
and services to the Turkish art, she was awarded with the title of State Artist
in 1971. In 1988 she married diplomat Halit Güvener and lived in
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