She is an outspoken supporter of the 2013 protests and on one occasion sat on the ground to prevent a water cannon vehicle passing, for which act the pianist Fazıl Say suggested she should take over the leadership of the CHP.
Jointly commissioned by the WDR and the Konzerthaus Dortmund in the framework of Ruhr.
Fazıl Say | Dr. Fazıl Küçük Kupası | Necip Fazıl Kısakürek |
The orchestra has had the privilege of performing with virtuosos such as Maxim Vengerov, Vadim Gluzman, Dimitris Sgouros, Alexander Rudin, Suna Kan, Idil Biret, Fazıl Say, Ayşegül Sarıca, Meral Güneyman, Ayla Erduran, Verda Erman, Gülsin Onay, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Olga Kern, Corey Cerovsek and Stanislav Ioudenitch.
He premiered Fazıl Say's Nazım and Turgay Erdener's operettas İstanbulname and Mi’den Dört Bölüm.