Pizzicato Interview STRONG HANDS – THE PEKINEL DUO 04/12/2018 The Turkish sisters Güher and Süher Pekinel are among the best in the world of classical music, today. Herbert von Karajan discovered the twins in 1984 and invited them to the…
Hürriyet Revolution in Music Education in Primary Schools For the reformation of the music education in grades 1 to 5 of the elementary schools, the elementary school music teachers in 9 pilot cities will be trained in Güher & Süher…
Blogspot Archive Young Talents on the World Stage: On Stage With Güher & Süher Pekinel Filiz Ali, December 2011 The renowned philosophers of the ancient world, Plato and Socrates, said that music and sports were essential priorities in the education…
Cumhuriyet On stage with the youth… Evin İlyasoğlu, 19.10.2011 The Pekinel sisters are running three volunteer projects in which they are passing on their experience to up-and-coming musicians. Pekinels are experienced artists who have been acclaimed on stage around the…
Piano News Auditory Impressions Burkhardt Schaefer , January 2015 This brilliant double-CD from Turkish piano-duo Güher & Süher Pekinel is no less than a compendium of the most important works for two pianos and piano for four hands. It is…
Cumhuriyet Echoes of Istanbul Music Festival “In Poulenc’s compelling Concerto, Pekinels played in meticulous harmony.”Evin İlyasoğlu, Cumhuriyet, 20.06.2018 46. Istanbul Music Festival conjoined young musicians’ enthusiasm as much as great performances of world famous names.As a high energic series of events relished…
Crescendo Multimedia Spectacle Rainer Aschemeier, December 2014 Previously, Arthaus Music was known exclusively as a DVD-Label. Now, however, the label heads from Halle/Saale have tried something new: their newest release comes as a DVD plus Bonus-CD with extracts of the…
Neue Zürcher Zeitung At the Lucerne Festival, Pekinel Sisters presents different possibilities for a special night with pianos Thomas Schacher, November 2017 At this years’ Lucerne piano Festival, the Turkish Twin Sisters Güher and Süher Pekinel, in the concert business…
Classical-music.com Bach at dawn in Bodrum Daniel Jaffé, 27.08.2015 Dorukhan Doruk play Bach’s Solo Suites Nos 1 and 6…The next evening we hear Doruk again, this time in a purpose-built amphitheatre near the marina, performing in a piano trio with…
Music Web J. S. Bach – Keyboard Concertos Zane Turner Among the purists are those who have a strong preoccupation with “authentic” musical performance. Music must be performed only on instruments relative to the period of composition; embellishments and repeats…