Music Web Brahms / Saint-Saens Tim Perry This new disc from Güher and Süher Pekinel offers an interesting recital programme and is well worth considering if the repertoire appeals. The first and most substantial work on the programme is Brahms’…
The Pianist Magazine Alexander Letvin … The Pekinels are widely regarded as the finest duo-pianist team since Arthur and Karl Ulrich Schnabel.
The ORFF Approach in Music Lessons The Implementation of the “ORFF-SCHULWERK” Approach in Music Lessons by Güher Pekinel, June 2016 “Orff-Schulwerk” is the idea and the concept of an artist who was a pedagogue and a teacher. The goal here is to…
The Observer Classical CD of the Month Bach Piano Concertos Anthony Holde …the disc to their considerable skills as they romp through four of Bach’s concertos for two pianos in high style with the Zürich Chamber Orchestra under Howard Griffiths.…
The Independent J. S. Bach – Keyboard Concertos Rob Cowan 7th February 2005 The idea of “trick” recording goes back to the days of 78s when Elisabeth Schumann sang in duet with herself and Heifetz played both parts of Bach’s…
Gramophone Brahms; Saint-Saëns Works for Two Pianos The sonata can hide many pitfalls but the Pekinels avoid them brilliantly Bryce Morrison, 2005 A quick glance at Warner Classics’s note reminds us that the twin sisters Güher and Süher Pekinel studied…
Fono Forum Concentrated – Giselher Schubert, December 2014 In these live recordings, Güher and Süher Pekinel are in impressive form. Their duetting is technically flawless and they achieve a unison in interpretation that seems virtually instinctual. Furthermore, there is also a…
BBC Music Magazine Calum Mac Donald … Pekinel’s turn in a very creditable performance of the sonata op. 34 by Brahms. The music is beautifully paced and articulated, performed with great emotional sympathy and ideal plasticity of phrasing…This is very…
Bayerischer Rundfunk Classical Music Portal Wolf Loeckle, 28.02.2005 …Cembalo-concertos of Bach count to the most beautiful of their repertoire. But sometimes they even sound better on the piano, especially when the piano is being played like by Turkish twin sisters…
Selection of Turkish Interviews Cumhuriyet-Pazar We talked with the world-famous piano duo Güher and Süher Pekinel about their music education systems in three different areas and the future of our world. “Humanity has always stood up with hope, despair will…