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SUNA KAN
Country: Turkey
Profession: Violinist
Sun Kan was born in Adana, Turkey. She started playing the violin at the age of five and gave her first
public concerts when she was nine years old, performing Mozart's A major and Viotti's A minor violin
concertos. She continued her studies in Ankara under Izzet Albayrak and Lico Amar. In 1949 she was sent
to France on scholarship, under a special law passed by the Turkish Grand National Assembly. She studied
with Gabriel Bouillon at the Paris Conservatoire and graduated in 1952, winning the First Prize. Later
on, she received the title "State Artist' from the Turkish government. She was also awarded "Chevalier
dans l'ordre National du Merite" from the Government of France.
Suna Kan's extensive concert tours have so far covered most parts of the world, including England, France,
Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Norway, Russian China, Japan, South American
countries, Canada and the United States. She has performed with many international orchestras such as
the London Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Bamberg Symphony, Residentie Orchestra (Holland),
Moscow Symphony, French National Radio Symphony (ORTF) under great conductors like Istvan Kertesz, Arthur
Fiedler, Walter Susskind, Hans Rosbaud, Gotthold Lessing, Louis Fremaux, Michel Plasson. She also
collaborated with celebrated artists like Yehudi Menuhin, Igor Bezrodny, Pierre Fournier, Andre Navarra,
and Frederick Riddle in performing double concertos.
At present, in addition to her concerts, broadcasts and recording activities, she is a professor of
violin at the Bilkent University Faculty of Music, in Ankara.
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