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RUYA TANER:
Country: Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Profession: Pianist
A recipient of Daughters of Ataturk's Women of Distinction Award in 2001.
Ruya Taner, a Turkish Cypriot born in Germany in 1971, began her musical training at an early age under
the guidance of her father. In a short time, Ruya was giving concerts and appearing regularly on
television in her home country of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC). In 1983, after a year at
Ankara State Conservatory of Music, Ruya won a state scholarship from the TRNC to study at the Guildhall
School of Music and Drama, London. She was tutored through the Junior and Senior Departments by Joan
Havill, and graduated in 1992 with a Distinction. She continued her post-graduate studies at the
Guildhall, winning the rarely awarded "Concert Recital Diploma (Premier Prix)" in July 1994.
Throughout her studies, Ruya has won many prizes in national competitions including the "Mozart Memorial
National Competition", the "Surrey Young Pianist of the Year Competition" and the Professional Recital
Prizes at the Oxford and Hatfield Music Festivals.
Ruya Taner has participated in the master classes of Pascal Roge (Nice) and Pascal Deveyon (London). She
has performed extensively in Britain, Europe and Asia, and has contributed regularly to the musical life
of North Cyprus. Her performance of the Rachmaninoff 2nd Suite for Two Pianos with Pascal Rouge, and her
concerto performances with the leading orchestras in Turkey have received much acclaim from the
international press.
Her recent Concerto performance in Brussels was recorded live and has since been released on CD.
Sema Karaoglu |
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