Biography
Turkish Flautist Sefika Kutluer
( www.sefikakutluer.com ), is a flute soloist who is a master technician with a great musicianship.
She takes her place as one of the most distinguished flute soloist on the world scene whose work receives wide appraisal. She has studied at Ankara State Conservatory and graduated with honors and awards in 1979, when she became a flute member of the "Presidential Symphony Orchestra" .
She studied for her soloist career in Vienna and Rome.
She taught at the Ankara Conservatory for several years.
She has a wide range of repertoire varying from Baroque, classical, romantic and crossover works to the music of the east and the west.
Experimenting with her instrument, trying to find new ways of playing it and reaching new tone colors, she is known with her special flute tone and virtuosity. She has the mission of introducing Turkish music and rhythm, globally, in classical music formation; while protecting the music’s character. She has many times played the Turkish composers’ music throughout the world and in classical radio-TV stations, also introducing the great Turkish mystic philosophers Mevlana and Yunus Emre, explaining their philosophy. She has performed the world premier of many new-composed music, some of them written for her.
After winning several international competitions and launching her truly international career as a soloist, she was awarded the presidential Medal in Turkey, in 1985, the highest honor that country bestows on an individual, and in 1998 She became a "State Artist".
She has performed several concert tours, joined many International Music Festivals and gave master-classes in Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Spain, Belgium, USA, Singapore, Israel, Slovakia, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia&Montenegro , Cyprus, United Kingdom, Mexico, Azerbaijan, China and Japan and received very favorable reviews. She has performed a concert at the Palace of Spain in the presence of the King and the Queen and in Tokyo under the auspices of Prince Mikasa.
Sefika Kutluer, known as the “Magic Flute”, has performed on various international TV and radio channels, in Austria (ORF), England (BBC), Switzerland (RTL), Germany (TRT-INT), Rotterdam (Rijnmond), Bratislava, Kiev, Minsk, Vilnius, Moscow, Beijing, Tokyo, Washington D.C. (WGMS), Chicago (WNIB/WNIZ) and New York.
She made concert tours and CD recordings with several famous conductors and orchestra’s including; Zubin Mehta, Sir Charles Mackerras, Peter Breiner, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, Northern Symphony Orchestra, European Union Chamber Orchestra, Lithuanian Philharmonic, and Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
SONY released her “International first prize winners” concert in Vienna as a CD. Sefika Kutluer has several CD’s recorded with Orchestra, piano and guitar accompaniment, released by Pan Classical, Sony Classical, Naxos and Gallo International. Her CD’s are distributed all around the world and her discography receives the critics and music-lovers’ great appraisal. Sony has awarded her Carmen Fantasy CD with a "GOLDEN CD PRIZE". She also received “GOLDEN GALLO CD COLLECTION” prize from Gallo International.
As music critics say, “She has an astonishing tone color, beautifully rich and thick sound and she imparts a shimmering brilliance to her music. “
This emotional and technically superb musician performs as a concert soloist all over the world, with her virtuous flute. Her pure Golden and Silver flutes were hand-made specially for her by the legendary flute craftsman Johannes Hammig and their maintenance are being done by his grandson Bernhard Hammig. ( http://www.hammig-flutes.com , info@hammig-flutes.com )
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