Duo BalKan
Fascinated by the beauty of the chamber music, violinist Önder Baloğlu and pianist Çağdaş Özkan founded Duo BalKan in 2014. The objective of the Duo is to combine neglected chamber music repertoire with standart duo pieces within various concepts. Duo BalKan also focuses on placing the audience in the center of performance through genuine concert programs and dynamic staging, thus pulling the classical music out of a straitjacket. Finalist of the 2016 Salieri-Zinetti Chamber Music Competition, Duo BalKan went on a tour in Germany and Turkey with five concerts and several workshops in May 2016, and in February 2017 duo had their second tour in Turkey with three concerts.
A graduate of the prestigious Juilliard School, Çağdaş Özkan was described as “…the most sensitive duo pianist” by Turkey’s leading classical music magazine Andante. Thanks to his wide vocal and instrumental repertoire, Çağdaş has enjoyed performing at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall as a chamber musician and orchestral pianist. He also participated in Aspen Music Festival and Music Academy of the West as a collaborative piano fellow. Having met with music by playing the accordion at an early age, Özkan is currently teaching at Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey.
While pursuing his studies focusing on his solo and chamber music career at Folkwang Hochschule Essen, violinist Önder Baloğlu won the concertmaster position at the Duisburger Philharmoniker and Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf-Duisburg at the age of 24. Along with Duisburg Philharmoniker, as a concertmaster Baloğlu performed in various Turkish, German and international orchestras in Turkey, China, India, Russia, Argentina, Brasil, Peru, France, Austria and USA. In addition to his succesful solo career, Baloğlu moved his chamber music passion into a different aspect by conducting orchestras from concertmaster position. In addition to Duo BalKan, Önder is a founder of “Quart.essence” string quartet and “Les essences”. Önder holds currently a teaching position at the Folkwang University of Arts in Essen, Germany.
Concerts
Not only as a duo but also in different combinations and ensembles Önder and Cagdas meet each other. When and where they do this?
20.05.2019 20:00 Istanbul (TR) Süreyya Operası
Cocukluk izlenimleri
G.Enescu Impressions d’enfance op.28
E.Ysaye Rêve d'enfant op.14
F.Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Sonata for Violin and Piano in F Major (1820)
B.Bartok Kinderstücke
W.A.Mozart Sonata in C Major for Piano and Violin KV 6
U.Asuroglu Yuva ögretmeni ve kumas pantolon (The Kindergarten teacher and the trousers)
Duo BalKan (Önder Baloglu&Cagdas Özkan)
04.05.2019 20:00 Gelsenkirchen (D) Kulturraum "die flora"
Childhood Impressions
G.Enescu Impressions d’enfance op.28
E.Ysaye Rêve d'enfant op.14
F.Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Sonata for Violin and Piano in F Major (1820)
B.Bartok Kinderstücke
W.A.Mozart Sonata in C Major for Piano and Violin KV 6
U.Asuroglu Yuva ögretmeni ve kumas pantolon (The Kindergarten teacher and the trousers)
Duo BalKan (Önder Baloglu&Cagdas Özkan)
20.03.2019 20:00 Ankara (TR) Bilkent Konser Salonu
Bilkent Müzik Günleri
All that Jazz!
G.Gershwin-J.Heifetz Summertime and A Woman Is a Sometime Thing from Porgy and Bess
G.Antheil Sonata for Violin and Piano no.2
N.Kapustin Sonata for Violin and Piano op.70
Duo BalKan (Önder Baloglu&Cagdas Özkan)
17.12.2017 12:30 Mülheim a.d.R (D)
Adventskonzert
Duo BalKan
15.12.2017 20:00 Essen (D) Katakomben-Theater
Klassisch.Unterirdisch.
Sangre y alma
J.Rodrigo Sonata Pimpante
D.Milhaud Le boeuf sur le toit
M.de Falla Siete Canciones Populares Españolas
P.Sarasate Romanza Andaluza
I.Albeniz Tango
R.Schchedrin A la Albeniz
Duo BalKan
Bettina Sulzer, Dance
13.12.2017 20:00 Köln (D) Lichthof Lotharstraße
Köln-Istanbul Abschlusskonzert des Yunus Emre Instituts
Duo BalKan
19.11.2017 11:00 Duisburg (D) Theater Duisburg
Musikpreisverleihung der Stadt Duisburg an Fazil Say
J.J.Fux Turcaria
F.Say 1001 Nights in Harem (arr.)
Önder Baloglu&Bianca Adamek, Violins
Anja Schröder, Violoncello
Çağdaş Özkan, Piano
Max Klaas, Percussion
03.11.2017 20:00 Essen (D) Katakomben-Theater
Klassisch.Unterirdisch.
All that Jazz!
F.Say 1001 Nights in Harem (arr.)
G.Antheil Sonata for violin and piano no.2
G.Gershwin-J.Heifetz Summertime and A Woman Is a Sometime Thing from Porgy and Bess
G.Gershwin-J.Heifetz It Ain't Necessarily So from Porgy and Bess
Duo BalKan
Max Klaas, Percussion
30.09.2017 19:00 Mülheim a.d.R (D)
G.Gershwin-J.Heifetz Summertime and A Woman Is a Sometime Thing from Porgy and Bess
Nikolai Kapustin Sonata for Violin and Piano op.70
G.Gershwin-J.Heifetz It Ain't Necessarily So from Porgy and Bess
B.Bartok Kinderstücke
W.A.Mozart Sonata in C Major for Piano and Violin KV 6
U.Asuroglu Yuva ögretmeni ve kumas pantolon (The Kindergarten teacher and the trousers)
E.Ysaye Rêve d'enfant op.14
D.Milhaud Le boeuf sur le toit
Duo BalKan
15.09 2017 19:30 Würzburg (D) Toscanasaal Residenz Würzburg
Nikolai Kapustin Sonata for Violin and Piano op.70
Duo BalKan
04.09.2017 20:00 Sinasos (TR) Eleni Kilise
Klasik Keyifler International Music Festival
W.A.Mozart Sonata in C Major for Piano and Violin KV 6
U.Asuroglu Yuva ögretmeni ve kumas pantolon (The Kindergarten teacher and the trousers)
Nikolai Kapustin Sonata for Violin and Piano op.70
Duo BalKan
28.02.2017 20:00 Ankara (TR) Cagdas Sanatlar Merkezi
27.02.2017 19:00 Eskisehir (TR) Anadolu Universitesi Devlet Konservatuari Salon 2003
26.02.2017 16:00 Istanbul (TR) Hekimbasi Salih Efendi Yalisi
Cocukluk izlenimleri
G.Enescu Impressions d’enfance op.28
E.Ysaye Rêve d'enfant op.14
F.Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Sonata for violin and piano in F Major (1820)
W.A.Mozart Sonata in C Major for Piano and Violin KV 6
U.Asuroglu Yuva ögretmeni ve kumas pantolon (The Kindergarten teacher and the trousers)
Duo BalKan
10.02.2017 20:00 Adana (TR) Adana Büyüksehir Belediyesi Konser Salonu
A.Vivaldi Le quattro stagioni
Önder Baloglu, violin
Alessandro Cedrone, conductor
Cagdas Özkan, harpsichord
Çukurova State Symphony Orchestra
29.11.2016 20:00 Bursa (TR) Uludag Üniversitesi Devlet Konservatuvarı Konser Salonu
28.11.2016 20:00 Eskisehir (TR) BSM Engin Orbey Sahnesi
Duo BalKan on tour
F.I.Biber Rosary Sanatas III-V
A.Webern Vier Stücke für Violine und Klavier op.7 (1910)
J.Brahms Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major op.78
Nikolai Kapustin Sonata for Violin and Piano op.70
Duo BalKan
21.11.2016 18:30 Wesel (D) ALTANA
Sangre y alma
J.Turina La oracion del torero
E.Granados Piano Quintet op.49
P.d.Sarasate Navarra
E.Granados Pequeña Romanza op.posth
C.Debussy String Quartet op.10
Quart.essence
Cagdas Ozkan, piano
18.11.2016 20:00 Essen (D) Katakomben-Theater
Klassisch.Unterirdisch.
Sangre y alma
J.Turina La oracion del torero
E.Granados Piano Quintet op.49
P.d.Sarasate Navarra
E.Granados Pequeña Romanza op.posth
C.Dabussy String Quartet op.10
Quart.essence
Cagdas Özkan, piano
04.09.2016 15:00 Duisburg (D) Mercatorhalle
Tag der offenen Tür
J.Brahms Sonata for Violin and Piano op.78 in G Major
N.Kapustin Sonata for Violin and Piano op.70
Duo BalKan
31.05.2016 20:00 Ankara (TR) Mozarthaus (postponed)
30.05.2016 20:00 Konya (TR) N.E. Üniversitesi A.K. Egitim Fakultesi P.E.G. Konser Salonu
29.05.2016 14:00 Istanbul (TR) Klasik Keyifler Müzik Dernegi, Cengelköy
27.05.2016 20:00 Bursa (TR) Uludag Üniversitesi Devlet Konservatuvarı Konser Salonu
Cocukluk izlenimleri
G.Enescu Impressions d’enfance op.28
E.Ysaye Rêve d'enfant op.14
F.Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Sonata for violin and piano in F Major (1820)
B.Bartok Kinderstücke
W.A.Mozart Sonata in C Major for Piano and Violin KV 6
U.Asuroglu Yuva ögretmeni ve kumas pantolon (The Kindergarten teacher and the trousers)
Duo BalKan
23.05.2016 20:00 Essen (D) Katakomben Theater
Klassisch.Unterirdisch.
Kinderkram
G.Enescu Impressions d’enfance op.28
E.Ysaye Rêve d'enfant op.14
F.Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Sonata for violin and piano in F Major (1820)
B.Bartok Kinderstücke
W.A.Mozart Sonata in C Major for Piano and Violin KV 6
U.Asuroglu Yuva ögretmeni ve kumas pantolon (The Kindergarten teacher and the trousers)
Duo BalKan
23.05.2016 11:00 Duisburg-Meiderich (D) Aula der Gesamtschule Meiderich
Kinderkram
G.Enescu Impressions d’enfance op.28
E.Ysaye Rêve d'enfant op.14
F.Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Sonata for violin and piano in F Major (1820)
B.Bartok Kinderstücke
W.A.Mozart Sonata in C Major for Piano and Violin KV 6
U.Asuroglu Yuva ögretmeni ve kumas pantolon (The Kindergarten teacher and the trousers)
Duo BalKan
01.08 - 13.08.2015 Cappadocia (TR)
Klasik Keyifler International Music Festival
01.08.2015 21:00 Sinasos, Eleni Kilise
KK Extravaganza
Luciano Berio Selections from Duetti per due violini
G.P.Telemann Gulliver Suite
Bela Bartok Selections from 44 Duos for two Violins
D.Shostakovich Five Pieces for two Violins and Piano
Bianca Adamek - Önder Baloglu (Violins)
Cagdas Özkan (Piano)
03.08.2015 18:30 Göreme, Turist Otel
KK Jam Session
Cem Önertürk (Flute)
Bianca Adamek - Önder Baloglu (Violins)
Nil Kocamangil (Violoncello)
Cagdas Özkan (Piano)
06.08.2015 21:00 Sinasos, Eleni Kilise
Impressions, Contrasts and Puppets
George Enescu Impressions d'enfance for Violin and Piano op.28
Duo BalKan
09.08.2015 14:30 Sinasos, Eleni Kilise
KK Next Generation
C.Franck Piano Quintet in F Minor
Bianca Adamek - Önder Baloglu (Violins)
Atilla Aldemir (Viola)
Nil Kocamangil (Violoncello)
Cagdas Özkan (Piano)
16.03.2015 20:00 Duisburg (D) Liebfrauenkirche
36. Duisburger Akzente
Heimat
George Enescu Impressions d'enfance for Violin and Piano op.28
Astor Piazzolla Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas for Violin, Violoncello and Piano
Fazil Say Space Jump for Violin, Violoncello and Piano op.46
Paul Hindemith Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Violoncello and Piano
ensemble turquoise feat. Duisburger Phil.
Andreas Oberaigner (Clarinet), Önder Baloglu (Violin), Elif Dimli (Violoncello), Cagdas Özkan (Piano)
15.03.2015 14:00 Essen (D) Katakomben Theater
Klassisch.Unterirdisch. - Önder Baloglu in Residence @ Katakomben Theater
"Die Heimat, die Sterne oder meine Jugend, was ist mir ferner?"
George Enescu Impressions d'enfance for Violin and Piano op.28
Astor Piazzolla Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas for Violin, Violoncello and Piano
Fazil Say Space Jump for Violin, Violoncello and Piano op.46
Paul Hindemith Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Violoncello and Piano
ensemble turquoise feat. Duisburger Phil.
Andreas Oberaigner (Clarinet), Önder Baloglu (Violin), Elif Dimli (Violoncello), Cagdas Özkan (Piano)
08.03.2015 14:00 Istanbul (TR) Klasik Keyifler Müzik Dernegi, Cengelköy
06.03.2015 18:00 Bursa (TR) Uludag Üniversitesi Devlet Konservatuvarı Konser Salonu
"Memleket mi, yıldızlar mı, gençligim mi daha uzak?"
George Enescu Impressions d'enfance for Violin and Piano op.28
Astor Piazzolla Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas for Violin, Violoncello and Piano
Fazil Say Space Jump for Violin, Violoncello and Piano op.46
ensemble turquoise
Önder Baloglu (Violin), Elif Dimli (Violoncello), Cagdas Özkan (Piano)
what else?
Links
Location:
Bosphorus
Contact:
Merve Özkan
duobalkan@gmail.com
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