Meryem Natalie Akdenizli - Pianist

Meryem Akdenizli was born in 1980 in Stuttgart. From 1987 until 2001 she was in the piano class of the concert pianist Romuald Noll at the music school of Stuttgart. In 1990 and 1992 she received first prizes at the music youth competition Jugend musiziert, 1994 the First Prize at the Federal state competition Jugend musiziert. The German music committee nominated her for the participation at the international piano competition of the european broadcast institutions concertino praga, in which she also was a prize winner. 1997 she again won the First Prize at Jugend musiziert in the category chamber music. As a soloist, as well as fro her „kammermusikalische“ achievement she received a scholarship of the foundation Kunststiftung Baden Württemberg.

In 2000 she received a prize at Jugend musiziert in the category Duo. Her interpretations of various works of Debussy, Ravel, Beethoven, Scönberg, Bach, Chopin und Janacek were broadcastet by different broadcast- and TV- stations like SDR, SWR, MDR in Germany as well as in Turkey. In the age of 16 her first piano recital took place in the Liederhalle Stuttgart. In addition she was given piano recitals and chamber music concerts throughout Germany, in Austria, Italy, the United States and Turkey.

The Young chamber orchestra of Stuttgart obliged her to play piano concerts of Mozart and Beethoven under the conductor Prof. Christoph Adt. As a solist she was also playing the Totentanz of Franz Liszt with the young symphony orchestra Stuttgart. In 2000 she made her German school leaving examination.

From the year 2001 till 2003 she was a student in the piano masterclass of Prof. Gabriel Amiras at Musikhochschule Trossingen. After only 6 semesters she was finishing her degree with the grade „very good“ in the master-class of Prof. G. Amiras at the Musikhochschule Trossingen. She was participating in master-couses from Prof. Andrzey Jasinski, Alfredo Perl, Prof. Pavel Gililov, Prof. Anatol Ugorski and Prof. Boris Lvov. In June 2004 she received the 1. Prize at the international „Young Talents Competition Val Tidone“ in Italy.

At this time she is improving her skills with Professor Matti Raekallio at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover and Livia Rev in Paris. There she is also working intensively with New Music, for which she was also studying with the composer Janez Maticic several of his pieces.