Benyamin Sönmez

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Benyamin Sönmez (born January 16, 1983 in Bremen ; † November 30, 2011 in Istanbul ) was a Turkish cellist . He was a prizewinner at the Adam International Cello Festival in New Zealand in 2006, chaired by Mistislaw Ropstropovich .

Life

Sönmez, born in Bremen in 1983, moved to Turkey with his family at the age of three. He began his cello training when he was 14 years old. At the age of 17 he began studying at the State Conservatory in Ankara and studied with Natalia Gutman at the University of Music in Stuttgart and at the Moscow Conservatory .

Sönmez lived in Istanbul and died on November 30, 2011 at the age of only 28 after a heart attack .

Awards

  • 2006: Winner of the Adam International Cello Festival in New Zealand

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dahi Turk kalbine yenildi! ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Sabah online from December 2, 2011 (Turkish)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sabah.com.tr
  2. ↑ Mourning for cellist Benyamin Sönmez, 28-year-old musician dies of heart failure, at Klassik, Ankara, December 7, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Sönmez, Benyamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish cellist
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 2011
Place of death Istanbul