Ayla Erduran (born 22 September 1934, Istanbul) is a

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violinist. A student of Karl Berger she performed her first recital when she was 10 years old. She then went on to study at the Paris International Conservatory from 1946 to 1951 under Benedetti and Benvenuti. After her graduation she went on to United States, where she stayed until 1955, and studied with Ivan Galamian and Zino Francescatti. From 1957 to 1958, Erduran studied under David Oistrakh at Moscow Conservatory. Her career as a violin teacher spanned between 1973 and 1990 in Switzerland, including her master's classes at the

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. Erduran earned the title of a state artist in 1971. She has also received a gold medal from the Ankara-based Sevda Cenap And Music Foundation (SCAMV). She won the fifth place prize in the Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in 1957, the Harriet Cohen-Olga Veryney Award in 1964, and the Beethoven Award of the Netherlands in 1970. Her performances with major orchestras includes the London Symphony, Suisse Romande, Berlin RIAS, Presidential Symphony Orchestra, and Czech Philharmonia. She has also worked with several conductors including Ernest Ansermet, Karel Ancerl, Paul Kletzki, Gennadi Rozhdetsvenski, Jean Fournet, Michel Plasson and

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. Locations of her concerts include South Korea, the US, Canada, Middle East, India, Africa, Russia, Azerbaijan, and Turkey. She premiered

Ulvi Cemal Erkin Ulvi Cemal Erkin () (March 14, 1906 – September 15, 1972) was a member of the pioneer group of symphonic composers in Turkey, born in the period 1904–1910, who later came to be called The Turkish Five. These composers set out the direction of ...

's violin concerto in 1958, conducted by Ulvi Cemal Erkin, in Belgium. Erduran also performed the Sibelius's violin concerto with Suisse Romande Orchestra, conducted by Ernest Ansermet, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Sibelius in Geneva. Her performances were broadcast on radio in England, Germany, Brazil, Bulgaria, Russia, Poland, Iraq, the Netherlands, and the US. Erduran has had duet performances with notable musicians such as Yehudi Menuhin, Henryk Szeryng, Navarra String Quartet,

Igor Oistrakh Igor Davidovich Oistrakh (russian: И́горь Дави́дович О́йстрах; uk, Ігор Давидович Ойстрах 27 April 1931 – 14 August 2021) was a Soviet and Russian violinist. He was described by ''Encyclopædia Brita ...

, Valery Oistrakh, Victor Pikaizen,

Guy Fallot Guy Fallot (1927 – 25 July 2018) was a French cellist born in Nancy. Biography Guy Fallot's father, Paul Fallot – a geologist and professor at the Collège de France – was also a great music lover and played the violin. The mother of Guy ...

, Collins, and Mieczyslaw Weinberg.

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