Biography (Medium Length, ENG): AyseDeniz completed her Masters in Piano Performance at the Royal Academy of Music in London under the tutelage of Christopher Elton, and received her Bachelors Degree at Eastman School of Music in Rochester NY, studying with Douglas Humpherys. In her early teens, she also had the chance to study with Rosalyn Tureck, becoming one of her last students. AyseDeniz was considered a child prodigy in her native Turkey and made her concerto debut when she was nine, with the Gordion Chamber Orchestra playing J.S. Bach’s Keyboard Concerto No. 5. At thirteen, she had already performed as a soloist with more than a dozen of orchestras. Since then, she has played in major festivals around the world, including Moscow’s Musical Kremlin Festival, California’s Wavelength Festival; Sofia’s Piano Extravaganza Festival; 38th and 41st International Istanbul Music Festival; 31st International Ankara Music Festival; Gouveia Art Rock Festival and Piano City Milan. She has appeared on various TV channels, radio stations and magazines including Classic FM, CNN Turk, NTV, TRT, The Voice of Russia, International Piano Magazine, Andante, Opus, Vogue Turkey and Prog Rock Magazine. After three of her piano arrangements of Pink Floyd songs in the style of Franz Liszt went viral, AyseDeniz attracted the attention of the progressive rock world, and was featured on the group's official Facebook and Twitter pages. Upon the requests of her fans, she completed a full album called "Pink Floyd Classical Concept", which has been released on iTunes, and in limited hardcopy edition. She is currently touring with this program as well as working on a Classical Nirvana album, to be released in 2015. You can follow AyseDeniz from her Facebook page and watch her performances on YouTube. Biography (Long, ENG): AyseDeniz completed her Masters in Piano Performance at the Royal Academy of Music in London, under the tutelage of Christopher Elton. She received the Maud Hornsby Award, graduated with Merit and completed the LRAM Teaching Certificate. In 2009, she completed her Bachelors Degree at Eastman School of Music (Rochester NY) in the studio of Douglas Humpherys, where she received the Howard Hanson and Clements Scholarships as well as the John Celentano Excellence in Chamber Music Award. She was considered a child prodigy in her native Turkey and made her concerto debut when she was nine, with the Gordion Chamber Orchestra playing J.S. Bach’s Keyboard Concerto No. 5. At thirteen, she had already performed as a soloist with various orchestras under conductors including Ibrahim Yazici, Fahrettin Kerimov, Antonio Pirolli, Cem Mansur, Engin Sakpinar, Ertug Korkmaz, Rengim Gokmen, Vladimir Sirenko, and Kirill Karabits. AyseDeniz attended prestigious summer festivals including the Verbier Academy, Music Academy of the West, Aspen Music Festival and School, PianoTexas, Goslar Konzertarbeitswochen, Tel Hai, and Beijing International Music Festival, studying with renowned piano pedagogues such as Menahem Pressler, Jerome Lowenthal, Arie Vardi, Yoheved Kaplinsky, as well as Lang Lang. In middle school, Gokcin moved to Spain for half a year to study with the renowned Bach interpreter Rosalyn Tureck, becoming one of her last students. Upon hearing AyseDeniz’s interpretation of a Chopin Sonata, Nikolai Petrov personally invited her to perform in the Kremlin Palace (Moscow, Russia) – a concert that was very well-received and marked somewhat of a mile stone. Throughout her career, AyseDeniz has given concerts around the world including Cathedral of Christ The Savior (Moscow, Russia); L’Eglise (Verbier/Switzerland); Duke’s Hall, Steinway Hall, Kings Place (London, UK); Bellapais Antique Monastery (Northern Cyprus); Central Park of Culture Open Air Hall, Lysenko Hall (Kiev, Ukraine); in USA’s PepsiCo Hall (TX), Kilbourn Hall (NY), Harris Hall (CO), Pacific Amphitheater (CA); Teatro Cine (Chacabuco, Argentina); and Teatro Cine (Gouveia/Portugal); Galleria d’Arte Moderna (Milan/Italy); and at almost all of Turkey’s most important art centres, including Sureyya Opera House, Albert Long Hall, AkSanat, Borusan Music House, The Seed, CRR (Istanbul), State Opera House (Eskisehir) and MEB Sura (Ankara). Recently, AyseDeniz has also appeared in Wavelength Festival 2013; Sofia Piano Extravaganza Festival 2013; 41st International Istanbul Music Festival 2013, 31st International Ankara Music Festival 2014; Gouveia Art Rock Festival 2014 and Piano City Milan 2014. She has been featured in media world wide – from the BBC over Classic FM to rock magazines and blogs. She has appeared on various TV shows, radio stations and in magazines including CNN Turk, NTV, TRT, The Voice of Russia, Vogue Turkey and Prog Rock Magazine. After three of her piano arrangements of Pink Floyd songs in the style of Franz Liszt went viral, AyseDeniz attracted the attention of the progressive rock world, and was supported on the group's official Facebook and Twitter pages. Upon the requests of her fans, she completed a full album called "Pink Floyd Classical Concept", which has been released on iTunes and in limited hardcopy edition on her online store. She is currently touring with her Pink Floyd Classical Concept programme, while working on a Classical Nirvana album, to be released in 2015. You can follow AyseDeniz from her Facebook page and watch her performances on YouTube. Turkce Biyografi: Eastman School of Music’te lisansini, Royal Academy of Music’te ise yuksek lisansini yeni tamamlamis olan AyseDeniz, ilk koncerto icrasini 9 yasinda Gordion Oda Orkestrasi esliginde J.S Bach’in 5. Klavye Koncertosu ile yapti. O zamandan beri dunya uzerinde bircok orkestraya solist oldu, solo resitaller verdi, ustunde calistigi projelerin kayitlarini yapti ve cesitli sivil toplum orgutlerine yardim amacli konserler verdi. Yurtdisi konserleri icinde Moskova’da Kremlin Sarayi ve Christ The Saviour Katedrali; Verbier’de L’Eglise; Londra’da Duke’s Hall, Steinway Hall ve Kings Place; Kiev’de Acik Hava Tiyatrosu ve Lysenko Hall; Fort Worth’da PepsiCo Hall; Rochester’da Kilbourn Hall; Aspen’de Harris Hall; Santa Barbara’da Lehmann Hall ve Kuzey Kibris’ta Bellapais Antik Manastir’inda caldi. Yurticinde Istanbul ve Ankara Muzik Festivalleri de olmak uzere onemli sanat etkinliklerinde sahne aldi. AyseDeniz Classic FM, BBC News, CNN Turk, NTV, TRT, Voice of Russia, TV, International Piano Magazine, Andante, Opus, Prog Rock Magazini ve Vogue’da yer aldi. iTunes’da cikan Pink Floyd aranjmanlari ile buyuk ilgi topladi, Pink Floyd’un kendi Facebook sayfasinda iki kere yer aldi, albumdeki eserleri California “Wavelength” Festivali, Sofya “Piano Extravaganza” Festivali ve Chacabuco “El Cine Espanol”da caldi. Su anda bu program ile cesitli ulkelerde konserler vermekte. Ayni zamanda da Classical Nirvana albumu uzerinde calismaktadir.