Turkish violinist Ezgi Sarikcioglu is currently an Artist Diploma graduate where she also studied Master of Performance with the internationally renowned pedagogue Itzhak Rashkovsky at the Royal College of Music, London. She is a scholar of the Association of Contemporary Education (Çagdas Egitim Vakfi). Ezgi is also generously sponsored by Talent Unlimited.
Ezgi previously studied at Çukurova University State Conservatory and Istanbul University State Conservatory with Ferhang Huseynov and Sevil Ulucan Weinstein. Ezgi Sarikcioglu graduated from Istanbul University State Conservatory from Sevil Ulucan Weinstein’s class with the highest mark.
Ezgi has performed in several concerts in various festivals including Great Bolgar Music Festival in Russia-Kazan, Istanbul Galatasaray High School with pianist Can Okan, and the Is Sanat Parlayan Yildizlar Concert Series with Gülnare Sekinskaya. Furthermore, she has performed Vivaldi’s Concerto for 2 Violins with distinguished violinist, Cihat Askin and Karsiyaka Chamber Orchestra conducted by Rengim Gökmen.
The Italian pianist Simone Alessandro Tavoni has given recitals internationally, including in the United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, Hungary, France, Spain, Malta, Estonia, Greece and across Italy. He has been awarded a place on the BBC Pathway scheme during the 2015/2016 academic year and through this, he has had the opportunity to rehearse and perform as an orchestral pianist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and some of these performances have been played by BBC Radio 3.
In 2019 Simone has been selected as a Parklane Group Artist, as Keyboard Charitable Trust Artist and received the Luciano and Giancarla Berti full-ride scholarship to attend the Aspen Music Festival and School studying with renowned Professor Fabio Bidini.