The ensemble Eudora Quartet, based in The Netherlands, is composed by four young string players from Turkey and Spain. The strange year 2020 brought them together to fight for gender equality in music, and to advance their particular vision about repertoire for string quartet.

During the history of music, female composers have been relegated to a secondary position within society. Even taking into account their high level of musical education and skill, it was common for women to have their compositions credited to other male artists. Very often have women worked behind for big names, doing important tasks within the career of a father, a brother or a husband, while those male artists were taking all the public merits.

These women were always under wraps, and in many cases, once they were married, their fabulous musical skills were even more underrated or simply discontinued.

Eudora Quartet wants to put the work of women where it belongs: in the concert hall. The public of our generation needs to listen to these precious pieces of art to begin healing the mistakes and injustices of the past.

Çisem Özkurt, violin

Ángela Moya, violin

Kardelen Buruk, viola

Cèlia Torres Ruiz, cello

ERTEN DENIZ ISPIR

Born in a musician family, Deniz made his debut as soloist at the age of 14. By that time he was already touring the Europe and Turkey with children orchestra.

He continued playing with symphony orchestras regularly in Turkey and from 2009 performs with orchestras such as Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Yaroslavl Philharmonic Orchestra, Dnipropetrovsk Philharmonic Orchestra, İzmir State Symphonic Orchestra, Antalya State Symphony Orchestra, Adana State Symphony Orchestra, Anadolu University Symphonic Orchestra, Betuws Symphony Orchestra and others. Amongst his international performances he collaborated with Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and its chief conducter great Marc Albrecht in 2019.

Played in some of the most spectacular halls of the world such as Great Hall and Small Hall of Moscow Conservatory, Wiener Konzerthaus, Essen Philarmonie, Beethovenhalle, Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ and others.

Through his musical life had the chance and privilage to learn from eminent violinists such as Shlomo Mintz, Hagai Shaham, Mincho Minchev, Cihat Aşkın, Suna Kan, Itzhak Rashkovsky, Ani Schnarch, Svetlin Roussev, Alexander Markov, Sergey Kravchenko, Natalia Prishepenko, Liviu Prunaru, Simone Lamsma and Ilya Grubert.

After his graduation from Çukurova University State Conservatory, he entered to Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory to class of Sergey Kravchenko by invitation in 2014. However he is finishing his bachelor studies in Conservatory of Amsterdam in the class of  outstanding violinist Ilya Grubert from 2018.

Deniz is supported by Contemporary Education Foundation which is sponsored by QNB Bank, Dutch National Musical Instrument Foundation(NMF) and Albert Eckstein Foundation. Plays on a violin made by Johannes T. Cuypers in 1797 on generous loan from NMF.

AYSEGÜL YÖRÜKOGLU  

Born in 1993, Ayşegül Yörükoğlu began studying the piano with Samir Mirzoev at the Antalya State Conservatory. In 2011 she is invited to study in Moscow Conservatory by Victor Merzhanov and in 2017 she graduated from Moscow P.I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory from the class of Sergey Koudriakov. Currently, she continues her master studies with Naum Grubert in Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Ayşegül's education is supported by Jacques Vonk Fonds.

She has participated in many competitions and received various prizes including special prizes and scholarships at the 8th Horowitz-Debut Piano Competition in Ukraine, 4th International Vavilov Piano Competition in Russia; 2nd prizes at the 19th International Music Competition in Latvia in 2009, Malta International Piano Competition in 2013 and 10th International Pera Piano Competition in Turkey. In 2012, she won the 1st prize at the 3rd International Slobozhanska Fantasy Piano Competition in Ukraine. In 2013, she got a special prize and scholarship from The International Sergey Rachmaninov 140th Anniversary Festival in Germany.

Ayşegül had her debut as a soloist when she was 10 years old. She played as a soloist with Lugansk Regional Philharmonic Orchestra in Russia, NRW Orchester-zentrum Chamber Orchestra in Germany, Sumy Regional Symphonic Orchestra in Ukraine and Antalya State Symphony Orchestra, Antalya State Opera and Ballet Orchestra in Turkey. She has given concerts in various countries such as The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Russia, Ukraine, Malta, Azerbaijan, and Turkey. She is also a member of piano duo with pianist Ecem Alnıaçık; and currently plays concerts with violinist Erten Deniz İspir