ARCHIVE · MASTERS · 2006–2026
107guest masters, 2006–2026
The Academy began in 2006 as the Eklisia Summer Music School. Gülsin Onay, the Festival’s Artistic Advisor, has taught every year since. The guest masters who have taught alongside her are listed below by year and instrument.
2006–2012 From the Eklisia Summer Music School to the Gümüşlük Festival Academy
2006
PianoDavid Dolan, Deniz Gelenbe
ViolinMichael Bochmann, Nana Jashvili
2007
PianoFrancesco Libetta, Ilya Itin, Kemal Gekiç
ViolinValery Oistrakh
ViolaGuy Ben Ziony
2008
PianoDaniel Gortler, Kemal Gekiç, Stephen Gutman
ViolinHakan Şensoy
ViolaRuşen Güneş
FluteGülşen Tatu
2009
PianoAleksander Madzar, Emre Elivar, Misha Dacic
ViolinCihat Aşkın
CelloAlexander Baillie
FluteGülşen Tatu
HarpŞirin Pancaroğlu
GuitarErkan Oğur
2010
Pianoİbrahim Yazıcı, Jean-Bernard Pommier, Makoto Ueno, Valentin Surif
ViolinErkin Onay
CelloÜmit İşgörür, Wolfgang Boettcher
FluteGülşen Tatu
VoiceChristine Wolff
2011
PianoIlya Itin, İbrahim Yazıcı, Julian Gorus, Misha Dacic, Peter Katin
CelloAlexander Baillie, Ümit İşgörür
FluteGülşen Tatu
VoiceChristine Wolff
2012
PianoJonathan Plowright, Karst de Jong, Lilya Zilberstein, Muza Rubackyte, Toros Can
2013–2017 The Ancient Quarry and Toprak Ev
2013
PianoAldo Ragone, Edna Golandsky, Jean-Bernard Pommier, Mauricio Vallina, Misha Dacic, Pierre Réach, Yury Martinov
CompositionFazıl Say
ViolinErkin Onay
GuitarCarlo Domeniconi, Derek Gripper
2014
PianoIlya Itin, Jean-Bernard Pommier, Kemal Gekiç, Mirella Giardelli
ViolinCihat Aşkın, Olga Martinova
2015
PianoAnika Vavic, Martin Roscoe, Mirella Giardelli, Misha Dacic, Vyacheslav Gryaznov
ViolinGilles Apap
FluteBülent Evcil
2016
PianoEmre Şen, Emre Yavuz, Ilya Kondratiev
ViolinAyla Erduran
FluteBülent Evcil, Yossi Arnheim
GuitarDerek Gripper, Ayşegül Koca, Cenk Erdoğan, Marek Pasieczny
2017
PianoIlya Itin, Mauricio Vallina, Romano Pallottini
ViolinGilles Apap
CelloDilbağ Tokay
FluteBülent Evcil, Raffaele Trevisani
GuitarDerek Gripper, Egberto Gismonti, Erdem Sökmen
2018–2026 New classes, the pandemic years and Open Stage
2018
PianoCyprien Katsaris, Konrad Richter
ViolinAlexander Markov, Erkin Onay
CelloDilbağ Tokay
Double bassFora Baltacıgil
FluteBülent Evcil, Raffaele Trevisani
2019
PianoFrancesco Libetta, Konstanze Eickhorst
ViolinErkin Onay, Ildiko Moog
CelloJeroen den Herder
Double bassFora Baltacıgil
ConductingLior Shambadal
2020
PianoGökhan Aybulus, Jean-Marc Luisada
2021
PianoBarış Büyükyıldırım, Pablo Galdo, Valerian Shiukashvili
CelloHenri Demarquette
2022
PianoBelén Navarro, Juan Lago, Kathryn Page, Murray McLachlan, Tuna Bilgin, Yener Gökbudak
ViolinAntal Zalai
CelloOphélie Gaillard
2023
PianoElena Çekiç, Eliane Reyes, Gábor Farkas, Natalia Sovuksu, Olivier Gardon
ViolinViktor Abramyan
2024
PianoCaroline Sageman, Ilya Itin, Lorenzo Di Bella, Michael Bulychev-Okser, Olivier Moulin
ViolinErkin Onay, Kristóf Baráti
2025
PianoCongyu Wang, Didier Castell-Jacomin, István Székely, Katya Apekisheva
ViolinRebekka Hartmann
2026
PianoCharles Owen, Craig Sheppard, Deren Eryılmaz, Elif Gökçe Türkili, Nicolas Bringuier, Vasco Dantas
ViolinEsen Kıvrak, Gwendolyn Masin
