renan koen

RENAN KOEN (1971- )
She started her studies in music with the flute in 1979, when the conductor of the Amherst College Choir discovered her talent during his stay in İstanbul for the International Music Festival.
She started studying piano in 1983 with the composer Ali Darmar, and the “State Artist” Ayşegül Sarıca.
Meanwhile, she received her secondary school degree from the flute studio of “Nazım Acar” at Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory.
Between 1985 and 1986, she furthered her studies in piano in Paris with Germaine Mounier.
In 1990-1991 she continued her studies in London with the pedagogue Maria Curcio and her assistant Mark Swartzentruber.
1995 brought her prizes in various competitions. She received the fourth prize in the “Chopin Etudes” competition hosted by Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory. She was awarded the second prize for her interpretation of a Cemal Reşit Rey composition entitled “Improvisation” in the competition held in honor of the composer. In that same year, she graduated from the piano studio of Judith Uluğ at Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory
While at the same time pursing a career in piano, she developed a keen interest for the Anatolian culture and its local melodic colors. She started to study composition and electro-composition technics with Dr. Pieter Snapper to be able to bring a Western perspective on these melodies. Meanwhile, she started to study theory and jazz harmony with Reuben de Lautour.
Renan Koen believes that the most important mission of music is to unite and to heal. Following the call of this mission, the artist went to Athens and completed the “Art et Qualite de Vie – L’art en Prevention Therapie et Pedagogie” program, which is a member of the European Music Therapy under the instruction of psychologist-pedagogue and music therapist Lianna Polychroniadou. This has made her the only female Turkish member of “La Societe Hellenique du Musicotherapie et Expression Creative “
She studied Quantum Transformer Healing in 2010.
Mrs. Koen, is performing both as a soloist with orchestras and chamber music ensembles and as a recitalist.
Mrs. Koen has been working on her project “Interactions in World Music” with soprano Şebnem Ünal since 1993. This duo has performed the Turkish premiere of Federico Garcia Lorca’s “13 Spanish Folk Songs” and since 2003, joined forces with other distinguished musicians to form their ensemble “Melodias Epicas”
Mrs.Koen is taking part in various projects. In 2008, she became curator of contemporary music festival called “Yeno Ceno” organized by Galata Perform, an organization realizing contemporary art.
Mrs. Koen became Universal/Taxim Edition’s artist since 2006 and published album “bridges” in 2008.