GÖKHAN BAĞCI - Cello
Bağcı was born in Antalya in 1990. He was the principal cellist in Turkish National Philharmonic Orchestra, Ankara Youth Symphony Orchestra and Jungenc Philharmonic Orchestra. BAGCI also played in Ankara Philharmonic Orchestra, Antalya State Symphony Orchestra, Bursa Regional Symphony Orchestra, Istanbul Akbank Chamber Orchestra, Marmaris Chamber Orchestra, Samsun State Opera and Ballett of Orchestra and Orchestra Academic Başkent. He was also a part of Istanbul Youth Orchestras Festival ,Berlin Young Europe Festival, Festival of the Nations and Brunckner Festival under the names of orchestras above. In Istanbul Music Festival with the conductor Cem MANSUR, he played in the Turkey Premier of the Los Angeles Symphony by Arvo PART.
In 2012 Bağcı joined the Hezarfen Ensemble and he played the Turkey premier of Michael ELLISON’s contemporary opera “Mevlana, Say I am”; and the world premier at Rotterdam Operadagen. He also played for the CD recording of this opera. He played a solo at Hezarfen Ensemble´s opening concert at “Manzara Istanbul”. Moreover he played concerts at the 22.
Akbank Jazz Festival with the Yurodny Ensemble and within the Europe tour of Hezarfen Ensemble at the MaerzMusik Festival in Berlin (Kammermusiksaal der Philharmonie and Haus der Berliner Festspiele)He attended to the master classes such as, Prof. Peter Bruns, Johannes Moser, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Markku Lulojan-Mikkola, Wolgang Boettcher, Ruth Phillips, Mauro Valli, Benyamin Sonmez, Cağ Ercağ, Şölen Dikener, voilinist; Ellen Jewett, Özcan Ulucan,Orhan Ahıskal, Ruşen Güneş, Harald Herzl and he regularly joins concerts with Klasik Keyifler, Orchestra Academic Başkent, Hezarfen Ensemble, Trio Ba, Begoa Ensemble, Ankara Youth Symphony Orchestra and Borusan İstanbul Philharmonic Orchestra every year.
