SCMS: The Concert Truck
Free
- Nick Luby, piano
- Susan Zhang, piano
- Efe Baltacıgil, cello
- Mari Yoshinaga, percussion
Astor Piazzolla — Le Grand Tango
Paul Kerekes — spark
Meredith Monk — Ellis Island
Claude Debussy — Cello Sonata, L. 135
Astor Piazzolla — Libertango
Come this Summer and experience the magic and excitement of Seattle Chamber Music Society concerts put on wheels. SCMS musicians will join Concert Truck artists to play a series of concerts throughout the region, free and open to the public in neighborhoods, parks, and markets near you! Bring a chair, pack a picnic, and enjoy outdoor performances June 22-July 2, 2023.
About Nick Luby, piano
About Susan Zhang, piano
About Efe Baltacıgil, cello
Principal Cello of the Grammy-winning Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Turkey’s String Player of the Year, 2013, and awardee of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, Mr. Baltacıgil is lauded for his risk-taking, passionate performances that immediately capture the heart and imagination.
Recipient of the Peter Jay Sharp Prize, the Washington Performing Arts Society Prize, and first prize in concerto competitions of Istanbul, New York, and the Allentown, Pennsylvania Schadt String Competition, Baltacıgil experienced early acclaim as winner of the 2005 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. Recipient of a bachelor’s degree from the Mimar Sinan University Conservatory in Istanbul and an artist diploma from the Curtis Institute of Music, Efe began his professional career in the United States as Associate Principal Cello of the Philadelphia Orchestra before joining the Seattle Symphony as Principal Cello in 2011.
https://www.chambermusicsociety.org/about/artists/strings/efe-baltacigil/