First Sundays Concert Series: Efe Baltacıgil with music by Bach, Ligeti, & Ysaÿe for cello & piano

• Efe Baltacıgil, cello

Johann Sebastian Bach — 6 Cello Suites, BWV 1007-1012 (selected suite TBA)
György Ligeti — Sonata for Solo Cello
Eugène Ysaÿe — Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 28

Efe Baltacigil, principal cellist of the Seattle Symphony, brings to life works by iconic composers. Delight in the melodic charm of J.S. Bach's cello suite, revel in the avant-garde brilliance of Yörgy Sándor Ligeti's Sonata, and be mesmerized by the virtuosic compositions of Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe's Sonata in this cello and piano performance.

First Sundays Concerts presents outstanding programs of jazz and classical music annually on Bainbridge Island. Performers are professionals of the highest quality primarily from the Pacific Northwest region to give concertgoers an experience of hearing music up close at an intimate venue.

About Bainbridge Community Piano Association

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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/