Isin Cakmakcioglu
Isin Cakmakcioglu is a violinist whose international career has run from conservatorium study in Istanbul, Vienna and London to the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and chamber work with Trio Melbourne.
After a Bachelor of Music degree he studied with S. Akcil at the Istanbul University Conservatorium. A State Scholarship took him to the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna with G. Pichler, leader of the A. Berg Quartet. He completed a master of music degree at the Royal Academy of Music, London, with M. Hasson and members of the Amadeus Quartet, and worked in courses with O. Kagan, V. Spivakov and V. Klimov.
He won second prize in the National Violin Competition in Turkey and appeared as soloist and in chamber music across Europe and Australasia. He came to Australia in 1993 and is a member of the Melbourne Symphony.
‘The audience was mesmerised – he performed with absolute commitment and the greatest of ease. From the first moment they proved to be a beautifully coordinated duo. A bravura performance.’ (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
Performing as Trio Melbourne
Trio Melbourne is an ensemble comprising three outstanding artists - Roger Heagney (piano), Isin Cakmakcioglu (violin) and Rachel Atkinson (cello). It was established in 1993, and since then has performed to great critical acclaim in Australia and Europe.
20th Century Piano Trios
Highly acclaimed Trio Melbourne presents 20th Century Piano Trios, a collection of rarely heard and newly recorded works that includes first recordings of pieces by Australian composers Peter Sculthorpe and Julian Yu.
Isin Cakmakcioglu also appears on
Peter Sculthorpe
A retrospective compilation of favourite chamber works by the late Peter Sculthorpe, drawn from Move’s own catalogue. Torres Strait song, Kakadu landscapes and intimate string writing are heard in performances by leading Australian musicians.
China Wind: the clarinet music of Julian Yu, Vol. 1
Five chamber and concertante works for clarinet with strings, piano and flute show Julian Yu drawing on the inner structures of Chinese tradition rather than its surface colour, with remarkable versatility and emotional range.
Ambient Voice
Ambient Voice places Dean Frenkel’s haunting harmonic vocals over and within works by outstanding Australian composers, among them Mark Clement Pollard, George Dreyfus, Andrew MacGregor and Invention in Time.
A Handful of Rain
Inspired by Javanese gamelan and Japanese Shinto music, Mark Clement Pollard's ambient concert works pursue beauty and simplicity. A Handful of Rain gathers this acclaimed Australian composer's popular style from the mid-1990s.
Classical Allusion: Selected Works by Julian Yu
Julian Yu takes famous pieces from the Western musical tradition and ornaments them in the manner of Chinese folk music, until the familiar becomes something newly made.