Diren Duran (23)

Diren Duran currently studies with Michael Faust at the Hochschule für Musik Robert Schumann in Düsseldorf. She holds an academy position with the Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal and has been a scholarship holder of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes since 2019. She has appeared in concert with the Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal at the Stadhalle Wuppertal and Opera Leverkusen, broadcast a solo recital live on WDR3, given a solo recital at he Schumann-Saal in Düsseldorf and played at the Elbphilharmonie with the Junge Norddeutsche Philharmonie. Diren is a laureate of the Sieghardt Rometsch Competition (Third Prize) and in 2018 received the special prize of the Berthold Hummel Foundation for the best interpretation of a modern work. She has participated in the master-classes with Andrea Lieberknecht, Michael Martin Kofler, Patrick Gallois and Barthold Kuijken.