Burcu Bükem Kuru, sopran
Glas koji dira dušu
Primadona Burcu Bükem Kuru diplomirala je pjevanje u klasi profesora Antonia Marcena na Glazbenom konzervatoriju A. Scontrino u Italiji, a usavršavala se pod mentorstvom Leyle Gencer (Italija), Shirley Verret (Detroit) i Lennarta Forséna (Stockholm). Među njezinim ranim priznanjima ističu se pobjede na međunarodnim natjecanjima Tonino Pardo, A. Trombone, Città di Alcamo, Città di Balestrate, Giuseppe di Stefano, Istanbul Siemens Vocal Competition i Città di Selinunte u razdoblju od 1996. do 1999. godine.
Godine 1999. debitirala je u operi Suor Angelica Giacoma Puccinija na otvorenom Festivalu opere u gradu Narni (Rim), tumačeći ulogu Suor Angelice. Prvi nastup u Turskoj ostvarila je 2000. godine s Državnim teatrom u Ankari u ulozi Liu u Puccinijevoj Turandot. Izvodila je glazbu Andree Lucchesija s udrugom Passacaglia u Gornate-Olani, te surađivala s vodećim glazbenim fondacijama i udrugama kao što su Ester Mazzoleni, Amici della Musica Palermo i Music Association Kaleidos. Nastupala je i u Vareseu (Milano) u suradnji s Carlo Morettijem i Federicom Cerianijem.
U različitim turskim državnim kazalištima interpretirala je brojne uloge:
Tosca u Tosci (Puccini), Liu u Turandotu (Puccini), Nedda u Pagliacciju (R. Leoncavallo), Medea u Medei (Cherubini), Santuzza u Cavalleriji Rusticani (Mascagni), Donna Elvira u Don Giovanniju (Mozart), Frasquita u Carmen (Bizet), Rosina u Barberinu iz Seville (Rossini), strana princeza u Rusalci (Dvorak), Hanna u Veseloj udovici (Lehár), Musetta u La Bohème (Puccini), Ayse u Alibaba ve Kırk Haramiler (Selman Ada), u operama Yusuf i Zuleyha i IV. Murat (Okan Demiris), te u izvedbama One Night in Paris, Stabat Mater (Rossini) i Carmina Burana (Orff).
Godine 2009. pozvana je kao solistica na međunarodni Galatina Music Festival u Lecceu, nastupajući uz poznatog pijanista Alda Ciccolinija. U istom je razdoblju održala koncerte organizirane od strane Dolomiti Music Association u Italiji. Tijekom sezona 2010. – 2012. etablirala se kao Tosca u Državnom teatru u Antalyi. Nakon nastupa na Eskisehir International Music Festivalu u Stabat Materu Rossinija, zajedno s talijanskom mezzosopranisticom Silvijom Regazzom, postala je prva turska pjevačica koja je u svojoj zemlji izvela ulogu Medee (Cherubini), nastavljajući brojne izvedbe iste uloge u Antalyi.
Godine 2011. proglašena je umjetnicom godine od strane Istanbul Europe Lions Cluba za ulogu u Tosci, a 2012. nominirana za pjevačicu godine od strane Istanbul Ciragan Lions Cluba za izvedbu u Medei. Suradnici su joj bili brojni renomirani dirigenti i umjetnici, među kojima Antonello Allemandi, Federico Ceriani, Stefano Mazzoleni, Mariagrazia Lioy, Davide Antonio Rizzo, Sergio Mirabelli, Giancarlo Bini i drugi.
Pozvana je izvesti Veselu udovicu Lehára na Festivalu Internazionale Opera Estate pod ravnanjem Francesca Carotenuta, a 2012. nastavila je suradnju s glavnim simfonijskim orkestrima poput Državnog simfonijskog orkestra u Antalyi i Simfonijskog orkestra Eskisehira, izvodeći gala koncert posvećen talijanskim skladateljima. Debitirala je u ulozi Santuzze u Cavalleriji Rusticani (Mascagni) u Gruziji, Državno kazalište Kutaisi, a nakon toga nastavila suradnju s gruzijskim kazalištem u raznim koncertima.
Burcu Bükem Kuru pridaje posebnu pozornost i komornoj te sakralnoj glazbi, nastupajući kao solistica na festivalima Finestre sul Novecento u Trevisu s oratorijem Sante Zanona Santa Caterina te s Rossinijevim Stabat Materom u glavnoj crkvi Palerma, kao i s Simfonijskim orkestrom Eskisehira. Nakon različitih izvedbi Tosce, debitirala je u Državnom teatru u Istanbulu u ulozi Zuleyhe iz suvremene opere Yusuf i Zuleyha Okan Demirisa. U Državnom teatru u Antalyi izvela je Donnu Elviru u Mozartovom Don Giovanniju, Musettu u La Bohème, te sudjelovala u glazbenoj produkciji One Night in Paris i u ulozi Hanne Glawari u Veseloj udovici Lehára.
Na koncertnoj pozornici njezin repertoar obuhvaća:
Stabat Mater i Salve Regina (Pergolesi), Stabat Mater (Vivaldi), Requiem (Mozart), Stabat Mater (Rossini), Messa da Requiem (Verdi), Yunus Emre Oratory (Adnan Saygun), Vier letzte Lieder (Strauss), Das Lied von der Erde (Mahler) i Wesendonck-Lieder (Wagner).
Umjetnica se ističe i brojnim avangardnim koncertnim projektima, među kojima su posebno značajni Water Memory, The Dance of Hormones i Every Aspect of Love, te istraživačkim projektom Ehu Ishamai u suradnji s Univerzitetom Roma Sapienza. Od 2024. godine, kroz svoju glazbenu tvrtku B.K Music Event, organizira koncertne projekte u suradnji s kraljevskim i državnim koncertnim prostorima, uključujući Historiska Museum i Halwyska Museum.
A voice that touches the soul
She graduated in singing class of Prof. Antonio Marceno at Music Conservatory A.Scontrino in İtaly.
She is specialized with Leyla Gencer (Italy), Shirley Verret (Detroit) and Lennart Forsén (Stockholm). Her early awards included winning the international competitions as Tonino Pardo, A.Trombone, Citta’di Alcamo, Citta’di Balestrate, Giuseppe di Stefano, İstanbul Siemens vocal competition ,Citta’ di Selinunte between 1996 and 1999.
İn 1999, she made her first debut in G.Puccini’s Suor Angelica opera (Suor Angelica role) with the open air opera festival City of Narni(Roma).
Her first performance in Turkey was with the State Theatre of Ankara as the role of Liu in the Puccini’s Turandot in 2000.
She performed Andrea Lucchesi`s music with the Passacaglia Association in the city of Gornate – Olana. She collaborated and made various concerts for the major music fondations and associations as Ester Mazzoleni, Amici della Musica Palermo, Music Association Kaleidos.
She is invited to take concerts in the city of Varese (Milan) and collaborate with Carlo Moretti and Federico Ceriani.
In different Turkish State Theaters she performed Tosca (Tosca- Puiccini), Liu in Turandot (G.Puccini), Nedda in Pagliacci( Italy-Lugano-R.Leoncavallo), Medea – (Medea -Cherubini), Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana (Georgia-Mascagni), Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni-(Mozart), Frasquita in Carmen (G.Bizet), Rosina in Barbiere di Siviglia (G. Rossini), Foreign princess in Rusalka (Dvorak), Hanna in Merry Widow (Lehar), Musetta in (La Boheme- Puccini), Ayse in Alibaba ve Kırk Haramiler(Selman Ada), Yusuf ile Zuleyha (O. Demiris), IV.Murat(Okan Demiriş), One night in Paris (Opera adapted from Offenbach) Stabat Mater (Rossini),Carmina Burana (C. Orff).
İn 2009 she is invited as soloist in the international Galatina Music Festival city of Lecce together with the famous artists such as pianist Aldo Ciccolini. İn the same year she hold concerts organized by Dolomiti Music Association in İtaly. İn 2010-2011-2012 season she has estabilished herself as Tosca in Antalya State Theatre. After her partecipation to the Eskisehir İnternational Music Festival as the soloist in Stabat Mater –Rossini together with italian mezzo soprano Silvia Regazzo in the same season of 2011-2012-2013 ,She has been the first Turkish singer to perform in her country as first Medea (Cherubini) and continued her numerous performances on the same role in the Antalya State Theatre.
İn 2011 Kuru is awarded as artist of year by İstanbul Europe Lions Club for her performance in Tosca and in 2012 she is nominated singer of the year by İstanbul Cıragan Lions Club with her performance in Medea.
Among the many famous conductors and artists she has worked with are Antonello Allemandi,Federico Ceriani,Stefano Mazzoleni,Mariagrazia Lioy,Davide Antonio Rizzo,Sergio Mirabelli,Giancarlo Bini,Laura Palleschi,Andrea Certa,Armando Anselmi,Giuseppe Visconti,Salvatore Spano’,Francesco Carotenuto,Revaz Javakhisvili,Borislav İvanov,Christian Deliso.
She is invited to sing Lehar’s Merry Widow for the Festival İnternazionale Opera Estate organized by International Chamber Ensemble Orchestra under the direction of Santa Cecilia famous director Francesco Carotenuto.in 2012 She continued her collaboration with main symphonic orchestras such as Antalya State Symphony orchestra and Eskisehir Symphony Orchestra directed by Christian Deliso in Italian composers’ night gala concert.
She made her debut in the role of Santuzza (Cavalleria Rusticana –Mascagni) in Giorgia, Kutaisi State Theater directed by Revaz Javakhisvili and after than continued to collaborate with Georgian theater in various concerts.
Kuru, also pays special attention to chamber and sacred music: she performed the recital as soloist in Music Festival ” Finestre sul Novecento” in Treviso with the sacred oratory of Sante Zanon ” Santa Caterina” and Rossini`s Stabat Mater in Palermo`s main church. She performed Stabat Mater of Rossini with Eskisehir Symphony orchestra.
After various Tosca performances she had her debut in Istanbul State Theater in the role of Zuleyha of Okan Demiris`s contemporary opera ” Yusuf and Zuleyha”
She had her debut in the role of Donna Elvira in Mozart`s Don Giovanni in Antalya State Theater. In the same season she performed the role of Musetta in Puccini`s La Boheme opera and musical production” One night in Paris” created with Offenbach musics and as Hanna Glawari in Mery Widow of Lehar .
On the concert platform her repertoire includes Stabat Mater and Salve Regina (Pergolesi), Stabat Mater (Vivaldi), Requiem (Mozart), Stabat Mater (Rossini), Messa da Requiem (Verdi), Yunus Emre Oratory (Adnan Saygun), Vier letzte lieder ( Strauss), Das Lied von der Erde (Mahler) and the Wesendonck-Lieder (Wagner).
The artist stands out with numerous avant-garde concert projects they have created. Among these projects, “Water Memory,” “The Dance of Hormones,” and “Every Aspect of Love” are particularly noteworthy. Additionally, they continue their research and collaboration on the “Ehu Ishamai” ancient music project with Roma Sapienza University. These projects reflect the artist’s experimental approaches, pushing the boundaries of music and transcending traditional frameworks.
From 2024 through her music company B.K Music Event company she organizes concert projects in collaboration with royal and state owned concert venues such as Historiska Museum and Halwyska Museum.
Tel;0723623603
Email:burcubukem@hotmail.com
https://youtu.be/-muX7Y8SLfc Santuzza -Cavalleria Rusticana/ Georgia Kutaisi Theater
https://youtu.be/Tl3e7Hc7Qpg Trovatore concert- Antalya State Opera and Ballet Theater