28/12/2022
Why not learn with a teacher, who learnt from the best in the world and who still puts her skills into practice on the main stage in Australia and around the world? Email to get in touch: [email protected] Biography below:
Ayşe Göknur Shanal
“Göknur is a soprano gifted with a voice of great beauty...she has the ability to hold an audience with both the intensity of her performance and her musicianship.”
— Conductor Richard Bonynge AC, CBE, Commandeur de l'Ordre National des Arts et des Lettres
Brisbane born soprano, Ayşe Göknur Shanal studied at Royal College of Music, in London and was an adjunct member of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
She has performed in USA, Germany, France, Ireland, India, Japan, Turkey, England, Scotland, Wales, Cyprus and Morocco. She performs regularly at the Sydney Opera House and is a soloist with the Symphony Orchestras of Sydney, Queensland, Melbourne, Adelaide, West Australia, and with the Australian Haydn Ensemble and Cyprus Symphony Orchestra.
She is a mastermind in languages, speaking six and singing in over thirty, as good as a native speaker...
Ayşe has won many competitions and awards around the world. Some of these include, the Australian Singing Competition, Metropolitan Opera Award (New York), Queens Trust for Young Australians, Symphony Australia’s Young Performers Award (Vocal Category), Countess of Munster (UK) and the Sonderpreis der Loreley- Festspiele at the Neue Stimmen International Singing Competition (Germany).
She has a graduate law degree from Western Sydney University and is an advocate for the environment, Human Rights and Australia’s First Nations People. She is also part of Sydney’s 24/7 Kitchen, distributing food to the city’s homeless community.
Ayşe is passionate about using her art form and teaching skills consciously, to make a genuine and direct impact in her audience, students and those around the world.
“When a concert leaves you feeling excited and energised for hours afterwards, you know it was an exceptionally good one”— Len Power
