AyşeDeniz Gökçin

AyşeDeniz is a Turkish classically-trained virtuoso pianist and composer from Los Angeles. She made her debut aged nine with the Gordion Chamber Orchestra with Bach's Keyboard Concerto No. 5. By the age of thirteen, she was already performing as a soloist with orchestras conducted by such names as Ibrahim Yazici, Fahrettin Kerimov, Antonio Pirolli, Cem Mansur, Engin Sakpinar, Ertug Korkmaz, Rengim Gokmen, Vladimir Sirenko and Kirill Karabits

She completed her bachelor's degree on Douglas Humphery at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester (New York) and master's degree at the Royal Academy of Music in London under the direction of Christopher Elton. She studied with renowned piano teachers such as Menahem Pressler, Jerome Lowenthal, Arie Vardi, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Lang Yocheved, and renowned Spanish Bach performer Rosalyn Tureck.

As a soloist, she has performed in 29 countries at classical concert halls, rock and jazz festivals, and conferences such as the Kennedy Centre Creativity & Tech Summit in Washington DC and TED AI in San Francisco in 2024. She connects with audiences of all genres, ages and backgrounds. She is known for her love of music, and enthusiastic cross-genre approach.

She has attracted the attention with her recordings of songs by Pink Floyd in the style of Franz Liszt. She recorded an album with arrangements of Astor Piazzolla’s music. Her The Nirvana Project is an album of virtuoso arrangements of Nirvana songs, recorded in collaboration with Bulgarian producer Ivan Shopov. Her tenth original album, Patterns for piano and string orchestra, was released in 2023.

AyşeDeniz with her new initiative Classical Regenerated AI Initiative & Piano Show brings back legendary classical composers, and explores the future of music through cutting-edge AI technology. This project honours composers and innovatively introduces classical music to new audiences.

She is a voting member of the GRAMMY® Academy of Music.

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