
A tantalizing cello sound and Ivan Turkalj belong together like heaven and earth. He makes a cosmos resound that has deep roots and yet flies boldly and resolutely into the open expanse. His strength revolves above all around the irrepressible desire to set off. Ivan has long been living the much sought-after “reinvention” of classical music. “ ... an exemplary example of artists on the independent scene who combine creative music-making with social responsibility. “In the following year, Ivan Turkalj was awarded the Music Prize of the Universitätsbund Würzburg, in 2024 the album “What The Fugue” was nominated for the German Record Prize in the category “Grenzgänger”, in 2025 Ivan Turkalj's solo album will be released. Ivan Turkalj studied in Vienna, Würzburg and Zurich and performs throughout Europe as a soloist, with The Erlkings and the New Piano Trio.
A tantalizing cello sound and Ivan Turkalj belong together like heaven and earth. He makes a cosmos resound that has deep roots and yet flies boldly and resolutely into the open expanse. His strength revolves above all around the irrepressible desire to set off. Ivan has long been living the much sought-after “reinvention” of classical music. “ ... an exemplary example of artists on the independent scene who combine creative music-making with social responsibility. “In the following year, Ivan Turkalj was awarded the Music Prize of the Universitätsbund Würzburg, in 2024 the album “What The Fugue” was nominated for the German Record Prize in the category “Grenzgänger”, in 2025 Ivan Turkalj's solo album will be released. Ivan Turkalj studied in Vienna, Würzburg and Zurich and performs throughout Europe as a soloist, with The Erlkings and the New Piano Trio.