Can Saraç

Can Saraç (born 2007, Istanbul) began piano at five, trained at Istanbul University State Conservatory, and now studies in the Pre-College at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München with Prof. Michael Schäfer while continuing lessons with Prof. Gökhan Aybulus. He received the ICMA Discovery Award 2025 and was a 2023 Cliburn Junior Festival Artist, later becoming the youngest winner of Piano Academy Eppan’s Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Prize. Performances include solo recitals at the Hermitage and GES-2, Beethoven’s Concerto No. 2 with the Mariinsky Orchestra in 2024, and a recital at Rio’s Copacabana Palace Theatre. A scholarship holder of the Liechtenstein International Music Academy, he has worked in masterclasses with leading pianists such as Pavel Gililov, Janina Fialkowska, Michel Béroff, Andrea Bonatta, and Ludmil Angelov.