Bade Daştan
Turkey / Belgium, 19
Bade Daştan is a Turkish violinist studying at the Curtis Institute of Music with Shmuel Ashkenasi and Pamela Frank. Recently a Finalist and Audience Prize recipient at the 2026 Concours musical international de Montréal, she has performed in over 30 countries and collaborated with leading musicians including Maxim Vengerov and Fazil Say, and conductors including Gilbert Varga and Sascha Goetzel. In 2024, she received the Aydın Gün Encouragement Award from İKSV.
Teachers:
Pamela Frank 2026 – present
Shmuel Ashkenasi 2024 – present
Leonid Kerbel 2018 – 2024
Muhammedjan Turdiev 2012 – 2018
Preliminaries
Sonata No. 2 in A minor — E. Ysaÿe
Sonata in G major, K. 301 — W. A. Mozart
Caprice Nos. 2 and 11, Op. 1 — N. Paganini
Albumblatt — R. Wagner (arr. A. Wilhelmj)
Semi-Finals
Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30 — L. van Beethoven
Rhapsody No. 3 for Solo Violin — Jessie Montgomery
Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13 — G. Fauré
Introduction et rondo capriccioso, Op. 28 — C. Saint-Saëns
Classical Finals
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216 — W. A. Mozart
Caprice viennois, Op. 2 — F. Kreisler (orch. J. Kuusisto)
Finals
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 — J. Brahms
