Hailed as 'young, interesting, and someone to watch out for' by L’'Opera Magazine, Cenk Karaferya continues to thrill his audience with impeccable vocal quality and astonishing range.
In concert Cenk has appeared in Southbank Centre Purcell Room with Steven Devine and Broschi Ensemble, Centro Cultural de Belém Lisbon with Massimo Mazzeo and Divino Sospiro, London Handel Festival and Tudeley Music Festival with Stefano Molardi and I Virtuosi Delle Muse, St John’s Smith Square with Bridget Cunningham and Broschi Ensemble, London Handel Festival with Fleuri and Broschi Ensemble, Greenwich Festival of Early Music with Phillip Thorby and Trinity Baroque Orchestra, and further appearances in Istanbul Baroque Festival with Istanbul Barok and Albert Long Hall with Raina Popova.
Future engagements include the role of Conscience in Toby Young'’s Diary of a Thief with Olivier Award winner OperaUpClose, new pasticcio opera by Mehmet Yesilcay with Pera Ensemble, and a contemporary opera Michelangelo.
Cenk’'s operatic roles include Spirit and 1st Witch (Purcell’'s Dido and Aeneas), cover for Bartarido and Unolfo (Handel’'s Rodelinda) for Opera de Bauge, David (Handel’'s Saul) for Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra, Nero (Monteverdi’'s L’incoronazione di Poppea) for TCM, and the title role in Handel's Rinaldo for InVivo Opera.
Equally at home in recital, Cenk has been one of the core artists that Handel House, London has nurtured since its existence. He has given countless solo recitals and has received considerable acclaim for his broadcasts on CNN, BBC Radio, RTP 2 and TRT. He has recorded Handel’s Messiah for documentaries shown on BBC Two and TRT Muzik.
