ABOUT
SUNA REEDS
Kani Utku Suna
Kani Utku Suna, who started his bassoon education at Adana Çukurova University State Conservatory, completed his bachelors degree at Hochschule Musik und Theater Leipzig with Jörg Michael Thome and Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe with David Tomas-Realp. He studied baroque bassoon with Katrin Lazar at the Musikhochschule Trossingen. He worked with Stefan Schweigert (Berliner Philarmoniker), Artan Hürsever (Zürich Oper), Selim Aykal (Berlin Oper), Sergio Azzolini (Musikhochschule Basel). Bassoonist Kani Utku Suna works for Antalya State Symphony Orchestra and İzmir Baroque Ensemble. He was trained in reed making by Tolga Alpay, Jörg Michael Thome, David Tomas-Realp and Emre Hopa. His company Suna reeds exports canes and reeds from Antalya-Türkiye.
In a short time, Suna Reeds was appreciated by reed makers around the world thanks to their compact feature that eases reed making. Our new age high quality canes are suitable for all shapers used in making various bassoon reeds such as 1a, 2, T, 29, 34.
Suna Reeds cane field is located in Mediterranean, the south of Türkiye where the climate is hot. After the harvest, it is carefully dried under the sun and cut into tubes to the desired size. Bassoon, baroque bassoon and contrabassoon canes are produced in different diameters from 22 to 30 mm.