Fatma Ceren Necipoğlu was a Turkish

Turkey

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 harp

Harp

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ist and university lecturer for piano and harp. She was aboard Air France Flight 447

Air France Flight 447

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 from Rio de Janeiro

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, Brazil

Brazil

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 to Paris

Paris

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, France

France

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, which disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean

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 on 1 June 2009.

Life and career

During her high school education at the Deutsche Schule Istanbul

Deutsche Schule Istanbul

Deutsche Schule Istanbul or Özel Istanbul Alman Lisesi or simply Alman Lisesi is one of the most prestigious high schools in Turkey. It was established in May 1868 for the children of German traders, artists, engineers and diplomats living in Istanbul...

, Fatma Ceren Necipoğlu attended conservatories of Istanbul City and Istanbul University

Istanbul University

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 to learn playing harp. Following her highschool graduation in 1992, she studied at the Department of Translation and Interpreting in Bogazici University

Bogaziçi University

Boğaziçi University is a public university located on the European side of the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul, Turkey. It has five faculties and two schools offering undergraduate degrees, and six institutes offering graduate degrees...

, and received an under-graduate degree in 1997. She went to the USA to study at the Department of Harp ın Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University

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's School of Music, where she graduated in 1999. Later, she enrolled in the Harp Department of Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music

Jacobs School of Music

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, studied under another Turkish harpist, Şirin Pancaroğlu

Sirin Pancaroglu

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 and graduated in 2001.

Having returned to Turkey, she joined the Regional State Symphony Orchestra in Bursa, and later became lecturer for piano and harp at the Anadolu University

Anadolu University

Anadolu University is a public university in Eskişehir, Turkey and the fourth largest university in the world by enrollment.- History :...

 in Eskişehir

Eskisehir

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She was invited to the Fourth Rio Harp Festival to perform two recitals, and was on her way back home via Paris aboard the Air France Flight 447. Brazilian military planes found debris and dead bodies about 600 miles off Brazil's northeastern coast five days later from the disappearance of the aircraft.

Necipoğlu gave numerous recitals and concerts in Turkey and abroad. She also received many international awards.