They gave their first recital in Galatasaray High School on March 20, 1920 when Istanbul was under occupation after the end of World War I.
With the advice of a music teacher, Von Kleibiner, Ferhunde and Necdet applied and received the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation scholarship and went to Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Leipzig.
Ferhunde Remzi met Ulvi Cemal Erkin on that same day.
Some of her students are Hüseyin Sermet, Nimet Karatekin, composer Nevit Kodallı, Bilge Aydın, Kamuran Gündemir, Filiz Ali, Madlen Saydam, Tekin Alp Ulusoy and Zeren Dirim.
Ferhunde Erkin received the Sevda-Cenap And Music Foundation Honour medal in 1999.