Izmir Festival > Past Festivals > 29th INTERNATIONAL İZMİR FESTIVAL
Opening Concert
26 May 2015, Tuesday
Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center
8.30 pm Opening Ceremony
(Audience will not be admitted into the hall after 8.30pm for recording purposes)
9.30 pm Concert
RICCARDO MUTI conducts
ORCHESTRA GIOVANILE LUIGI CHERUBINI
Program:
F. Schubert, Overture, D 591, Op. 170, C major (In the Italian Style)
W.A. Mozart, Symphony No. 35, K 385, D major (Haffner)
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G. Verdi, Symphony from "I Vespri Siciliani" (The Sicilian Vespers)
G. Verdi, Le quattro stagioni, ballabili from Act III of "I Vespri Siciliani" (The Sicilian Vespers)
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30 May 2015, Saturday
Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center 9.30 pm
ITZHAK PERLMAN IN İZMİR
ITZHAK PERLMAN, violin
ROHAN DE SILVA, piano
Program repertoire will be announced at a later date
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11 June 2015, Thursday
E.Ü. Atatürk Cultural Center 9.30 pm
EGE UNIVERSITY
STATE TURKISH MUSIC CONSERVATORY
DEPARTMENT OF TURKISH FOLK DANCE
EKİN DANCE COMPANY
“The Silver Anniversary Project”
DANCE OF THREE MEHMETS
ABDURRAHİM KARADEMİR, director
ŞAHİN ÜNAL, director
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16 June 2015, Tuesday
Odeon, Ephesus 9.30 pm
JANUSZ OLEJNICZAK IN RECITAL
Janusz Olejniczak, piano
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18 June 2015, Thursday
Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center 9.30 pm
FLAMBOYANT VIRTUOSO OF ORGAN
CAMERON CARPENTER, organist
Program:
D. Shostakovich, Festive Overture op. 96
J.S Bach, Choral prelude “In dir ist Freude” (Arr. Cameron Carpenter)
J.S Bach, Fugue in G Major “Gigue”, BWV 577
M. Dupré, Variations on an Old Noël, Op.20
F. Chopin, Étude Op.10 No. 4
Étude Op.10 No. 1
Étude Op.10 No. 12
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L. Bernstein, Candide Overture
C. Carpenter, Song Paraphrases and Arrangements from Gershwin to Patsy Cline
C. Carpenter, Music for an Imaginary Film
A. Scriabin, Sonata No. 4, F sharp major Op. 30
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20 June 2015, Saturday
Celsus Library, Ephesus 9.30 pm
FRANZ LISZT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA & ARKAS TRIO
TUNCAY YILMAZ, violin
GUSTAV RIVINIUS, cello
EMRE ELIVAR, piano
PETER TFIRST, concert master
Program:
E. Grieg: Holberg Suite for String Orchestra Opus 40
B. Martinu: Triple Concerto for violin, cello, piano and string orchestra
with Arkas Trio
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B. Bartók: Divertimento for string orchestra
F. Liszt - P. Wolf: Hungarian Rhapsodie No.2 (for string orchestra)
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22 June 2015, Monday
Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center 9.30 pm
CONTEMPORARY VOICES
ENSEMBLE SAGITTARIUS VOCAL SOLOISTS & TURKISH SOLOISTS
MİCHEL LAPLENİE, conductor
ÇİMEN SEYMEN, soprano
JERFİ AJİ, piano
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25 June 2015, Saturday
Celsus Library, Ephesus 9.30 pm
“ECHOES OF ITALY”
CONSONUS ENSEMBLE
Paola Santucci, soprano
Vincenzo Maria Sarinelli, tenor
Lisa Mae Green, violin
Andrea Paoletti, violin
Silvia Andracchio, viola
Enrico Peluso, cello
Paola Crisigiovanni, piano
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29 June 2015, Monday
Çeşme Open-Air Theatre 9.30 pm
ORQUESTA BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB®
“ADIÓS TOUR”
Feat. Omara Portuondo, Eliades Ochoa, Guajiro Mirabal,
Barbarito Torres, Jesus ‘Aguaje’ Ramos
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1 July 2015, Wednesday
İ.E.Ü Open-air Theatre 9.30 pm
THE SOUL REBELS
DERRICK MOSS, bass drum
LUMAR LEBLANC, snare drum
JULIAN GOSIN, trumpet
COREY PEYTON, trombone
ERION WILLIAMS, saxophone
PAUL ROBERTSON, trombone
EDWARD LEE JR., sousaphone
MARCUS HUBBARD, trumpet
Admission free
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2 July 2015, Thursday
Culturepark Open-air Theatre
BALLET DU GRAND THÉÂTRE DE GENÈVE
TOBIAS RICHTER, general director
PHILIPPE COHEN, ballet director
