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32ND INTERNATIONAL IZMIR FESTIVAL

May 26 – July 07, 2018

 

26 May 2018 Saturday, 21.00 ● Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center

TEKFEN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA & CHARLIE SIEM    

Aziz Shokhakimov, conductor

Charlie Siem, violin

 

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka- Ruslan and Ludmila Overture

Sergei Rachmaninoff- Symphonic Dances op.45

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.35

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06 June 2018 Wednesday, 21.00 ● Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center

10. DR. NEJAT F. ECZACIBAŞI NATIONAL COMPOSITION COMPETITION CONCERT

“PIANO CONCERTOS”

İZMİR FESTİVAL ORCHESTRA

Can Okan, conductor

Soloists

Başar Can Kıvrak

Kenan Tatlıcı

Cem Babacan

 

Bogatay Köprülü   - Soloist: Başar Can Kıvrak

Doğaç İşbilen        - Soloist: Kenan Tatlıcı

Cem Oslu              - Soloist: Cem Babacan

**

 

 

 

 

 

 

10 June 2018 Sunday, 21.00 ● Library of Celsus  

İZMİR STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & ARKAS TRİO

Rengim Gökmen, conductor

 

Tuncay Yılmaz, violin

Gustav Rivinius, cello

Emre Elivar, piano

 

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven - Triple Concerto (Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C major, Op. 56)                                                                                 

Ahmed Adnan Saygun - Symphony No.1, Op.29

**

11 June 2018 Monday, 21.00 ● Great Theatre of Ephesus

ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA & GÜHER - SÜHER PEKİNEL    

Gerard Schwarz, conductor

Güher – Süher Pekinel, piano duo

 

Sergei Prokofiev - Symphony No.1 in D Major, op.25 “Classical”

Francis Poulenc - Concerto for two pianos and orchestra in D minor, FP61 

Antonín Dvořák - Nocturne in B Major, op. 40

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 8 in F. Major, op. 93

**

18 June 2018 Monday, 21.00 ● Abacıoğlu Han

TALES FOR GROWN-UPS: JOURNEY

Elie Maalouf, piano

Yousef Zayed, percussion

Didem Köktaş, story-teller

 

Music

Dilop (Elie Maalouf)

Sarsoua (Elie Maalouf)

Evasion (Elie Maalouf)

Le Temps (Elie Maalouf)

Quiétude (Elie Maalouf)

Samai Nihavent (Mesut Cemil)

Bedir-Çoban (Anonymous folk song)

Ey Garip Bülbül (Hymn)

Grana Od Bora (Traditional Bosnian music)

+ A surprise piece at the end with musical improvisation to the tales

Tales:  The Stonemason, Journey to Danube, Skeleton Woman

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19 June 2018 Tuesday, 21.00 ● Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center

ENSEMBLE RARO

Marc Bouchkov, violin

Razvan Popovici, viola

Justus Grimm, violoncello

Diana Ketler, piano

 

Camille Saint-Säens - Barcarole for Piano Quartets

Gabriel Fauré - Piano Quartet in c minor

Johannes Brahms - Piano Quartet in g-minor, op. 25

George Enescu - Rhapsodie Roumaine No. 1 arranged for Piano Quartet by Thomas Wally (dedicated to Ensemble Raro)

**

21 June 2018 Thursday, 21.00 ● Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center

NEDERLANDS DANS THEATER

Paul Lightfoot, Artistic Director

 

Out of Breath – Choreography: Johan Inger

Intermission

Wir Sagen Uns Dunkles - Choreography: Marco Goecke

Intermission
Sad Case - Choreography: Sol León & Paul Lightfoot

**

 

 

 

27 June 2018 Wednesday, 21.00 ● Library of Celsus 

HOMAGE TO ROSSINI IN THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH

Marco Sollini, piano

Salvatore Barbatano, piano

Marily Santoro, soprano

 

- Fanfare pianoforte 4 el

Marco Sollini and Salvatore Barbatano, pianoforte 4 hands

- La regata veneziana, 3 songs for soprano and pianoforte

Marily Santoro, soprano - Marco Sollini, pianoforte

- Sinfonia da “Il Barbiere di Siviglia”

Marco Sollini and Salvatore Barbatano, pianoforte 4 hands

- Soirèes Musicales, 8 arias for soprano and pianoforte

Marily Santoro, soprano - Marco Sollini, pianoforte

- Marcia per il sultano Abdul Mejid

Marco Sollini and Salvatore Barbatano, pianoforte 4 hands

**

01 July 2018 Sunday, 21.00 ● Library of Celsus 

RICHARD GALLIANO & CAMERISTI DELLA SCALA

Richard Galliano, accordion

Massimo Mercelli, flute

 

 

Giovanni Sollima- Contrafactus (flute and strings)

Astor Piazzolla - Milonga del angel (only strings)

Richard Galliano - Jade Concerto (flute and strings) World premiére

Richard Galliano Opale Concerto (accordion and strings) Allegro furioso/Moderato Malinconico/Allegro energico

Astor Piazzolla - Contrabajando   (only strings)

Astor Piazzolla - Primavera  Portenã (accordion and strings)  

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in G minor RV 315 “L’Estate” (accordion and strings)

(revision and transcription for accordion and strings  by Richard Galliano)

Allegro non molto. Allegro/Adagio/Presto

Richard Galliano - La Valse a Margaux (flute, accordion and strings)

[...]- Trio (Misterioso)

**

07 July 2018 Saturday, 21.00 ● Çeşme Castle

OBERON TRIO

Henja Semmler, violin

Antoaneta Emanuilova, violoncello

Jonathan Aner, piano

 

Joseph Haydn – Trio in d-minor Hob. XV:23

Ludwig van Beethoven –Variations on "Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu" G-Dur op. 121a  

Toshio Hosokawa – Trio (2013/2017)

Robert Schumann – Trio in F-Major Op. 80

 

 

 

 

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