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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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)
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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
