IZMIR EUROPEAN JAZZ FESTIVAL

33rd IZMIR EUROPEAN JAZZ FESTIVAL PROGRAM

Opening Concert
Thursday, March 5, 2026 • AASSM Grand Hall • 20:30
FABRIZIO BOSSO QUARTET
Fabrizio Bosso, trumpet
Julian Oliver Mazzariello, piano
Jacopo Ferrazza, contrabass
Nicola Angelucci, drums

March 5 – 17, 2026 • MÜZİKSEV
WRITE STUFF
Conductors: Ümit Tunçağ, Sirel Ekşi

Friday, March 6, 2026 • MÜZİKSEV • 11:00
KÜSPERT & KOLLEGEN WORKSHOP

Saturday, March 7, 2026 • AASSM Small Hall • 20:30
KÜSPERT & KOLLEGEN
Werner Küspert, guitar, concept/composition
Prof. Hubert Winter, saxophone, clarinet
Julian Fau, drums
Andreas Kurz, contrabass

Monday, March 9, 2026 • AASSM Grand Hall • 20:30
SİBEL KÖSE SEXTET feat. Tolga Bilgin
Sibel Köse, vocals
Tolga Bilgin, trumpet
Engin Recepoğulları, saxophone
Bulut Gülen, trombone
Kürşad Deniz, piano
Kağan Yıldız, contrabass
Berke Özgümüş, drums

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 • AASSM Grand Hall • 20:30
KNOBIL
Louise Knobil, contrabass
Vincent Andreas, drums
Cholé Marsigny, composition/clarinet

Friday, March 13, 2026 • MÜZİKSEV • 19:00
Musical Conversations
RENOWNED JAZZ GUITARISTS
Speaker: Ümit Tunçağ

Saturday, March 14, 2026 • MÜZİKSEV • 17:00
Documentary Screening – Premiere
BUSKING (Street Music)
(Jazz, Street and Art Documentary), 2026, Izmir
Directors: Engin Çetinkaya, Özgür Oğuz

Monday, March 16, 2026 • MÜZİKSEV • 19:00
JAZZ CITIES
Speaker: Nedim Atilla

Tuesday, March 17, 2026 • AASSM Small Hall • 20:30
JEF GIANSILY QUINTET
“INSIGHT”
Jef Giansily, piano
Hermon Mehari, trumpet
Pierre Bernier, saxophone
Apostolos Sideris, contrabass
Darrel Green, drums

TICKET SALES

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İZMİR TICKET SALES OUTLETS*

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Ticket Information
Admission
All concerts 1250 TL., 750 TL., 300 TL.

Discounted Tickets
Teachers, students, retired and over 60s years old: 300 TL
Limited seats in specific section

Group reservation
10% discount* for the groups of people.
Tel: 0 232 482 00 90 / 106

* Group reduction does not apply to discount tickets

IKSEV reserves the right to make changes to festival venues and dates.

23rd JAZZ POSTER COMPETITION CONCLUDED

33rd Izmir European Jazz Festival Poster Determined

The “23rd Jazz Poster Competition” organized by the Izmir Culture, Art and Education Foundation (İKSEV) has concluded. The work of Gizem Savaş, a graduate of Izmir University of Economics Graphic Design Department, was selected as the poster for the 33rd Izmir European Jazz Festival.

The selection committee, consisting of Prof. Dr. Hakan Ertep, Cihangir Elmaskaya, Maksude Kılıç, Kutsal Lenger, Hüseyin Ekinciler, Okan Özgen and Ayşe Tatari, also decided to exhibit the works of 15 students aged between 8 and 13 attending Narlıdere Science and Art Center.

552 posters from almost every part of Turkey participated in the 23rd Jazz Poster competition. 22 of these posters were disqualified for not complying with the specification rules. The Selection Committee also found 14 posters worthy of exhibition.

Those Whose Posters Were Found Worthy of Exhibition: (No particular order) Serhat Mutlu, Mahir Akkoyun, Maya Bora, Enes Dinçel, Ela Naz İmrak, Gizem Uzunali, Betül Üner, Şule Toktaş Aslan, Başak Şahin, Duygu Ayvalı (2 posters), Şeyda Türkbay Özdemir, Emirhan İvecan, Ayseli Ezgi Emer

JAZZ THROUGH THE EYES OF CHILDREN
Hasan Emir Zenginobuz and Selim Eren Zenginobuz, Asya Çelik, Doğa Dura, Duru Aydın, Yusuf Kağan Çakıcı, Can Bahıt, Yaman Yılmaz, Tutku Alparslan, Yiğit Can Aydın, Mihrimay Baysın, Berrak Talya Ülcay, Defne Karakuş, Defne Horasan, Ayaz Afşar, Milda Bal, Can Bahıt – Duru Zencir (ortak çalışma), Hazel Tanem İnce, Laçin Türkay.

VENUES

Ahmed Adnan Saygun Center consists of 3 main sections: City Square, Culture Platform and Art Center. The center features a 243-seat hall in addition to the main hall, and exhibition spaces spread across three floors connected by bridges. The architect Tevfik Tozkoparan, author of the project, has transformed what was once a trolleybus garage and maintenance workshop, now only a memory, into a center for artistic activities.

AASSM stands out with its concert hall implemented with a meticulous acoustic project, as well as its spacious galleries that will host plastic arts and contemporary art. The concert hall, which is the jewel of AASSM, has emerged as a truly eye-catching concert hall from the design stage to its implementation. Many fine details have been carefully implemented, including the acoustic project undertaken by the experienced British firm ARUP, and the structure of the platform on which the orchestra will be positioned, designed according to the instruments to be played on it.