CSO - 2013

CSO (Presidency Symphony Orchestra) concerts are performed  mostly on  Thursdays and Fridays.

The tickets are on sale one week ahead of the concert and can be purchased from CSO (Cumhurbaşkanlığı Senfoni Orkestrası) box office, Dost bookstores and through mybilet. Concerts are at CSO Concert Hall, unless otherwise is announced.

The regular ticket price is 15 TL while it is 5 TL for students and retired. All performances begin at 20:00.

CSO Talatpaşa Bulvarı No. 38, Ulus
Tel: (312) 309 13 43 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (312) 309 13 43 ÜCRETSİZ  end_of_the_skype_highlighting, 311 26 45

2013 Program
January 4, 2013
MEB Şura Hall
Conductor: Erol Erdinç
Program: Jusic

January 10-11, 2013
Baroque Concert
Conductor: Raoul Gruneis
Soloists: Maurice Steger (flute), Daniele Caminiti (lavta-lute), Mauro Valli (baroque cello)
Program: A. Corelli, L. Leo, A. Scarlatti, A. Vivaldi, G.P. Talemann

January 17-18, 2013
Ministry of Culture and Tourism – State Polyphonic Choir and Kids Choir
Choir  Director: Cem’i Can Deliorman
Kids Choir Director: Ahter Destan
Conductor: Antonin Pirolli
Soloists: Görkem Ezgi Yıldırım (soprano), Damian Ganclarski (countertenor), Eralp Kıyıcı (baritone)
Program: C. Orff – Carmina Burana

January 24-25, 2013
100th Birthday of Alexi Mathavariani
Conductor: Vachtang Matchavariani
Soloist: Katia Skanavi (piano)
Program: S. Prokofiev, A. Machavariani

January 31-February 1, 2013
Tatarstan Week
Conductor: Nikolay Alexiev
Soloist: Ilian Garnetz (violin)
Program: F. Mendelssohn, M.P. Musorski

February 7-8, 2013
Conductor: Burak Tüzün
Soloists: Peter Hörr (violoncello), Dinçer Özer (percussion)
Program: J.L. Duport, F.J. Haydn, G. Bizet

February 14-15, 2013
Conductor: Marek Pijarowski
Soloist: Verda Erman (piano)
Program: R. Strauss, E. Grieg

February 21-22, 2013
Conductor: Vladimir Altschuler
Soloist: Alexander Rudin (violoncello)
Program: F.J. Haydn, S. Barber

February 28-March 1, 2013
Conductor: Ayyub Guliyev
Soloists: Orçun Civelek (clarinet), Kaan Civelek (oboe)
Program: R. Strauss, G. Rossino, K. Karayef, F. Amirov, N. Rimski-Korsakov

March 7-8, 2013
Conductor: Ari Rasilainen
Soloist: Gautier Capuçon (violoncello)
Program: A.A. Saygun, U.G. Faure, P.I. Tchaikovsky, S. Rachmaninoff

March 14-15, 2013
Commemorating Itri on his 300th Year of Death
Conductor: Erol Erdinç
Soloist: Tahir Aydoğdu (kanun-dulcimer)
Prorgam: N.K. Akses, F. Alnar, L. van Beethoven

March 21-22, 2013
Conductor: Vakhtang Matchavariani
Soloist: Alexander Markov (violin))
Program: A. Vivaldi, W.A. Mozart

March 29, 2013
200th Birthday of Richard Wagner
Conductor: Vakhtang Matchavariani
Soloists: Şule Köken (soprano), Ünüşan Kuloğlu (tenor)
Program: R. Wagner

April 5, 2013
Conductor: Erol Erdinç
Soloist: Sergey Dogadin (violin)
Program: P.I. Tchaikovsky

April 11-12, 2013
Conductor: Ari Rasilainen
Soloist: Antonio Meneses (violoncello)
Program: A. Dvorak, J. Sibelius

April 18-19, 2013
Ministry of Culture and Tourism State Polyphonic Choir
Choir Director: Cem’i Can Deliorman
Conductor: Alexander Dmitriev
Soloists: Mirjam Tschopp (violin), Ferda Yetişer (mezzo-soprano)
Program: J. Sibelius S. Prokofiev

May 2-3, 2013
Conductor: Antonio Pirolli
Soloist: Fethi Günçer (saxophone)
Program: R. Payne, J. Williams, Italian soundtracks

May 9-10, 2013
Conductor: Rengim Gökmen
Soloist: Elina Vahala (violin)
Program: L. van Beethoven, D. Shostakovich

May 19, 2013
Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day - Special Concert
Conductor: David Gimenez
Soloist: Lakatoş Tzigane Ensemble

May 23-24, 2013
Conductor: Burak Tüzün
Soloists: Nevzat Kalender (violin), Çağlayan Barbaros (flute)
Program: tba

May 30-31, 2013
Conductor: Erol Erdinç
Soloist: Okay Temiz (percussion)
Program: tba

June 7, 2013
Conductor: Erol Erdinç
Soloist: Daniel Binelli (bandeneon)
Program: tba

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