Istanbul Music Festival

International Istanbul Music Festival, organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2012. The Festival’s 40th edition will be held between May 31 and June 29, 2012 with the sponsorship of Borusan.

With two world and three Turkey premieres, the Festival will host more than 750 local and foreign artists and will present a month full of music. Hélène Grimaud, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Milos, Gidon Kremer, Chamber Orchestra Vienna-Berlin and Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra are among the performers of this year’s festival.  Along with concerts, the festival will also present talks, educational workshops and speeches.

Since 2011, the festival has started to build its program around a theme. The theme of this year’s Istanbul Music Festival will be “Hope and Heroes.” The festival program, as a result of an accurate repertory research, presents a range of specific works and special concert projects selected within the scope of two intertwined themes such as heroes and hope.

Aya Irini (Hagia Irene) Museum,  Istanbul Archeological Museum, ,  Süreyya Opera House, Istanbul University Rectorate Building, Haliç Congress Center, Garden of the Netherlands Consulate General, Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall and Lütfi Kırdar Convention and Exhibition Center are the concerts venues of the Festival in 2012.  
Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sache Goetzell will perform at the opening concert of the 39th  International Istanbul Music Festival at Haliç Congress Center on Thursday, May 31. Vienna Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Stefan Vladar will take stage at Hagia Irene for the closing ceremony of the festival on June 29th.

Tickets for the 40th Istanbul Music Festival, Opening Ceremony and Opening Concert can be purchased through Biletix and at IKSV Building (Nejat Eczacıbaşı Building, Sadi Konuralp Caddesi 5, Şişhane). Please note the IKSV box office is open everyday between 10:00 and 18:00 except Sundays. During the  festival, the tickets can be bought from the Hagia Eirene Museum.

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Program:
Thursday, May 31 at 19:00
Haliç Congress Center, Sütlüce
40th Anniversary Opening Concert
Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Sascha Goetzel
Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism State Polyphonic Choir
Choir master: Cemican Deliorman
Program: L.V. Beethoven

Friday, June 1 at 20:00
Lütfi Kırdar Convention & Exhibition Center
Chamber Orchestra Vienna-Berlin
Conductor: Michael Francis
Soloist: Anne Sophie Mutter (violin)

Saturday, June 2 at 20:00
Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall
Yundi

Monday, June 4 at 20:00
Aya Irini Museum
Zurich Ballet – I
“… und mied den Wind”
Director: Heinz Spoerli

Tuesday, June 5 at 20:00
Aya Irini Museum
Zurich Ballet – I
“In den Winden im Nichts”
Director: Heinz Spoerli

Wednesday, June 6 at 20:00
Aya Irini Museum
Dances of the World

Thursday, June 7 at 21:00
Garden of Netherlands Consulate General
Amstel Quartet
Program: W. A. Mozart, M. Ravel, M. Torke, J. Brahms, J. P. Sweelinck, A. Part, J.S. Bash, M. Nyman, S. Barber, T. Dun

Friday, June 8 at 21:00
Süreyya Opera House
Women Heros of Music
Conductor: Hakan Şensoy
Soloist: Cihat Aşkın
Program: Dilhayat Kalfa, Ethel Smyth, Fehime Sultan, Fanny Mendelssohn, Neveser Kökdeş, Leyla Saz, Amy Beach, Clara Schumann, Radife Erten, Lili Boulanger, Sofia Gubaidulina, Kevser Hanım

Saturday, June 9 at 20:00
Aya Irini Museum
Tekfen Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Saim Akçıl

Monday, June 11 at 20:00
Aya Irini Museum
Giya Kancheli: A World Premiere
“In Memory of Benyamin Sönmez”
Borusan Istanbul  Philharmonic Orchestra
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir
Conductor: Andres Mustonen
Soloists: Mamuka Gaganidze (countertenor), Gidon Kremer (viola(, Giedre Dirvanauskaite (cello)
Program: G. Kancheli

Wednesday, June 13 at 20:00
Aya Irini Museum
Çellistanbul & Pervin Çakar
Program: J.S. Bach, M. Bruch, G. Gershwin, E. Pütz, C. Saint-Saens, M. Ravel, A. Piazzolla, T. Tırpan, F. Schubert, J. Strauss, G. Bizet, H. Villa-Lobos

Thursday, June 14 at 20:00
Aya Irini Museum
Gate of Felicity
Doulce Memoire Ensemble & Kudsi Ergüner Ensemle
Program: 15th and 16th century renaissance and Ottoman music

Friday, June 15 at 20:00
Süreyya Opera House
The Festival Presents Its Young Soloist
Istanbul University State Conservatory Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Ramiz Malik Aslanov
Soloist and program tba

Saturday, June 16 at 20:00
Lütfi Kırdar Convention & Exhibition Center
Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin
Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington
Soloist: Hüseyin Sermet piano
Program: F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, M. Ravel, L. van Beethoven

Sunday, June 17 at 14:00
Open Conservatoire
Galata Greek Primary School
Educational Supporters:
İstanbul Unıversity State Conservatoire
Mimar Sinan Unıversity of Fine Arts State Conservatoire
İstanbul Technical University Turkish Music State Conservatoire
14.00–15.00 Lesson
15.00–15.15 Interval
15.15–16.15 Lesson
16.30–18.00 Concert

Monday, June 18 at 20:00
Aya Irini Museum
Festival Encounter
Soloists:  Renaud Capuçon (violin), Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Anika Vavic (piano)
Program: F.J. Haydn, D. Shostakovish, J. Brahms

Tuesday, June 19 at 20:00
Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall
Young Masters and Their Heroes
Soloists:
Ece Bozkurt (piano), Iraz Yıldız (piano), Cem Esen (piano)
Gülsin Onay (piano), Hüseyin Sermet (piano), Muhiddin Dürrüoğlu (piano)
Program: F. Schubert, W.A. Mozart, W. Lutoslawski

Wednesday, June 20 at 20:00
Aya Irini Museum
Don Quixote from Isso
Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Christoph Altstaedt
Soloist: Daniel Müller-Schott (cello)
Program: R. Strauss

Friday, June 22 at 20:00
Aya Irini Museum
Hélène Grimaud (piano)
Program: A. Berg, Bela Bartok, Franz Liszt

Saturday, June 23 at 20:00
Haliç Congress Center, Sütlüce
A World Premiere by Fazıl Say
Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Gürer Aykal
Soloist: Fazıl Say (piano)
Program: L. van Beethoven, F. Say

Sunday, June 24 at 21:00
Aya Irini Museum
Say, I am You – Mevlana
Turkish premiere of Michael Ellison’s contemporary music theater

Monday, June 25 at 20:00
Istanbul University Rectorate Building
Milos – Classical Guitar Recital
Program: F. Sor, J.S. Bach, I. Albeniz, C. Domeniconi

Tuesday, June 26 at 21:00
Courtyard of Istanbul Archaeological Museum
Map of the Heart
Ama Moura (fadista)
Program: Fados

Thursday, June 28 at 20:00
Aya Irini Museum
Milos & Milli Reasürans Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Hakan Şensoy
Soloist: Milos (guitar)
Program: Bizet/Shchedrin, J. Rodrigo, M. Ravel

Friday, June 29 at 20:00
Aya Irini Museum
Vienna Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Stefan Vladar
Soloist: Alina Pogostkine (violin)
Program: L.van Beethoven, F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Friday, July 6 at 20:00
Aya Irini Museum
2012 Year of Chinese Culture in Turkey, İKSV Special Event
Concerto Night by the Young Dragons

Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra
Christian Ehwald conductor
Sa Chen piano
Haochen Zhang piano

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