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"Istanbul Recitals" is an exceptional occasion for classical music lovers and 2012-2013 season will begin on October 4, 2012.
Worldwide famous piano virtuosi perform on the recitals that take place at The Seed, in the garden of Sakip Sabanci Museum, Emirgan. The program is given below and the tickets can be purchased through Biletix. All performances begin at 20:00.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Paolo Restani (piano)
Program: Brahms, Debussy, Wagner/Liszt
Friday, November 16, 2012
Ophelie Gaillard (cello)
Program: J.S. Bach
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Llyr Williams (piano)
Program: Bach/Busoni, Beethoven, Brahms, Liszt, Wagner/Liszt
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Xuefei Yang (guitar)
Program: Schubert, Debussy, Falla, Koshkin, Dyens, Britten
Friday, February 15, 2013
Alexei Volodin (piano)
Program: Schubert, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky/Pletnev, Wagner/Liszt, Kapustin
Friday, March 15, 2013
Angela Hewitt (piano)
Program: Bach, Beethoven
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Vanessa Wagner (piano)
Program: Couperin, Rameau, Ravel, Debussy, Messiaen, Dutilleux, Duaspin
Friday, May 10, 2013
John O’Conor (piano)
Program: Haydn, Wagner, Beethoven, Schubert
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
Program: Haydn, Liszt, Wagner/Liszt/Kocsis
Rihanna Diamonds World Tour
May 30, 2013 17:00
Istanbul
- Category 1 - 315.00 TL - tribune
- Category 2 - 250.00 TL - tribune
- Category 3 - 200.00 TL - tribune
- Category 4 - 150.00 TL
Vodafone Istanbul Calling Presents: Rihanna Diamonds World Tour Following Immediate Sell-Outs Additional European Tour Dates Just Announced!
7th Studio Album Unapologetic Shines At #1 On Billboard’s Hot 100
Istanbul, January 31 - Worldwide superstar Rihanna - the “#1 Person On Facebook” with over 62.5 million fans – is bringing her DIAMONDS WORLD TOUR to Europe in 2013. The RIHANNA DIAMONDS WORLD TOUR which begins March 8th in the United States is scheduled to stop in more than 28 cities across North America prior to its European takeover. The European tour starts in Bilbao, Spain on May 26th and runs through July with stops already announced in Austria, Belgium,Turkey, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
Vodafone Istanbul Calling is preparing to become the longest city festival that will be held for 3 months. Many local and world stars will be welcomed during this festival. Concerts, festivals and parties will be held non-stop throughout different venues all around the city.
And now as confirmed by Pozitif Live and Live Nation Global Touring, Turkish fans will also have the chance to catch Rihanna as she visits Istanbul - BJK Inönü Stadyumu on May 30, 2013. Tickets go on sale February 5th via Biletix sales channels biletix.com and all Garanti Bank ATM’s. Complete tour itinerary below. Rihanna Diamonds World tour Istanbul concert is presented by Vodafone Istanbul Calling, Garanti Bank, Star TV and Virgin Radio.
Rihanna is currently dominating global charts with “Diamonds” the fastest-rising single of her career to date, and the first single from UNAPOLOGETIC her 7th studio album first #1 album (Billboard Top 200) for Island Def Jam in just seven years. “Diamonds” also just marked Rihanna’s 12th time at number one on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart and with only a six-year, one-month, two-week stretch between her first #1 chart topper with “SOS” on May 13, 2006 and the release of Diamonds last week, she is officially the fastest female artist ever to receive 12 number one titles at the top of the Hot 100. It is also Rihanna’s 23rd Top 10 hit on the chart. When it debuted four weeks ago, “Diamonds” garnered #1 postings at iTunes in 27 countries, and Top 5 iTunes in 55 countries.
The recipient of six Grammy Awards® and seven Billboard Music Awards, Rihanna has sold over 37 million albums and 146 million digital tracks worldwide, and currently holds the record as the top-selling digital artist of all time. Forbes named Rihanna the world’s #1 social media star with over 2.9 billion views on YouTube/VEVO, the most ever for any female artist, over 62.5 million Facebook fans, and over 26.5 million Twitter followers. In addition to her 11 Hot 100 #1 singles and overall 22 Top 10 singles, she also has 18 #1 singles on the Billboard Dance Club Song Charts.
Rihanna Diamonds World Tour is promoted world-wide by Live Nation Global Touring.
Red Fang
June 06, 2013 21:00
Jolly Joker Istanbul
Ticket Prices
VIP - 79.00 TL
Standard- 39.50 TL
Tiesto
June 07, 2013 17:00
Parkorman, Istanbul
Gautier Capucon - Gulru Ensari
June 08, 2013 20:00
Is Sanat Culture Center
Ticket Prices
Category 1 - 102.00 TL(Full)
Category 6 - 67.50 TL(Full)
Category 3 - 45.00 TL(Full)
Category 4 - 34.00 TL(Student)
Gautier Capucon: Cello
Gülru Ensari: Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven
12 Variations for Cello and Piano in G major on “See, the Conqu’ring Hero comes” from Händel’s Oratorio Judas Maccabaus, WoO45
Dmitri Shostakovich
Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Op.40
Jean Sibelius
Malinconia for Cello and Piano, Op.20
Cesar Franck
Sonata in A Major
Lasts 90’ inc. interval.
The Istanbul Music Festival resumes the Open Conservatory - the ground-breaking project that was launched by the festival last year to much critical acclaim. The Open Conservatory will once again bring the music students of Istanbul together even if for a single day and provide a platform where they can share their training, music, and friendship with each other while the audiences witness the meticulous preparation behind a performance.
Duman
June 13, 2013 21:00
ITU Stadyumu, Istanbul
Zaz
June 15, 2013 16:00
Parkorman, Istanbul
Ticket Prices
Front of Stage - 120.00 TL
Vodafone GA Standing - 70.00 TL
GA Student - 50.00 TL
Alicia Keys
July 02, 2013 21:00
Kucukciftlik Park, Istanbul
Ticket Prices:
Special Platform - 425.00 TL
Front of Stage 1 - 275.00 TL
Front of Stage 2 - 165.00 TL
Public Area - 90.00 TL
Student - 67.50 TL
The 20th Istanbul Jazz Festival welcomes the world-renowned voice of R&B and soul music, Alicia Keys.
The 14-time Grammy-winner, singer, composer and song writer will be performing for the first time in Turkey on Tuesday, 2 July, at 21:00 at Kucukçiftlik Park.
With her wide repertoire of classical piano Alicia Keys released her debut album "Songs in A Minor" in 2001. She sold over 12 million albums worldwide, and won 5 Grammy awards, including Best New Artist and Best R&B album. In 2003 she released her second studio album "The Diary of Alicia Keys". She won 4 Grammy awards, including Best R&B Album. During the same year Keys released her live "Unplugged" album. It was the first bestselling unplugged album since Nirvana’s unplugged release and it went to number 1 in the charts.
Keys in 2007 released her third studio album "As I am". With this album she won 3 Grammy awards. In 2009 with her fourth studio album "The Element of Freedom" rose to number one on the charts in the United Kingdom. Alicia Keys, with Jay-Z in 2009, released the song "Empire State of Mind" which was highly successful. It was selected the second best song of the year by Rolling Stone magazine. Keys and Jay-Z won a Grammy for Best Rap Song and a Grammy for Best Rap / Sung Collaboration for "Empire State of Mind".
Keys has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. She is considered one of the best-selling female musicians of her generation. Her songs “Falling”, “No One”, “If I Ain’t Got You”, was at the top of the charts for a number of weeks in dozens of countries all over the world. Powerful vocalist and songwriter Alicia Keys released her 5th album "Girl on Fire" in May 2012 skyrocketing to its place at the top of the charts. Her album will be followed by a tour entitled "Set the World on Fire" featuring Alicia Keys. She will perform at concerts in cities such as London, Paris, Vienna, Monaco, and Munich.
On 2 July she will perform at Kucukçiftlik Park within the scope of the Istanbul Jazz Festival.
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