Events & Activities
41st Istanbul Music Festival
June 04 - June 29
Opening Concert
04.06.2013
Lutfi Kirdar International Convention & Exhibition Centre
Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra
Sascha Goetzel: Conductor
Veriko Cumburidze: Violin
19.00 Cocktail
20.30 Award Ceremony
21.00 Concert
Franz Waxman
Carmen Fantasy
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique, Op.14
Lasts 60’; without interval.
Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra is the resident orchestra of the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts.
Güher and Süher Pekinel will be presented the “Honorary Award” before the concert.
The 41st Istanbul Music Festival presents a young and brilliant talent on its opening night: Veriko Çumburidze. The 16 year-old violinist won the highly prestigious 7th International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in Montreux last September. Veriko will be accompanied by Turkey’s best symphonic ensemble, the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of Sascha Goetzel.
Love And Beauty
05.06.2013 Ça
Galata Mevlevihanesi
Türk Musikisi Icra Heyeti
Gönül Paçaci: Conductor
Ahmet Özhan: Soloist
Münip Utandi: Soloist
Leonidas Asteris: Soloist
The Galata Mevlevi House, the oldest lodge of the Mevlevi order in Istanbul as known, hosts a divine night of music with the Turkish Music Ensemble and leading soloists one of the biggest voices of the genre Münip Utandi, and the Archon Protopsaltes of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate Leonidas Asteris - who will breathe new life into the wise words of Sheikh Galib. A perfect tasting of Turkish music for all curious audiences alongside the enthusiasts of the genre!
We would like to thank Istanbul University State Conservatory for their kind collaboration.
Ufuk & Bahar Dördüncü
“Dances for Two Pianos”
07.06.2013
Istanbul Modern
Ufuk & Bahar Dördüncü piano duo
Maurice Ravel
Valses nobles et sentimentales
Sergei Rachmaninov
Suite No.2, Op.17
Sergei Rachmaninov
Suite No.1, Op.5
Maurice Ravel
La Valse
Lasts 90’ inc. interval.
Impressing the audiences with their originality and never-ending pursuit of the uncommon, the Ufuk & Bahar Dördüncü Piano Duo are ardent promoters of the Turkish contemporary music, which is received enthusiastically all over the world by critics and audiences alike. Opening with Ravel’s waltz, the night will proceed with Rachmaninov’s Fantasy Tableaux, which illustrates four extracts of poems by Mikhail Lermontov, Lord Byron, Fyodor Tyutchev, and Aleksey Khomyakov, and will culminate in another waltz by Ravel. Istanbul Modern’e degerli isbirligi için tesekkür ederiz.We would like to thank Istanbul Modern for their kind collaboration.
We would like to thank Istanbul Modern for their kind collaboration.
Gautier Capuçon & Gülru Ensari
08.06.2013
Is Sanat
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.
We would like to thank Is Sanat for their kind collaboration.
Open Conservatory
09.06.2013
Galata Rum Elementary School
Educational Supporters:
Istanbul University State Conservatory
Istanbul Technical University Turkish Music State Conservatory
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University State Conservatory
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.
Festival Presents Its Young Soloist
Istanbul University State Conservatory Symphony Orchestra
10.06.2013
Süreyya Opera House
Ramiz Malik Aslanov: Conductor
Soloist to be chosen in the national auditions.
Programme TBA at the end of the national auditions.
The Istanbul Music Festival endeavours to promote and encourage young talents throughout Turkey and thus presents once again the project “Istanbul Music Festival in Search of its Young Soloist” - now in cello. This project, which proved a highly successful mission initially last year, offers the delight of discovering new talents to the audiences, whilst giving a precious opportunity to young musicians to earn national and international recognition.
We would like to thank Istanbul University State Conservatory, Municipality of Besiktas Fulya Art Center and Municipality of Kadiköy Süreyya Opera House for their kind collaboration.
The Cycles Of Life
Hèsperion XXI & Jordi Savall
11.06.2013
Hagia Eirene Museum
Hespèrion XXI
Jordi Savall: Rebec, Vielle, Direction
Marc Mauillon: Vocals
Lior Elmaleh: Vocals
Gürsoy Dinçer: Vocals
Irini Derebet: Vocals
Pierre Hamon: Ney
Nedyalko Nedyalkov: Kaval
Hakan Güngör: Qanun
Yurdal Tokcan: Oud
Haïg Sarikouyoumdjian: Duduk
Yair Dalal: Oud
Driss El Maloumi: Oud
Dimitri Psonis: Santur, Morisca
David Mayoral: Percussions
Concept: Montserrat Figueras
“The Cycles of Life in the Mosaic of the Balkan Peoples”
Introduction: The Creation of the Universe
1. Birth, infancy and spring
2. Youth, learning and adolescence
3. Love, the meeting
4. Marriage, the family
5. Work, maturing and exile
6. Experience, wisdom
7. Spirituality, death
Postlude
Focusing on “Time and Transformation” in its 41st edition, the Istanbul Music Festival presents the music lovers a specially tailored programme illustrating the cycles of life - conceived by the late Montserrat Figueras and performed by the Istanbul Music Festival 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Jordi Savall’s Hespèrion XXI, which explores and fashions a universe of emotions and beauty.
Mediterranea
L’arpeggiata & Christina Pluhar
Featuring: Mísia
12.06.2013
Hagia Eirene Museum
L’arpeggiata
Vincenzo Capezzuto: Vocals
Raquel Andueza: Vocals
Christina Pluhar: Theorbo & direction
Margit Übellacker: Santur psaltery
Sarah Ridy: Baroque harp
Marcello Vitale: Baroque guitar & chitarra battente
Doron Sherwin: Cornet
Boris Schmidt: Double bass
David Mayoral: Percussions
Francesco Turrisi: Harpsichord & percussions
Daniel Pinto: Portuguese guitar
Sandro Daniel: Fado guitar
Aytaç Dogan: Qanun
Ismail Tunçbilek: Saz
Featuring: Mísia Fado
Traditional songs from the coasts of Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Turkey
Lasts 85’; without interval.
L’Arpeggiata returns to Hagia Eirene after their captivating performance at the festival last year. Exploring fresh musical grounds at each and every concert, this time the ensemble will take the audience on a voyage across the Mediterranean basin with traditional tunes from its coasts - and featuring a majestic figure from the world of fados: Mísia.
Roby Lakatos Meets Cihat Askin
13.06.2013
Hagia Eirene Museum
Roby Lakatos & Ensemble
Roby Lakatos: Violin
Kalman Cséki: Piano
Lászlo Bóni: 2nd Violin
Jenö István Lisztes: Cimbalom
László Lisztes: Double Bass
László Balogh: Guitar
Cihat Askin & Ensemble
Hakan Sensoy: Conductor
Turkish and Gypsy music
Lasts 110’ inc. interval.
Join us for a totally rapturous, and entirely refreshing musical experience! The Istanbul Music Festival hosts the meeting of Turkish and Hungarian Gypsy music in the hands of two violin virtuosos together with their ensembles, where a true sonic heaven will be moulded out of these two equally colourful musical worlds.
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Ertüngealp & Pires
14.06.2013
Hagia Eirene Museum
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Alpaslan Ertüngealp: Conductor
Maria João Pires: Piano
Sergey Prokofiev
Symphony No.1 in D Major, Op.25, “Classical”
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat Major, Op.19
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No.4 in B flat Major, Op.60
Lasts 100’ inc. interval.
One of the leading orchestras of the world delighting audiences everywhere with its unique musical style, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen’s concert brings the internationally acclaimed Turkish conductor Alpaslan Ertüngealp back to Turkey while featuring the great Portuguese virtuoso Maria João Pires at the piano. This festival concert will long be remembered as much for Pires’ exquisite, intimate pianism as for the refreshing style of musical interpretation and imaginative, well thought-out programme of the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen& Vadim Repin
15.06.2013
Hagia Eirene Museum
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
James Judd: Conductor
Vadim Repin: Violin
Arnold Schoenberg
Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No.1 in C Major, Op.21
Lasts 110’ inc. interval.
Munich Chamber Orchestra
17.06.2013
Hagia Eirene Museum
Munich Chamber Orchestra
Alexander Liebreich: Conductor
Khatia Buniatishvili: Piano
Igor Stravinsky
Concerto in D Major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No.23 in A Major, KV488
Krzysztof Penderecki
“Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima” for 52 Strings
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No.45 in F sharp minor, “Farewell”
Lasts 105’ inc. interval.
A shining beacon in German orchestral life, the Munich Chamber Orchestra makes its festival debut under the baton of its Artistic Director Alexander Liebreich with a programme centring upon “Time and Transformation”. This exquisite musical evening will feature one of the iconic virtuosos of the new generation: Khatia Buniatishvili.
Cameristi Della Scala & Shlomo Mintz
18.06.2013
Hagia Eirene Museum
Cameristi Della Scala
Shlomo Mintz: Violin & Conductor
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No.1 in A Major
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No.2 in E Major
Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite, Op.40
Franz Schubert
Death and the Maiden
Lasts 110’ inc. interval.
The phenomenal Shlomo Mintz, renowned for his impeccable musicianship, stylistic versatility, and commanding technique alike, joins the Cameristi della Scala for a night of Bach, Grieg and Schubert at the festival. The violin virtuoso who claims, “Music is truth touched, but seldom” does promise one of those seldom moments in music for the festival audience.
Berlin Counterpoint Ensemble
19.06.2013
Süreyya Opera House
Berlin Counterpoint Ensemble
Aaron Dan: Flute
Yigal Kaminka: Baroque Oboe
Sacha Rattle: Clarinet
Heidi Elizabeth Mockert: Bassoon
Dániel Molnár: Horn
Zeynep Özsuca: Piano
Francis Poulenc
Sextuor, Op. 100
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude in B minor from WellTempered Clavier Book I BWV 869
Lowell Liebermann
Fantasy on a Fugue by J.S. Bach, Op. 27
Kamran Ince
Nasreddin Hodja
Jan Pieterzsoon Sweelinck
Variations on a folksong “Mein junges Leben hat ein End” (Arr. Ernest Lubin)
Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
Lasts 90’ inc. interval.
* Commissioned by Istanbul Music Festival, world premiere
Winning the hearts and minds of audiences for their idealism as much as for their ravishing music, the Berlin Counterpoint Ensemble will give the world premiere of the festival’s commission to Kamran Ince: “Nasreddin Hodja”, a work which will probably be a most warm-hearted surprise for music lovers.
We would like to thank Municipality of Kadiköy Süreyya Opera House for their kind collaboration.
Venice Baroque Orchestra & Magdalena Kožená
20.06.2013
Hagia Eirene Museum
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Andrea Marcon: Conductor
Magdalena Kožená: Mezzo-soprano
Antonio Vivaldi
Sinfonia for Strings and Basso Continuo in C Major, RV111a
Antonio Vivaldi
Orlando Furioso ”Sol da te mio dolce amore”
Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto, RV488
Antonio Vivaldi
Griselda “Ho il cor già lacero”
Antonio Vivaldi
Farnace “Gelido in ogni vena”
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for Strings in D minor, RV127
George Frideric Handel
Joshua “Oh, had I Jubals’ lyre”
George Frideric Handel
Ariodante “Scherza infida”
Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto for Recorder and Flute, TWV 52:E1
George Frideric Handel
Hercules “Where shall I fly?”
Lasts 100’ inc. interval.
Well-known to the festival audience, the Venice Baroque Orchestra under the baton of Andrea Marcon returns to the glamorous Hagia Eirene; this time with Magdalena Kožená, “an absolute diva” highly sought after by distinguished opera houses and concert stages all around the world.
Bach With David Fray
21.06.2013
Is Sanat
David Fray: Piano
Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata in E minor, BWV914
Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita in E minor, No.6, BWV830
Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata in C minor, BWV911
Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita in C minor, No.2, BWV826
Lasts 90’ inc. interval.
French pianist David Fray is inarguably one of France’s musical revelations of today not only because of his impressive musicality and technique but also because of his inventive and sensitive interpretations. Fray will make his festival debut with an exclusive night of Bach, for which he is lauded as, “unselfregarding mastery and musical maturity and the intimate, poetic spell cast by his Bach with its gorgeous tone and ravishingly shaded trills.”
We would like to thank Is Sanat for their kind collaboration.
Piano Trio Forte
22.06.2013
Süreyya Opera House
Piano Trio Forte
Sevil Ulucan: Violin
Rahsan Apay: Cello
Ece Demirci: Piano
Özkan Manav
Laçin
Hasan Uçarsu
Yok Zamanlar
Ernst Bloch
Nocturnes
Antonin Dvorak
Dumky in E minor, Op.90, B166
Lasts 80’ inc. interval.
41st Istanbul Music Festival hosts three soloists who share a passion for chamber music, binding in friendship over their acclaimed ensemble Trio Forte. The members of the ensemble each stand out for their virtuosity and elegant tone while performing together in utmost harmony.
We would like to thank the Municipality of Kadiköy Süreyya Opera House for their kind collaboration.
Fairy Queen
New London Consort
24.06.2013
Hagia Eirene Museum
New London Consort
Philip Pickett: Conductor
Mauricio Garcia Lozano: Director
Isobel Dunhill: Design
Ace Mccarron: Lighting Design
Karla Shacklock: Movement
Joanne Lunn: Soprano
Robert Sellier: Tenor
Michael George: Bass-Baritone
Faye Newton: Soprano
Penelope Appleyard: Soprano
Christopher Robson: Countertenor
Tim Travers-Brown: Countertenor
Joseph Cornwell: Tenor
Simon Grant: Bass-Baritone
Olivia Quayle: Circus Artist
Jan Patzke: Circus Artist
José Triguero Delgado: Circus Artist
Zoe Jones: Circus Artist
Boldo Janchivdorj: Circus Artist
Henry Purcell
Fairy Queen
Henry Purcell’s semi-opera The Fairy Queen is a true masterpiece and one of the world’s leading early music ensembles New London Consort under Philip Pickett’s iconoclastic approach, star solo singers, brilliant circus artists, and a mesmeric staging by brilliant Mexican director Mauricio García Lozano join to convey all the fantasy and inextinguishable energy of Purcell’s magical score. Focusing on a uniquely wide and colourful repertoire of Renaissance and Baroque music, the New London Consort will be at the festival with one of their most colourful and musically sublime productions.
Amsterdam Sinfonietta & Sol Gabetta
25.06.2013
Hagia Eirene Museum
Amsterdam Sinfonietta
Candida Thompson: Artistic director & lead violin
Sol Gabetta: Cello
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
La Finta Giardiniera, KV 196
Peteris Vasks
Cello Concerto
Ernst Bloch
From Jewish Life
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony in G minor, No.40, KV 550
* Istanbul Music Festival co-commission together with Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Amsterdam Cello Biennial, and Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Turkey premiere
Lasts 100’ inc. interval.
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, which regularly concertizes with distinguished soloists at major halls of the world, joins the rising star of cello Sol Gabetta for the Turkey premiere of the latest opus of the eminent Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks.
Kim Kashkashian & Péter Nagy
26.06.2013
Holy Vortvots Vorodman Church
Kim Kashkashian: Viola
Peter Nagy: Piano
Dmitri Shostakovich
Excerpts from the Preludes
Ludwig van Beethoven
7 Variations on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen” from the Magic Flute
Ludwig van Beethoven
12 Variations on “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” from the Magic Flute
Komitas
Songs
Robert Schumann
Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Lasts 80’ inc .interval.
Inspiring world-wide critical acclaim as a marvellous musical storyteller, the great violist Kim Kashkashian, together with pianist Péter Nagy, will be at the festival with a colourful programme extending from Beethoven’s variations on Mozart to the Kütahya-born Armenian composer Komitas. With this concert, the Vortvots Vorodman Church will be hosting a festival concert for the first time following its recent renovation.
Arkas Trio
27.06.2013
Hagia Eirene Museum
Arkas Trio
Tuncay Yilmaz: Violin
Gustav Rivinius: Cello
Emre Elivar: Piano
Franz Schubert
Notturno, D 897 (Op. post. 148)
Camille Saint-Saëns
Trio No.2 in E minor, Op.92
Johannes Brahms
Trio No.1 in B Major, Op.8
Lasts 100’ inc. interval.
The Arkas Trio, formed of three internationally renowned musicians, makes its festival debut. Founded in 2011, the trio features two of the outstanding figures of the young generation of Turkish musicians, Tuncay Yilmaz and Emre Elivar, alongside a prominent virtuoso acclaimed for his virtuosity, expressiveness and intelligence both as a soloist and a chamber musician, Gustav Rivinius.
BIFO & Maxim Vengerov
29.06.2013
Hagia Eirene Museum
Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra
Sascha Goetzel: Conductor
Maxim Vengerov: Violin
Antonin Dvorak
Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila
Antonin Dvorak
Violin Concerto in A minor, Op.53
Richard Strauss
Also Sprach Zarathustra
Lasts 90’ inc.interval.
Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra is the resident orchestra of the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts.
Enjoying an unsurpassed position at the prime of his career, Maxim Vengerov is back at the festival after 12 years! The violin virtuoso will close the 41st Festival with the Turkey’s best symphonic ensemble, Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of its charismatic conductor Sascha Goetzel.
MindBody Festival Istanbul is hold this year in Santralistanbul and will be held for 3 days, on the 7th, 8th and 9th of June, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 8am to 11pm.
MindBody Festival Istanbul is 3 days of discovery and exploration into Wellbeing, Health and Nutrition, Culture and Community, bringing together renowned experts in the practices of Happier Healthy Living. Under the beautiful sun and set amongst the magnificence of Istanbul, MindBody Festival welcomes an international gathering of people to come, share, learn and have fun.We are certain there will be something for everyone!
During these 3 days, you can choose and create your own program.
Practice Yoga, Pilates, Gyrotonics, Dance, Tai Chi, Chi Quong…
Meet Doctors, Philosophers, Sufi masters, Reflexologist…
Learn about Tantra, Biotherapy, Ayurveda, Nutrition…
Listen to speakers, Singers, Musicians…
Being Healthy is a Lifestyle…
Find your style at MindBody Festival Istanbul 2013!
http://www.mindbodyfestivalistanbul.com
The Prodigy, Basement Jaxx and Jaguar Skills
June 29, 2013 14:00
BJK Inonu Stadium, Istanbul
Where dance and music is combined, with powerful visual and light shows; Dance Day concert series will host worldwide known names. Bands who has earned fame from this genre of music, will take festival lovers on a journey on the borders of dance music. Participants, in order, Basement Jaxx, Jaguar Skills and The Prodigy, who will take the stage with performances that will reach the peak of dance music.
Vodafone Istanbul Calling is preparing to become one of Istanbul’s biggest festival held for 4 months throughout the summer of 2013. Sponsored by Vodafone and Garanti Bank, the festival will host numerous foreign and local stars in different venues throughout Istanbul. This festival will become the music hotspot for all genres. For further information keep following the updates by logging on to www.istanbulcalling.com!
Urban & Hip-Hop Day - Snoop Dogg, CeeLo Green, Nas
July 07, 2013 14:00
BJK Inonu Stadium, Istanbul
Vodafone Istanbul Calling Presents: Urban & Hip-Hop Festival – Snoop Dogg
Vodafone Istanbul Calling is preparing to become one of Istanbul’s biggest festival held for 3 months throughout the summer of 2013. Sponsored by Vodafone and Garanti Bank, the festival will host numerous foreign and local stars in different venues throughout Istanbul. This festival will become the music hotspot for all genres. For further information keep following the updates by logging on to www.istanbulcalling.com!
12 awards and more than 40 nominations for the Pop Culture phenomenon, also a hip hop artist from a West Coast rap legend Snoop Dogg (recently reborn as Snoop Lion) became the most famous star in rap, because of his drawled and laconic style. While he’s a rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, TV and movie star, the founder and coach of a hugely successful youth football league and a savvy adapter of new technology, Snoop Dogg remains Tha Doggfather of hip-hop.
Nicknamed Snoop by his mother because of his appearance, Calvin Broadus (born October 20, 1972) was raised in Long Beach, CA. He found escape from a life of crime through music. Snoop began recording homemade tapes with his friend Warren G, who happened to be the stepbrother of N.W.A.'s Dr. Dre. Warren G gave a tape to Dre, who was considerably impressed with Snoop's style and began collaborating with the rapper.
He has sold over 30 million albums worldwide with a total of 35 album releases, and "Doggystyle" is generally considered Snoop Dogg's best record, in addition to being his highest charting and best-selling album. In 2011, he released "Doggumentary", an album he considered the sequel to his classic debut. The album featured production from the likes of Swizz Beats, DJ Khalil, and Scott Storch, while guest artists included Kanye West, John Legend, Wiz Khalifa, and Willie Nelson. One of the most memorable performances of Snoop Dogg was at Coachella 2012, where he rapped together with the hologram of 2Pac.
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