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Cornucopia Blog » Classical Music
2M ago
The programme for the concert I attended at the Atatürk Cultural Centre in Taksim Square on January 5, 2024 consisted of only two works: Prokofiev’s Music & Performing Arts, - Classical Music, - Musical Shares . Both were played by the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra under the direction of ..read more
Cornucopia Blog » Classical Music
2M ago
The programme for the concert I attended at the Atatürk Cultural Centre in Taksim Square on January 5, 2024 consisted of only two works: Prokofiev’s Music & Performing Arts, - Classical Music, - Musical Shares . Both were played by the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra under the direction of ..read more
Cornucopia Blog » Classical Music
7M ago
On September 4 I attended a concert at the Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall in Harbiye – one of the events of the 3rd Istanbul International Chamber Music Festival, held at this venue. My ticket, which allowed me to sit in the centre of the auditorium and as close to... Music & Performing Arts, - Classical Music, - Musical Shares ..read more
Cornucopia Blog » Classical Music
10M ago
The last of the concerts I attended during the 2023 İKSV Istanbul Music Festival was given by the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, conducted by Matthew Halls, at the Atatürk Cultural Centre on June 16. The proceedings began with Mozart’s Music & Performing Arts, - Classical Music, - Musical Shares , K 525, a work popularly known ..read more
Cornucopia Blog » Classical Music
10M ago
The 51st İKSV Istanbul Music Festival continues. The third of the concerts that I attended was given by Anne-Sophie Mutter and ‘Mutter’s Virtuosi’ at the Atatürk Cultural Centre (AKM) in Taksim Square on Tuesday, June 13. The programme consisted of baroque works by Vivaldi, JS Bach and Joseph Bologne, Chevalier... Music & Performing Arts, - Classical Music, - Musical Shares ..read more
Cornucopia Blog » Classical Music
11M ago
On Monday, June 5 I attended a concert at the Süreyya Opera House in Kadıköy – one of the events of the 51st İKSV Istanbul Music Festival – in which the Borusan String Quartet were joined by Ms. Lucienne Renaudin Vary, a 24-year-old French trumpeter. Seating myself in the auditorium,... Music & Performing Arts, - Classical Music, - Musical Shares ..read more
Cornucopia Blog » Classical Music
11M ago
Festival feast: Matthias Goerne performing with the at the Reşit Rey Concert Hall, June 9, 2023 The second of the events in the 51st İKSV Music Festival that I attended was a concert given by German baritone Matthias Goerne and musicians from the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Chamber... Music & Performing Arts, - Classical Music, - Musical Shares ..read more
Cornucopia Blog » Classical Music
1y ago
On Thursday, April 20, I attended another concert at the Zorlu Center in Zincirlikuyu; this time, the works being performed were by the French composer Florent Schmitt, and Anton Bruckner’s , the ‘Romantic’. The orchestra was once again the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic, and on this... Music & Performing Arts, - Classical Music, - Musical Shares ..read more
Cornucopia Blog » Classical Music
1y ago
On Saturday June 11 I made my first visit to the newly-opened Türk Telekom Opera Hall in the Atatürk Cultural Centre in Taksim Square. The occasion was a concert by the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra that was part of the Beyoğlu Kültür Yolu Festivali, an event that translates as the... Music & Performing Arts, - Classical Music, - Musical Shares ..read more
Cornucopia Blog » Classical Music
1y ago
Exactly 150 years ago, on June 5, 1870, Istanbul’s Italian opera house, the Naum Theatre, burnt to the ground in the great fire of Pera which ravaged a large section of the neighbourhood from Taksim to Galatasaray, including the British Embassy. Fanned by strong winds, the theatre’s ashes were scattered... Architecture, Music & Performing Arts, - Classical Music ..read more