DATE AND VENUE

4 June 2004, Hagia Eirene Museum

CONCERT INFO

BORUSAN ISTANBUL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
GÜRER AYKAL conductor

CONCERT PRORGAMME

In Memory of Cemal Reşit Rey at the 100th Anniversary of his Birth

20:00 Award Ceremony
20:30-21:30 Concert
21:45-24:00 Reception

Composer İlhan Usmanbaş will be granted a “Lifetime Achievement Award” on the occasion of this concert.

• Muammer Sun
  Spring Festival
• Cemal Reşit Rey
  Snapshots
• İlhan Usmanbaş
  Music for Orchestra 02/B.7

Lasts 50’ inc. interval.

The reception will be held at the Courtyard of the Archaeological Museum.

32nd International İstanbul Music Festival’s Opening Concert features a nice programme comprising works of İlhan Usmanbaş, Cemal Reşit Rey and Muammer Sun presented by our Foundation’s resident orchestra Borusan İstanbul Philharmonic under Gürer Aykal. These pieces of Cemal Reşit Rey at the centennial of his birth and İlhan Usmanbaş to be granted a “Lifetime Achievement Award” before the concert will warm up the İstanbullers for evenings full of music.

Please note that for this special event, only the balcony tickets of the Hagia Eirene will be sold through the Biletix system and at the box office of the Atatürk Cultural Centre. The ticket price of TL 200 Millions includes the reception.