DATE AND VENUE

16 June 2011, Hagia Eirene Museum

CONCERT INFO

AKBANK CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
CEM MANSUR conductor
STEPHEN KOVACEVICH piano

CONCERT PRORGAMME

• Ludwig van Beethoven
  The Ruins of Athens Overture, Op.113
  Piano Concerto in G Major, Op.58, No.4
• İlhan Usmanbaş
  Concerto^*
• John Corigliano
  Voyage
• Liszt / Adams
  Angelus & At The Grave of Richard Wagner
  La Lugubre Gondole

^* Commissioned by Istanbul Music Festival, World Première

Lasts 105’ inc. interval.

MEET THE ARTISTS
19.00-19.45 Hagia Eirene Museum Cloisters
İlhan Usmanbaş hosted by Cem Mansur

To be held in Turkish.

Stephen Kovacevich:
“On Beethoven, On Brahms”
17.06.2011 Fri, 14.00-17.30 IKSV Salon

The young and energetic Akbank Chamber Orchestra will perform with Stephen Kovacevich the leading interpreter of Beethoven under the baton of the creative conductor Cem Mansur. The orchestra will also present the world premiére of the new work commissioned by the Istanbul Music Festival, by İlhan Usmanbaş, who will celebrate his 90th birthday this year.