DATE AND VENUE

11 June 2012, Hagia Eirene Museum

CONCERT INFO

BORUSAN ISTANBUL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
WARSAW PHİLHARMONİC CHOİR
ANDRES MUSTONEN conductor
MAMUKA GAGANİDZE countertenor
GİDON KREMER viola
GİEDRE DİRVANAUSKAİTE cello

CONCERT PRORGAMME

• Giya Kancheli
  Diplipito for Cello, Countertenor and Orchestra
• Giya Kancheli
  New symphonic opus^*
• Giya Kancheli
  Styx for Viola, Orchestra and Choir

^* Commissioned by Istanbul Music Festival, world premiere

Lasts 110’ inc. interval.

Giya Kancheli will be presented a “Lifetime Achievement Award” before the concert.

The Festival is proud to provide another exquisite work for the world’s musical heritage. Giya Kancheli, a true romantic who embroiders in his works all the elegant feelings and ideals of his homeland Georgia and who has a profound influence on the musical world, will premiere his eagerly anticipated symphonic work commissioned by the festival. This concert is dedicated to cellist Benyamin Sönmez who was scheduled to perform tonight before he passed away in late 2011.