DATE AND VENUE

16 June 2017, Hagia Eirene Museum

CONCERT INFO

BORUSAN ISTANBUL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
SASCHA GOETZEL conductor
MARI SAMUELSEN violin
HÅKON SAMUELSEN cello

CONCERT PRORGAMME

• Philip Glass
  Symphony No.11 ^*
  Double Concerto for Violin and Cello ^**

Lasts 85’ inc. interval.

^* Istanbul Music Festival co-commission together with Bruckner-Linz Orchestra and Queensland Symphony Orchestra.
^** Turkey premiere.

Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra is the Orchestra in Residence of the Istanbul Music Festival.

PRE-CONCERT TALK
19:00-19:45 Front Courtyard
by Aykut Köksal on “Post-Modernism and Music: The Unbearable Charm of Repetition”

The Istanbul Music Festival celebrates the 80th birthday of Philip Glass, perhaps the most recognized composer living today, with a spectacular premiere night that also features the festival’s co-commission to him.