CONCERT INFO

BORUSAN QUARTET
Esen Kıvrak violin
Nilay Sancar violin
Efdal Altun viola
Nil Kocamangil cello

SYNERGY VOCALS
Tara Bungard soprano
Micaela Haslam soprano
Benedict Hymas tenor
Ben Alden tenor

SİBİL ARSENYAN conductor
ÖZGECAN GÜNÖZ violin
BANU SELİN AŞAN violin
YAĞMUR TEKİN viola
ÇAĞLAYAN ÇETİN cello
KANDEMİR BASMACIOĞLU piano
KEREM ÖKTEM percussion
AMY SALSGİVER percussion
BÜLENT EVCİL flute
RECEP FIÇIYAPAN flute
SEZAİ KOCABIYIK oboe
SERKAN ALTINOK oboe
FERHAT GÖKSEL clarinet
SERCAN BÜYÜKEDES clarinet

CONCERT PROGRAMME

• Philip Glass
  String Quartet no. 2 “Company”
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  String Quartet no. 19 in C Major, K 465 “Dissonance”
• Steve Reich
  Jacob’s Ladder*

Duration: 60’ (w/o interval)

* Turkish Premiere
* Co-commissioned by New York Philharmonic, BBC Radio 3, Festival O/Modernt, Fundação Casa Da Música, Radio France and Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Istanbul Music Festival and Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra

PRE-CONCERT TALK*
18.30-19.30
ARMAĞAN DURDAĞ and EVRİM DEMİREL on “STEVE REICH and CONTEMPORARY MUSIC”

* In Turkish

Steve Reich’s new work, Jacob's Ladder, which received rave reviews from critics and audiences alike, has its Turkey premiere in this exceptional concert, complemented by the string quartets of Glass and Mozart.

The 52nd Istanbul Music Festival Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Steve Reich.