36. INTERNATIONAL IZMIR FESTIVAL

36. INTERNATIONAL IZMIR FESTIVAL2 June – 11 July 2023Opening ConcertFriday, June 2, 2023 ● AASSM Great Hall ● 21.00DR. NEJAT F. ECZACIBAŞI NATIONAL COMPOSITION CONTEST CONCERTIZMIR STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAOguzhan Balci, coundoctorProgramHasan Niyazi TuraViolin Concerto - Soloist: Can ÖzhanArda İşkolViolin Concerto - Soloist: Özgecan GünözSunday, June 4, 2023 ● Ephesus Grand Theater ● 21.00MEETING IN ANCIENT THEATERTEKFEN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRAAziz Shokhakimov, chiefVeriko Tchumburidze, violinProgramHasan UcarsuPortraits (Orchestral Suite)Piotr Ilyich TchaikovskyViolin Concerto in D Major, Op.35Zoltan KodalyGalanta Dance'sWednesday, June 7, 2023 ● Izmir Historical Agora ● 21.00HATAY ACADEMY ORCHESTRAAli Ugur, founder, conductorTuesday, June 13, 2023 ● Izmir Historical Agora ● 21.00LA CANTIGA DE LE SERENA – Zero Nove NoveFabrizio Piepoli, vocals, santur, shruti box, guitar, tarGiorgia Santoro, flute, bass flute, bansuri, xiao (Chinese flute), Irish flute, cymbalAdolfo La Volpe, lute, Corsican cittern, bouzouki, guitarThursday, June 15, 2023 ● AASSM Great Hall ● 21.00L’ACHÉRON“LACHRIMAE LYRAE - TEARS OF EXILE”François Joubert-Caillet, viola and bandleaderAndreas Linos, tenor violaMarie-Suzanne de Loye, bass violaNolwenn Le Guern, bass violaSokratis Sinopoulos, Istanbul kemençeTuesday, June 20, 2023 ● Çeşme Castle ● 21.00SINGER PUR“FIELDS OF GOLD”“Through vocal music with Sting”Claire Elizabeth Craig, sopranoChristian Meister, tenorMarcel Hubner, tenorManuel Warwitz, tenorJakob Steiner, baritoneFelix Meybier, bassThursday, June 22, 2023 ● Celcus Library ● 21.00WIENER KAMERSYMPHONIELuis Morais, violinEstelle Demetria Weber, violinGiorgia Veneziano, violaSergio Mastro, celloDamian Saul Posse Robles, double bass

ProgramFranz Schubert (1797-1828) Impromptu in c minor op. 90/1 (D 899)-Allegro molto moderatoJoseph Haydn (1732-1809) Symphony Nr. 82 in c major “the bear” (String Quintet version by Marco Ozbic)Vivace assai/ Allegretto/ Menuet/ VivaceIntermissionStefan Pelzl (1955- ) Portrait in three colours (dedicated to the Wiener Kammersymphonie)Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) Fairy Tales (Märchenbilder)-Holzapfel und Schlehwein.Grotesker Trauermarsch-Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse.Andantino-Wichtelmännchen.Molto vivace-Im Garten.Andante-Mummenschanz.VivaceThursday, July 6, 2023 ● Celcus Library ● 21.00PENDERECKI TRIO“Special Project to Commemorate the 90th Anniversary of Krzysztof Penderecki”Leticia Moreno, violinClaudio Bohorquez, celloŁukasz Krupiński, piano

ProgramKrzysztof PendereckiChaconne – arrangement for piano trioFrédéric ChopinG minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 65, CT. 204Jozef WieniawskiPiano TrioSaturday, July 8, 2023 ● Çeşme Castle ● 21.00PEDRO JÓIA, guitarTuesday, July 11, 2023 ● AASSM Great Hall ● 21.00DUO ALLATURCA IMPRO PIANO“VARIATIONS IN MUSIC MUSIC” – WORLD PREMIERECemile Cabbar & Nihat Demirkol, pianoProgram "From Fasıl to concerto... Peşrev, medhal, saz semaîsi, longa, sirto and Azerbaijani mahns"