First round results will be notified to the candidates on Friday, April 19, 2024.

The second round will take place on Friday, May 3, 2024 at Bilkent Concert Hall.

Orchestral passages will be sent separately to the candidates invited to the second round. These candidates will be asked to offer a 20 to 25-minute lesson to two students from different age groups in the presence of a jury. The language of instruction will be English or Turkish.

20 April 2024 | 20.00
Bilkent Concert Hall

Bilkent Children’s Symphony Orchestra
Yiğit Ülgen, conductor
Noriyoshi Murakami, conductor
Bilkent Music Preparatory Choir
Hilal Bıçaklar, choir master

Mozart | Karayev | Roost | Wagner | Shaffer | Respighi | Bartók | Egüz | Yönetken | Taviloğlu | Aydoğan & A. Çakmakçıoğlu

27 April 2024 | 20.00
Bilkent Concert Hall

Murat Cem Orhan, conductor
Joë Christophe, clarinet

T. Yayalar | Echoes and Ashes: The Saga of Arhaveli Ismail (World Premiere)
W. A. Mozart | Clarinet Concerto, A Major, KV.622
P. I. Tchaikovsky | Symphony No.5, Op.64

4 May 2024 | 20.00
Bilkent Concert Hall

Tolga Atalay Ün, conductor
Saygun Philharmonic Choir
Çiğdem Aytepe, choirmaster
Anna Chebukova, violin
Ogün Koyunoğlu, oboe
Melis Sağlam, soprano 1
Eylül Lambacı, soprano 2
Samed Kahreman, alto
Ediz Öztürk, tenor
Mert Özdemir, bass baritone

H. Biber | Battalia à 10
J. S. Bach | Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C Minor BWV 1060R
G. F. Handel | Dixit Dominus HWV 232

19 May 2024  | 15.00
Bilkent Odeon

Murat Göktaş, conductor
İpek Özdengiz, violin
Bozok Demirel, trombone
Early Music Education Choir
Choir Instructors:
Betül Alpay
Cem Değirmen
Doğa Kılıç
Hilal Bıçaklar
İlayda Erenler
Melis Çıklaçifçi

A. Dvorak | Romance for Violin and Orchestra
M. Sun | Cumhuriyet – Başlangıç Müziği
R. Korsakov | Trombone Concerto
Disney on Stage

1 June 2024  | 20.00
Bilkent Odeon

Can Okan, conductor

Avatar
Star Wars
Back to the Future
E.T
Independence Day
Iron Man
X-Men
Transformers
Thor
The Martian
Star Trek
Superman
Interstellar

8 June 2024  | 20.00
Bilkent Odeon

Can Okan, conductor

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Concert Suite
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Themes
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Concert Suite
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 Selections
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Concert Suite
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 (Suite)

29 June 2024  | 20.00
Bilkent Odeon

Murat Cem Orhan, conductor
Fazıl Say, piano

L. van Beethoven | Egmont Overture Op.84
C. Saint-Saëns | Piano Concerto No.2, Op.22
A. Dvořák | Symphony No.8, Op.88