Project Description
2021 -2022
2021 – 2022
2 – 3 July 2022
Saturday – Sunday
Bilkent Odeon
Fazıl Say at Odeon
James Feddeck, conductor
Fazıl Say, piano
I. Stravinsky | The Firebird
R. Schumann | Piano Concerto, Op.54
26 June 2022
Sunday
Bilkent Odeon
Orchestra’s Mice: A Fairytale for Kids
Howard Griffiths, conductor
Selçuk Yöntem, narrator
18 June 2022
Saturday
Bilkent Odeon
Carmina Burana
Matthew Coorey, conductor
State Polyphonic Choir
Görkem Ezgi Yıldırım, soprano
Kaan Buldular, countertenor
Kevork Tavityan, baritone
C. Orff | Carmina Burana
16 June 2022
Thursday
Bilkent Concert Hall
Bilkent Children’s Symphony Orchestra
Barış Demirezer, conductor
W.A. Mozart | Symphony No.5, B-flat Major, KV 22
W.A. Mozart | Symphony No.25, G minor, KV 183
12 June 2022
Sunday
Bilkent Odeon
Film Musics Concert V
Matthew Coorey, conductor
Ogün Koyunoğlu, oboe
Nazik Rahmedova, violin
Julian Lupu, trumpet
– Star Wars
– La Vita e Bella
– La La Land
– Emmanuel
– Game of Thrones
– The Last of The Mohicans
– Lord of the Rings
– Indiana Jones
– In The Mood for Love
– Gabriel’s Oboe
– 1492 Conquest of Paradise
– Parla Piu Piano
– Batman (1989)
– The Bridge of Kwai
– Pirates of The Caribbean
10 June 2022
Friday
Bilkent Concert Hall
Bilkent Youth Symphony Orchestra
Işın Metin, conductor
Selinsu Zeynep Düz, violin
Kerem Erşahin, bassoon
İpek Özdengiz, violin
W. A. Mozart | Violin Concerto No.4 in D Major, K.218
G. Rossini | Concerto for Bassoon
N. Paganini | La Campanella (Arr. F. Kreisler)
P. I. Tchaikovsky | Romeo and Juliet (Overture-Fantasia)
28 – 29 May 2022
Saturday – Sunday
Bilkent Odeon
Kids Concert (Early Music Education Choir)
Sibil Arsenyan, conductor
Early Music Education Choir
Film Musics
Harry Potter – Ratatouille – Gladiator – Lord of the Rings – Pirates of the Caribbean
ABBA: Mamma Mia!
– I have a dream
– Mamma mia
– S.O.S
– Take a chance on me
– Thank you for the music
– Dancing Quenn
– Waterloo
15 May 2022
Sunday
Bilkent Concert Hall
The Two Franz’s
Oliver Jia, piano
F. Schubert | Piano Sonata in G Major, D. 894
F. Liszt | Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178
14 May 2022
Saturday
Bilkent Concert Hall
Youth Concert
Murat Göktaş, conductor
İdil Arıcan, violin
Alp Birsel, piano
Çetin Özen, marimba
L. van Beethoven | Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
J. Sibelius | Concerto for Violin (Part 1)
L. van Beethoven | Piano Concerto No.1 (Part 1)
Ney Rosauro | Concerto for Marimba
11 May 2022
Wednesday
Bilkent Concert Hall
Bilkent Kids Wind Orchestra
Cem Güngör, conductor
Bengi Olcaytu – Feraye Aslı Babakurban, – Derin Akkaya – Şimal Teker, flute
Nofel Aras Kamar, obue
Eflin Boz – Zehra Neva Us, clarinet
Deniz Acar – Duru Akiz – Serhan Bereketlioğlu, bassoon
Ayşe Ece Acar – Naz Nehir Göcek – Çınar Sanan, horn
Işılay Canyurt – Toprak Cevahir Akkuş, trumpet
Elif Acar – Ege Gündüz – Tuna Erdoğan, trombone
Hasan Efe Baytar, tuba
Efe Sağıroğluları – Batu Özcan- Ege Başabak, percussion
P. A. Grainger | Two Chorals for Band
W. A. Mozart | Motette, Ave verum corpus
F. Schubert | Serenade
P. I. Tchaikovsky | Dance of The Reed Flutes
G. Rosenkrans | Continental Congress March
H. L. Booth | Gramophone Glide
D. Shostakovich | Jazz Suite, Waltz No.2
J. Williams | Jurassic Park
R. Djawadi | Game of Thrones
J. Williams | Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire
27 April 2022
Wednesday
Bilkent Concert Hall
Reverberation Percussion
Elman Mecid
Juliette Serrié
Fanis Gioles
Onur Türkmen | Hat for three percussion players
Thierry De Mey | Musique De Table
John Psathas | Kyoto
Nebojša Jovan Živković | Trio Per Uno
Fanis Gioles | Schmutz
Russell Peck | Lift – Off
22 April 2022
Saturday
Bilkent Concert Hall
Kids Concert
Sibil Arsenyan, conductor
Defne Kükürt, violin
H. Wieniawski | Concerto for Violin No.2, D minor (Part 1)
Kıvanç Arda Şabi, violoncello
D. Popper | Polonaise Op.14
Efe Sağıroğluları, marimba
P. Creston | Concertino for Marimba (Part 3)
Deniz Neva Ertürk, piano
W.A. Mozart | Concerto for Piano No.21, Do Major, KV. 467 (Part 1)
Ekin Dila Demirtaş, violoncello
E. Lalo | Concerto for Violoncello D minor (Part 1)
19 April 2022
Tuesday
Bilkent Concert Hall
Modern American Voice Recital
Jennifer Tipton, soprano
Oliver Jia, piano
Gwyneth Walker | Waterbird” from Circling the Sun (b.1947)
Jake Heggie | “Animal Passion” from Natural Selection (b.1961)
Carlisle Floyd | “Ain’t it a pretty night” from Susannah (1926-2021)
Anthony Josep | “The Lucky Ones” from Thoughts of November (b. 2007)
Ricky Ian Gordon | “Poem (Lana Turner has Collapsed!) (b.1956)
Eric Whitacre | “Goodnight Moon” (b.1970)
Libby Larsen | Try Me, Good King: The Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII (b. 1950)
“Katherine of Aragon”
“Anne Boleyn”
“Jane Seymour”
“Anne of Cleve”
“Katherine Howard”
William Bolcom | “George” (b.1932)
“The Song of Black Max (As Told by the de Kooning Boys)
Stephen Sondheim | “Send in the Clowns” from A Little Night Music (1930-2021)
William Finn | “I’m Breaking Down” from Falsettos (b.1952)
16 April 2022
Saturday
Bilkent Concert Hall
Haydn & Suk
Cem Mansur, conductor
Aurélien Pascal, violoncello
J. Haydn | Violoncello Concerto No.1, C Major, Hob.VIIb:1
J. Suk | Serenade, E-flat Major, Op.6
9 April 2022
Saturday
Bilkent Concert Hall
Bilkent Brass Ensemble
Bilkent Brass Ensemble
Görkem Ezgi Yıldırım, soprano
T. Susato | Susato Suite
G. F. Handel | Lascia Ch’io Pianga
G. F. Handel | Let The Bright Seraphim
G. Verdi | Mercè Dilette Amiche from “I Vespri Siciliani”
E. Greig | Holberg Suite Op.40
3 April 2022
Tuesday
Bilkent Concert Hall
İhsan Doğramacı Special Concert
Gürer Aykal, conductor
Gülsin Onay, piano
F. Chopin | Piano Concerto No.2, F minor, Op.21
J. Haydn | Symphony No.100, G Major “Military”
30 March 2022
Wednesday
Bilkent Concert Hall
Bilkent Music Days VI
Quartet Quattro e Mezzo
Zelal Aktaş, piano
Gökçe Duru Tatar, violin
Meriç Nisan Soytutan, viola
Dritan Gani, double-bass
L. van Beethoven | Piano Quartet, E flat Major, Wo Op.36, No.1
Capacità Quintet
Ceyda Özeser, violin
İpek Özdengiz, violin
Arcan İsenkul, viola
Arda Büyükgüral, violoncello
Alp Birsel, piano
A. Dvořák | Piano Quintet A Major Op.81 “Dumka”
Dutilleux | Duo Gusto
Zeynep Bilgesu Bozkaplan, bassoon
Baturay Kösoğlu, piano
H. Dutilleux | Sarabande et Cortège (for bassoon and piano)
Capacità Quintet & İlayda Yılmaz
İlayda Yılmaz, clarinet
Ceyda Özeser, violin
İpek Özdengiz, violin
Arcan İsenkul, viola
Arda Büyükgüral, violoncello
Alp Birsel, piano
S. Prokofiev | Hebrew Themes
Nar Sextet
İdil Arıcan, violin
Aslı Deniz Bedel, violin
Can Taylan, viola
Zeynep Bilgesu Bozkaplan, bassoon
Doğukan Pahsa, double-bass
Yiğit Ülgen, violoncello
J. Françaix | Divertissement for Bassoon and String Quintet
Elif & Yağmur Piano Duo
Elif Naz Karabulut, piano
Yağmur Ak, piano
D. Milhaud | Scaramouche Op.165b
26 March 2022
Saturday
Bilkent Concert Hall
Siegfried Idyll
Can Okan, conductor
Augustin Dumay, violin
W. A. Mozart | Adagio in E Major, K.261
W. A. Mozart | Violin Concerto No.3, G Major, K.216
R. Wagner | Siegfried Idyll, WWV 103
25 March 2022
Friday
Bilkent Concert Hall
Bilkent Youth Symphony Orchestra
Işın Metin, conductor
İlayda Yılmaz, clarinet
Can Taylan, viola
F. Schubert | The Magic Harp, D.644, Rosemunde Overture
C. M. von Weber | Clarinet Concerto No.1 in F minor, Op.73 – I. Allegro moderato
M. Bruch | Romance for Viola and Orchestra, Fa Major, Op. 85
W. A. Mozart | Symphony No.41 Do Major, K. 551 “Jupiter”
23 March 2022
Wednesday
Bilkent Concert Hall
Bilkent Music Days VI
Q-Art & Kağan Korad
Esra Gökoğlu, violin
Emel Özer, violin
Murat Cangal, viola
Demet Gökalp, violoncello
Hacer Özlü, double-bass
Kağan Korad, guitar
I. Albéniz | Tres Piezas Espanolas
M. de Falla | Danza Del Molinero
G. Bizet | Carmen Suite
Bilkent Pro & Cem Çeliksırt
Irina Nikotina, violin
Feruza Abdullayeva, violin
Uluğbek Rihsi, viola
Serdar Rasul, violoncello
Cem Çeliksırt, guitar
L. Brouwer | Beatlerianas
19 March 2022
Saturday
Bilkent Concert Hall
Romantic Mozart
Gürer Aykal, conductor
Gökhan Aybulus, piano
Bahar Kutay, violin
İdil Arıcan, violin
Ada Kuruşçu, violin
A. Vivaldi | Concerto for 4 Violins in B minor RV 580
W. A. Mozart | Piano Concerto No.17 in G Major, KV 453
F. Schubert | Symphony No.3 in D Major
16 March 2022
Wednesday
Bilkent Concert Hall
Bilkent Music Days VI
Mithra Trio
Mustafa Kaplan, horn
Egemen Uysal, violin
Kenan Tatlıcı, piano
J. Brahms | Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano in E flat Major, Op.40
Piano Quadro
Nazlı Avcı, violin
Burcu Yazıcı, viola
Sinan Dizmen, violoncello
Cem Babacan, piano
F. Bridge | Phantasy for Piano Quartet (Premiere in Turkey)
D. Elfman | Piano Quartet (Premiere in Turkey)
12 March 2022
Saturday
Bilkent Concert Hall
Mozart & Mendelssohn
Pierre Bleuse, conductor
Stephen Waarts, violin
W. A. Mozart | Violin Concerto No.5
F. Mendelssohn | Symphony No.4
9 March 2022
Wednesday
Bilkent Concert Hall
Bilkent Music Days VI
Britten, Shostakovich | Duo Mitsein
Doğuş Ergin, violoncello
Ezgi Demirel, piano
Bax, Ibert, Fauré, Debussy | Triole
Cem Önertürk, flute
Elena Ünaldı, viola
Engin Kansu, harp
B. Britten | Sonato for Cello and Piano in C Major, Op.65
D. Shostakovich | Sonato for Cello and Piano, Op.40
A. Bax | Elegiac Trio
J. Ibert | Entr’acte
G. Fauré | Sicilienne, Op.78
C. Debussy | Trio
5 March 2022
Saturday
Bilkent Concert Hall
L’italiana in Algeri
Emil Tabakov, conductor
Cem Çeliksırt, guitar
G. Rossini | L’italiana in Algeri
M. Giuliani | Guitar Concerto No.1, Op.30
L. Van Beethoven | Symphony No.2, Op.36
2 March 2022
Wednesday
Bilkent Concert Hall
Bilkent Music Days VI
Dvořák | Daphnis Quartet
Egemen Uysal, violin
Ayça Akünal, violin
Denizsu Polat, viola
Sinem Karasu, violoncello
Franck | Camerata Bilkent
Yevgeniy Kostrytskyy, violin
Nazik Rahmedova, violin
Sema Hakioğlu, viola
Artur Rahmatulla, violoncello
Rustam Rahmedov, piano
A. Dvořák | String Quartet No.12 in F Major, Op. 96 “American”
C. Franck | Piano Quintet in F minor
25 February 2021
Friday
Bilkent Concert Hall
In Memory of İhsan Doğramacı
Gürer Aykal, conductor
Bülent Yazıcı, mandolin
Bahar Kutay, violin
Irina Nikotina, violin
A. Vivaldi | Concerto for Two Violins in A minor, RV 522
A. Vivaldi | Concerto for Mandolin in C Major, RV 425
A. Vivaldi | Concerto for Mandolin in D Major RV 93 P. 209
W. A. Mozart | Symphony No. 34 in C Major, K. 338
19 February 2021
Saturday
Bilkent Concert Hall
Magical Recorder
Christoph Mathias Mueller, conductor
Lucie Horsch, recorder
G. Gabrieli | Canzon per sonar noni toni a 12, Ch.183
G. Gabrieli | Sonata pian e forte, Ch.175
G. Gabrieli | Canzon per sonar duodecimi toni
G.P. Telemann | Recorder Concerto in F Major, TWV 51:F1
G. Sammartini | Recorder Concerto in F Major
J.S. Bach | Adagio, BWV 974 (Arr. from A. Marcello’s Oboe Concerto)
A. Vivaldi | Recorder Concerto in C Major, RV 443
F. Schubert | Overture In The Italian Style in D Major D.590
6 January 2021
Thursday
Bilkent Concert Hall
In Memory of A. Adnan Saygun
Gülsin Onay, piano
Tony Scholl, Türev Berki, Tuna Bilgin, Ada Baday, piano
Sinan Dizmen, violoncello
Nilüfer Sude Güçlü, violin
28 December 2021
Tuesday
Bilkent Concert Hall
New Year’s Concert
Matthew Coorey, conductor
Aleksandra Kubas-Kruk, soprano
W. A. Mozart | The Abduction from the Seraglio Overture KV.384
W. A. Mozart | “Giunse alfin il momento…Deh vieni non tardar” from “Le nozze di Figaro”
G. Rossini | “Una Voce Poco Fa” (in E Major) from “Il Barbiere di Siviglia”
J. Strauss II | Die Fledermaus
A. Khachaturian | Masquerade, Waltz
G. Donizetti | “Prendi, per me sei libero…il mio rigor dimentica” from “L’elisir d’amore”
P. Mascagni | “Cavalleria Rusticana”, Intermezzo
G. Verdi | “Sul fil d’un soffio etesio” from “Falstaff”
J. Strauss II | Eljen a Magyar, Op.332
G. Donizetti | “Quel guardo il cavaliere…so anch’io la virtu magica” from “Don Pasquale”
J. Strauss II | An der schönen blauen Donau Op.314
11 December 2021
Saturday
Bilkent Concert Hall
Sadness and Joy
Matthew Coorey, conductor
Burak Noyan, double-bass
Selin Gürol & Ömer Berk Taraklı, clarinet
F. Mendelssohn | Konzertstück No.2, Op.114
G. Bottesini | Elegia in D Major
G. Bottesini | Fantasia “La Sonnambula”
G. Mahler | Symphony No.5 in C-Sharp minor, IV.Adagietto
E. Elgar | Introduction and Allegro, Op.47
4 December 2021
Saturday
Bilkent Concert Hall
Master and Apprentice: Beethoven & Mendelssohn
Matthew Coorey, conductor
Francesca Dego, violin
F. Mendelssohn | Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op.64
L. van Beethoven | Symphony No.3 in E flat major, Op.55 “Eroica”
20 November 2021
Saturday
Bilkent Concert Hall
A Passionate Week
Christoph Mathias Mueller, conductor
Dorukhan Doruk, violoncello
L. van Beethoven | Fidelio, Overture Op.72
R. Schumann | Concerto for Violoncello in A minor, Op.129
M. Nosyrev | Symphony No.1
13 November 2021
Saturday
Bilkent Concert Hall
In Memory of Atatürk
Christoph Mathias Mueller, conductor
Kıvanç Tire, violin
Muhammedjan Sharipov, violin
Barok Bostancı, viola
Doğuş Ergin, violoncello
L. Spohr | Concerto for String Quartet in A minor, op.131
J. Raff | Symphony No.3 in F major, Op.153 (Im Walde; In the Forest)
31 October 2021
Sunday
Bilkent Concert Hall
Halloween Concert (with costumes)
Sibil Arsenyan, conductor
W.A. Mozart | Don Giovanni, Overture K.527
J. Williams | Harry Potter
C. Gounod | Funeral March of a Marionette
R. Djawadi | Game of Thrones
C. Saint-Saëns | Danse Macabre
J. Williams | Star Wars Darth Vader’s Theme
E. Grieg |“In the Hall of the Mountain King” Peer Gynt
M. de Falla | “Ritual Fire Dance” El Amor Brujo
D. Elfman | Spider Man
K. Badelt | Pirates of the Caribbean
23 October 2021
Saturday
Bilkent Concert Hall
Republic Day İlhan Usmanbaş’s 100th Anniversary Special Concert
Murat Cem Orhan, conductor
Zerin Rasul, piano
Suat Arıkan, bass-baritone
Y. Aydın | Anders
U.C. Erkin | Sinfonietta III. Movement
İ. Usmanbaş | Symphony for Strings
A.A. Saygun | Three Songs Op.23
C.R. Rey | Türkiye Symphonic Poem VIII. Movement
C.R. Rey | Türkiye Symphonic Poem IX. Movement
M. Sun | Cumhuriyet, Dönüşüm
Bilkent
Symphony
Digital
Battalia à 8
Yevgeniy Kostrytskyy, violin
Nazik Rahmedova, violin
Bahar Kutay, violin
Adelya Ateşoğlu, violin
Yukiyo Hirano, viola
Elif Kuştan, viola
Yiğit Ülgen, violoncello
Verda Çavuşoğlu, violoncello
H. von Biber | Battalia à 10
F. Mendelssohn | Octet for Strings in E flat major, Op.20
G.F. Handel | Passacaglia in G minor
Recording: 20 March 2021, Bilkent Concert Hall
23 October 2021
Saturday
Bilkent Concert Hall
Republic Day İlhan Usmanbaş’s 100th Anniversary Special Concert
Murat Cem Orhan, conductor
Zerin Rasul, piano
Suat Arıkan, bass-baritone
Y. Aydın | Anders
U.C. Erkin | Sinfonietta III. Movement
İ. Usmanbaş | Symphony for Strings
A.A. Saygun | Three Songs Op.23
C.R. Rey | Türkiye Symphonic Poem VIII. Movement
C.R. Rey | Türkiye Symphonic Poem IX. Movement
M. Sun | Cumhuriyet, Dönüşüm
16 October 2021
Saturday
Bilkent Odeon
Season Opening Concert
Elşad Bağırov, conductor
Feruza Yusupova, Carmen
Ayhan Uştuk, Don Jose
Alfiya Karimova, Micaela
Rassul Zharmagambetov, Escamillo
Didem Aygün, narrator
G. Bizet | Carmen (Concert Version)
2 October 2021
Saturday
Bilkent Odeon
Movies in Concert IV
Can Okan, conductor
Star Wars
Batman
La La Land
007 James Bond
The Last of Mohicans
Ratatouille
The Dark Knight Rises
Game of Thrones
Lord of the Rings
Scent of a Woman
Superman
25 September 2021
Saturday
Bilkent Odeon
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Cem Mansur, conductor
Çağ Erçağ, violoncello
R. Wagner | Flying Dutchman Overture
P. Dukas | The Sorcerer Apprentice
G. Fauré | Élégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op.24
C. Saint-Saens | Allegro appassionato, Op.43
C. Saint-Saens | Bacchanale