2019 – 2020
22 August 2019, Thursday, 20:30 | D-Marin Turgutreis
Bodrum Music Festival Opening Concert
Nil Venditti, conductor
Fazıl Say, piano
L. van Beethoven | Concerto for Piano Konçertosu No.3 in C minor, Op.37
F. Mendelssohn | Symphony No.4 in A major, Op.90 “İtalian”
23 August 2019, Friday, 20:30 | D-Marin Turgutreis
Bodrum Music Festival
İbrahim Yazıcı, conductor
Pablo Ferrandez, violoncello
A. Dvorak | Concerto for Violoncello in B minor, Op.104
F. Say | Symphony No.4 “Hope” (Turkish premiere)
14 September 2019, Saturday, 20:30 | Bilkent Odeon
Mozart, Requiem
Bruno Mantovani, conductor
Ministry of Culture and Tourism State Polyphonic Choir
Burak Onur Erdem, choirmaster
Ezgi Karakaya, mezzo-soprano
Ayhan Uştuk, tenor
Doğukan Özkan, bass
W.A. Mozart | Requiem in D minor, KV.626
24 September 2019, Tuesday, 20:30 | Bilkent Odeon
Murat Cem Orhan, conductor
Fazıl Say, pianoF. Say | Piano Concerto “Water”
F. Say | Symphony No.4 “Hope”
28 September 2019 Saturday, 20:00 | Nazım Hikmet Congress and Art Center, Yenimahalle
Klasinema
Ender Sakpınar, conductor
Levent Gündüz, tenor
W.A. Mozart | Le Nozze di Figaro Overture, KV.492
A. Lara | Granada
A. Dvorak | Slavonic Dances No.8, Op.46
N. Rota | Godfather, Parla piu piano
T. Guliyev | Sene de Galmaz
H. Zimmer | Gladiator
J. Williams | Superman
K. Badelt | Pirates of the Caribbean
Italian Songs
J. Williams | Star Wars
12 October 2019, Saturday, 20:00 | Bilkent Concert Hall
Sezon Opening Concert
Christoph Mathias Mueller, conductor
Emalie Savoy, soprano
A. Weprik | Songs and Dances of the Ghetto, Op.12
M. Ravel | Shéhérazade
G. Mahler | Symphony No.1 in D major “Titan”
19 October 2019, Saturday, 20:00 | Bilkent Concert Hall
Pastoral Colors
Howard Griffiths, conductor
Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin
P.I. Tchaikovsky | Concerto for Violin in D major, Op.35
R. Vaughan Williams | Symphony No.5 in D major
26 October 2019, Saturday, 20:00 | Bilkent Concert Hall
Republic Day Concert
Nil Venditti, conductor
Kian Soltani, violoncello
Ü. Akbaş | Nocturne in Red, World premiere, BSO commission
S. Prokofiev | Sinfonia Concertante, Op.125
S. Rachmaninov | Symphony No.1 in D minor, Op.13
31 October 2019, Thursday, 20:00 | Bilkent Concert Hall
For Kids (Ages 6 +)
Halloween Concert (with costumes)
Bilkent Youth Symphony Orchestra
Işın Metin, conductor
E. Grieg | Peer Gynt, In the Hall of the Mountain King
M. Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition, Catacombs, Baba Yaga, The Grand Gate of Kiev
I. Stravinsky | Firebird, Infernal Dance
P. Dukas | l’Apprenti Sorcier
J. Williams | Harry Potter, Hedwig’s Theme, Nimbus 2000, Harry’s Wondrous World
J. Williams | Star Wars Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back, Imperial March
This is a concert for the whole family where everyone wears a costume or at
least a funny hat.
2 November 2019, Saturday, 20:00 | Bilkent Concert Hall
Time Travel
Christoph Poppen, conductor
Dilyara Idrisova, soprano
G.F. Handel | Hercules, Ah think what ills
G. F. Handel | Hercules, My breast with tender pity
A. Part | Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
A. Vivaldi | In furore iustissimae irae
B. Bartok | Divertimento, Sz.113
9 November 2019, Saturday, 20:00 | Bilkent Concert Hall
In Memory for Atatürk
Christoph Poppen, conductor
Iraz Yıldız, piano
Yunus Tuncalı, piano
W.A. Mozart | Concerto for Two Pianos in E flat major, KV.365
L. van Beethoven | Symphony No.3 in E flat major, Op.55 “Eroica”
16 November 2019, Saturday, 20:00 | Bilkent Concert Hall
Fascinating Melodies 
Michael Maciaszczyk, conductor
Yang Jiang, piano
W.A. Mozart | Concerto for Piano No.23 in A major, KV.488
A. Dvorak | Symphony No.8, Op.88
23 November 2019, Saturday, 20:00 | Bilkent Concert Hall
Unconditional Love
Adrien Perruchon, conductor
Tamara Stefanovich, piano
P.I. Tchaikovsky | Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture
W.A. Mozart | Concerto for Piano No.24 in C minor, KV.491
S. Prokofiev | Romeo & Juliet, Op.64
30 November 2019, Saturday, 20:00 | Bilkent Concert Hall
Echoes of Eternity
Christian Lindberg, conductor-trombone
Cem Güngör, trombone
L. Bernstein | On the Waterfront
J. Sandström | Concerto for Two Trombones and Orchestra “Echoes of Eternity”
C. Lindberg | Fake News, World Premiere
L. Bernstein | West Side Story, Symphonic Dances
7 December 2019, Saturday, 20:00 | Bilkent Concert Hall
DSCH
Pierre Bleuse, conductor
Yulianna Avdeeva, piano
E. Grieg | Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op.16
D. Shostakovich | Symphony No.15 in A major, Op.141
14 December 2019, Saturday, 20:00 | Bilkent Concert Hall
Distant Worlds
Tito Ceccherini, conductor
Simone Lamsma, violin
A. Webern | Passacaglia, Op.1
M. Bruch | Concerto for Violin No.1 in G minor
R. Strauss | Tod und Verklärung, Op.24
21 December 2019, Saturday, 20:00 | Bilkent Concert Hall
Virtuoso Brothers
Işın Metin, conductor
Lucas & Arthur Jussen, piano …………………………………………………………………………
F. Poulenc | Concerto for Two Pianos in D minor, FP.61
R. Strauss | Dance Suite after François Couperin, TrV.245
I. Stravinsky | Symphony in C
27 & 28 December 2019, Friday & Saturday, 20:00 | Bilkent Concert Hall
New Year’s Concerts
Brandon Keith Brown, conductor
Asya Fateyeva, saxophone
O. Nicolai | Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor
A. Khachaturian | Walzer aus Maskerade
S. Prokofiev | Romeo & Juliet
L. Delibes | Lakme, Dome Epais
P.I. Tchaikovsky | Nutcracker, Waltz of the Flowers
G. Rossini | William Tell Overture
J. Strauss II | Die Fledermaus Overture
A. Shor | Verdiana
S. Rachmaninov | Vocalise
J. Strauss II | An der Schonen Blauen Donau
J. Strauss II | Radetzky March