2023-2024
Season Program

9 December 2023 Saturday | 20.00
Bilkent Concert Hall

Baroque Music

Tolga Atalay Ün, conductor
Saygun Philharmonic Choir
Çiğdem Aytepe, choirmaster

Zeynep Ülbegi, soprano
Eylül Lambacı, soprano
Samed Kahreman, contrtenor

J. B. Lully | Marche Pour la Cérémonie des Turcs
G. F. Handel | Sarabande
J. S. Bach | Orchestral Suite, No.3, D Major
M. A. Charpentier | Marche de Triomphe
A. Vivaldi | Gloria, D Major, RV 589

28 & 29 December 2023 Thursday & Friday | 20.00
Bilkent Concert Hall

New Year’s Concerts

Vinzenz Praxmarer, conductor
Graciela Morales, soprano

J. Strauss | Ouverture “Die Fledermaus”
J. Strauss | Kaiserwalzer, Op.437
J. Strauss | Klänge der Heimat” (Csárdás) (Die Fledermaus)
J. Strauss | Persischer Marsch, Op.289
J. Strauss | Tausend und eine Nacht, Walzer, Op.346
F. Lehar | Märchen aus ‚Tausendundeiner Nacht‘, Scène fantastique Op. 3
F. Lehar | Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß (Giuditta)
A. Dvořák | Carnival Ouverture Op. 92
C. Gounod | Je veux vivre (Roméo et Juliette)
J. Hellmesberger | Danse diabolique
J. Strauss | Aquarellen, Walzer, Op.258
J. Strauss | Ohne Sorgen, Polka schnell Op.271
L. Arditi | Il bacio
F. von Suppe | Ouverture “Die schöne Galathee”

3 February 2024 Saturday | 20.00
Bilkent Concert Hall

Spanish Rhythms

Romain Dumas, conductor
Kai Strobel, percussion

F. Cruixent | Focs d’artifici
A. Dvořák | Senfoni No.8, Op.88

13 February 2024 Tuesday | 20.00
Bilkent Concert Hall

Lonely Day Concert

Murat Göktaş, conductor
Kağan Korad, guitar
Nazik Rahmedova, violin
Hüseynali Hüseynaliyev, violin
Svetlana Rebresh, violin
Nil Cetiz, violin
Tijana Silinger, violin
Laura Ann Krentzman, violin
Serdar Rasul, violoncello
Burak Noyan, double bass
Tofiq Shikhiyev, piano

I. Albeniz | M. de Falla | G. Bizet | E. Elgar | Carlos Gardel | Justin Hurwitz | A. Piazzolla
J. Peterburshsky | M. Kibar | N. Rota | Luhrmann & Pearce | E. Morricone | A. Villoldo

14 February 2024 Wednesday | 20.00
Bilkent Concert Hall

Lonely Day Concert

Murat Göktaş, conductor
Kağan Korad, guitar
Nazik Rahmedova, violin
Hüseynali Hüseynaliyev, violin
Svetlana Rebresh, violin
Nil Cetiz, violin
Tijana Silinger, violin
Laura Ann Krentzman, violin
Serdar Rasul, violoncello
Burak Noyan, double bass
Tofiq Shikhiyev, piano

I. Albeniz | M. de Falla | G. Bizet | E. Elgar | Carlos Gardel | Justin Hurwitz | A. Piazzolla
J. Peterburshsky | M. Kibar | N. Rota | Luhrmann & Pearce | E. Morricone | A. Villoldo

17 February 2024 Saturday | 20.00
Bilkent Concert Hall

Brahms & Shostakovich

Gürer Aykal, conductor
Hande Küden, violin

J. Brahms | Violin Concerto, D Major, Op.77
D. Shostakovich | Symphony No.9, Op.70

19 May 2024 Sunday | 15.00
Bilkent Odeon

Disney on Stage

Soloists from the Faculty of Music and Performing Arts
Early Music Education Choir

Choir Instructors:
Betül Alpay
Cem Değirmen
Doğa Bilici
Hilal Bıçaklar
İlayda Erenler
Melis Çıklaçifçi

1 June 2024 Saturday | 20.00
Bilkent Odeon

Sci-Fi Spectacular Movies

Can Okan, conductor

Avatar
Star Wars
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Back to the Future
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
E.T
Independence Day
Iron Man
X-Men
Transformers
Thor
The Martian
Star Trek
Superman

8 June 2024 Saturday | 20.00
Bilkent Odeon

Harry Potter

Can Okan, conductor

29 June 2024 Saturday | 20.00
Bilkent Odeon

BSO & Fazıl Say

Murat Cem Orhan, conductor