22 August 2019
Thursday
D-Marin Turgutreis

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
D-Marin Turgutreis

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
Bilkent Odeon

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
Bilkent Odeon

Murat Cem Orhan, conductor
Fazıl Say, pianoF. Say | Piano Concerto “Water”
F. Say | Symphony No.4 “Hope”

28 September 2019
Saturday
Nazım Hikmet Congress and Art Center, Yenimahalle

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
Bilkent Concert Hall

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
Bilkent Concert Hall

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
Bilkent Concert Hall

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
Bilkent Concert Hall

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
Bilkent Concert Hall

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
Bilkent Concert Hall

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
Bilkent Concert Hall

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
Bilkent Concert Hall

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
Bilkent Concert Hall

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
Bilkent Concert Hall

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
Bilkent Concert Hall

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
Bilkent Concert Hall

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
Bilkent Concert Hall

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

Our concert on December 28th is live on Facebook.

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15 January 2020
Wednesday
Bilkent Erzurum Concert Hall

Masane Ota, conductor
Yevgeniy Kostrytskyy, violin

W.A. Mozart | Symphony No.27 in G major, KV.199
A. Vivaldi | Four Seasons, Op.8

17 January 2020
Friday
Bilkent Concert Hall

Masane Ota, conductor
Yevgeniy Kostrytskyy, violin

W.A. Mozart | Symphony No.27 in G major, KV.199
A. Vivaldi | Four Seasons, Op.8

1 February 2020
Saturday
Bilkent Concert Hall

Sebastian Perlowski, conductor
Önder Baloğlu, violin
Nil Kocamangil, violoncello
Çağdaş Özkan, piano

L. van Beethoven | Triple Concerto, Op.56
L. Andriessen | The Nine Symphonies of Beethoven for orchestra and ice cream bell
G. Gershwin | An American in Paris

8 February 2020
Saturday
Bilkent Concert Hall

Pablo Rus Broseta, conductor
Christoph Sietzen, percussion
Elman Mecid, percussion

A. Dorman | Double-Percussion Concerto “Spices, Perfumes, Toxins!”
S. Rachmaninov | Symphonic Dances, Op.45

14 & 15 February 2020
Friday & Saturday
Bilkent Concert Hall

Andrés Soto, conductor
Los Pitutos
Álvaro Zambrano, vocal, guitar, keyboards, percussion
Matías Pineira, horn, trumpet, vocal
Pablo Camus, vocal, guitar
Tomás Peralta, vocal, guitar, keyboards, percussion
Cristian Betancourt, percussion, vocal

No Tiene Caso | Corazón | No! | Ay Amor! | Lejos de Ti | Mate y Cumbia | Mis Lágrimas | Ven Ven Ven | Abrázame | Algo en Común  

Los Pitutos is a Chilean-Colombian band, founded in Berlin in 2015, which specialises in adaptations of popular Boleros and Cumbias and which mixes them with own compositions – leading to a unique mixture which captivates its audience and brings it to Latin America on a one way ticket.

19 & 20 February 2020
Wednesday, Thursday
Bilkent Concert Hall

Murat Cem Orhan, conductor
Burak Noyan, narrator

23 February 2020
Sunday
ATO Congressium

Fazıl Say, piano
Senem Demircioğlu, mezzo-soprano

F. Say | Silk Road
F. Say | “Yürüyen Köşk”
W.A. Mozart | Concerto for Piano No.12, KV.414
L. van Beethoven | Piano Sonata “Moonlight”
F. Say | Ballade for Mezzo-soprano & Piano, Op.54b

25 February 2020
Tuesday
Bilkent Concert Hall

Gürer Aykal, conductor
İdil Biret, piano

L. van Beethoven | The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op.43

L. van Beethoven | Symphony No.4 in B flat major, Op.60

L. van Beethoven | Concerto for Piano No.5 in E flat major, Op.73 “Emperor”

7 March 2020
Saturday
Bilkent Concert Hall

Benjamin Yusupov, conductor
Tolga Salman, bandoneon
Danusha Waskiewicz, viola-dance
Ronald Savkovic, dance

A. Piazzolla | Michelangelo 70
A. Piazzolla | Concierto para Quinteto
A. Piazzolla | Milonga del Angel
A. Piazzolla | Oblivion
A. Piazzolla | Libertango
(Arrangements: Tolga Salman)
B. Yusupov | Viola Tango Rock Concerto