CSO - 2012

CSO (Presidency Symphony Orchestra) concerts are performed  mostly on  Thursdays and Fridays.

The tickets are on sale one week ahead of the concert and can be purchased from CSO (Cumhurbaşkanlığı Senfoni Orkestrası) box office, Dost bookstores and through mybilet. Concerts are at CSO Concert Hall, unless otherwise is announced.

The regular ticket price is 15 TL while it is 5 TL for students and retired. All performances begin at 20:00.

CSO Talatpaşa Bulvarı No. 38, Ulus
Tel: (312) 309 13 43, 311 26 45

2012 Program
February 2-3
Conductor: Rengim Gökmen
Soloist: Stefan Dohr (horn)
Program: R. Strauss, A. Bruckner

February 9-10
Baroque Week
Conductor: Raoul Grüneis
Soloists: Ethem Emre Tamer (violin), Manfred Bellmann (oboe), Iris Rath (flute)
Program: G.Ph. Telemann, J.S. Bach, A. Vivaldi, J.A. Hasse

February 16-17
Conductor: Marek Pijarowski
Soloist: Antonio Meneses (violoncello)
Program: C.M. von Weber, R. Schumann, A. Scriabin

February 23-24
Conductor: Dorian Wilson
Soloist: Mario Hossen (violin)
Program: N. Paganini,  J. Sibelius

March 1-2
Conductor: Vachtang Machavariani
Soloist: Alexander Rudin (violoncello)
Program: S. Barber, D. Shostakovich

March 8-9
Conductor: Rengim Gökmen
Soloist: Philippe Aiche (violin)
Program: E.W. Korngold, R. Schumann

March 15-16
Conductor: Valery Vatchev
Soloists: Selim Aykal (fagot), Eren Kuştan (violin)
Program: W.A. Mozart, P. de Sarasate, H. Wieniawski, G. Rossini

March 22-23
Conductor: Danail Rachev
Soloist: Angela Hewitt (piano)
Program: J. Brahms, P.I. Tchaikovsky

March 29-30
Conductor: Julian Kovatchev
Soloists: Dorukhan Doruk (violoncello), Hande Küden (violin)
Program: J. Haydn, H. Wieuxtemps, L. van Beethoven

April 5-6
Conductor: Marek Pijarowski
Soloist: Damian Ganclarsky (contra tenor)
Program: G.F. Haendel, W.A. Mozard, Brahms

April 12-13
Conductor: Stefan Asbury
Soloist: Elçim Özdemir (viola)
Program: A.A. Saygun, S. Prokofief

April 19-20
Conductor: Burak Tüzün
Soloist: Ilian Garnetz (violin)
Program: S. Hatipoğlu, S. Prokofief, G. Sviridov

April 26-27
April 23 - National Independence and Children’s Day Concert
Conductor: Eerol Erdinç
Program: TBA

May 3-4
Ministry of Culture and Tourism State Polyphonic Choir
Conductor: Marek Pijarowski
Soloist: Elina Vahala
Program: J. Corigliano, G. Holst

May 10-11
Conductor: Antonio Pirolli
Ministry of Culture and Tourism State Polyphonic Choir
Choir Conductor: Cemi’i Can Deliorman
Soloists: Evren Ekşi (soprano), Chiara Amaro (mezzo soprano), Enea Scala (tenor), Sergey Antamonov (bass)
Program: G. Rossini

May 19
Venue: Arena
Atatürk Remembrance Youth and Sports Day Concert
Conductor: Emin Güven Yaşlıçam
Soloist and Program: TBA

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