Festival Programme

EVENING CONCERTS
Bilkent Symphony Orchestra & Pablo Ferrández & 'Hope'
  • D-MARINE TURGUTREİS
  • 23 August 21:00

Program Details

On August 23, Friday at D-Marin Turgutreis, this time the successful conductor İbrahim Yazıcı will be directing Bilkent Symphony Orchestra. Yazıcı has been honoured with the “Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia” in Italy in 2005 and was selected the “Conductor of the Year” at the Donizetti Classical Music Awards organised by Andante in 2012. In this concert, Bilkent Symphony Orchestra will accompany the Spanish cellist Pablo Ferrández for one of the most important works of the cello repertory, Cello Concerto by Dvořák.

Declared the “Young Artist of the Year” at ICMA 2016, Ferrández is a musician that enchants his audience with his emotional intensity and stage presence. Praised by critics as “one of the greatest violinists”, Ferrández is the winner of some of the most prestigious competitions of the world including the 15th International Tchaikovsky Competition and the 5th Paulo International Cello Competition.

Fazıl Say’s 4th symphony “Hope” will be performed for the first time in Turkey at this concert. A work merged with the dreams of a beautiful world, Umut Symphony will be radiating at the Bodrum Music Festival with its optimistic melodies that reflect hope for a brighter future