Istanbul through 10 culture, history and taste stations
The reason for this 4 days in Istanbul was the 51st Istanbul Music Festival (Istanbul Music Festival). It is Turkey’s longest-running music event organized by the Istanbul Culture and Arts Foundation (İKSV).
This year’s festival, which took place from June 1-17, hosted over 60 artists, leading orchestras and ensembles from around the world, in a total of 25 musical performances – some of them world premieres – covering many genres of music: from classical, jazz , Turkish traditional to original tango pieces.
Dedicated to 100 years of Turkish democracy, the festival spread across 18 different parts of the city, transforming into concert venues, historical monuments, places of worship and other important landmarks.
Following the musical routes of the Istanbul Music Festival, we had the opportunity to explore Istanbul, going through all the important attractions, with intermediate stops at the most special cultural and culinary spots, which revealed to us its modern, young face.
- Atatürk Cultural Center (AKM): The Music Roof in the City
His heart Istanbul Music Festival the large concert hall with a capacity of over 2000 spectators, housed in the Atatürk Cultural Center, the largest art center in Turkey. Originally built in 1969, the ACM reopened in 2021 after two years of reconstruction work, with a new structure and modern spaces that house multiple cultural activities: libraries, exhibitions, dance performances, theater, etc.
As part of this year’s festival, it hosted famous soloists and large orchestral ensembles including: Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Tekfen Philharmonic, Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic, Camerata Royal Concert gebouw Orchestra, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Borusan Quartet etc. There we enjoyed the Canadian opera star Barbara Hannigan conducting the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic – one of the most important orchestras in Turkey – in works by Ives, and herself in the role of soprano performing pieces from musicals by Gershwin.
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Source :Skai
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