Istanbul Technical University Dr. Erol Ucer Center for Advanced Studies in Music (MIAM) is proud to announce “ITU MIAM Piano Festival 2”.
Academicians and pianists who studied at MIAM will come together at this festival, which will take place on the 23rd of March 2019, at ITU Maçka Campus, Mustafa Kemal Hall. The festival will consist of three consecutive concerts. In this festival where ITU MIAM celebrates its 20th birthday, 10 pianists and guest artist will perform works from different periods under the theme “Journey”.
The festival will start at 17:00 with the “Western Winds” concert. At 18:30 the “Northern Lights” concert will continue and at 20:00, “From the new world” concert will meet the audience for the finale.
The festivals spotlight shines on Samul Barber’s “Souvenirs”, where it will be performed by the participating pianists in turns for the grand finale.
Program:
23 March 2019
17:00 “Western Winds”
Jerfi Aji, piano
Claude Debussy / Estampes
Claude Debussy / L’isle joyeuse
Leyla Yenisey Artay, piano & Aida Pulake Altınbüken, violin
Igor Stravinsky / İtalian Suite
Fulya Uçanok, piano & Amy Salsgiver, snare
Helmut Lachenmann / 5 variations on a theme of Schubert
Lansing McLoskey / “This will not be loud and relentless” – 1st & 3rd movement
18:30 “Northern Lights”
Ozan Ömer Küçük, piano
Johannes Brahms / 3 Intermezzo Op.117
Engin Mehmetli, piano & Şahin Ekşioğlu, baritone
Deniz Cem Demir, conductor
Zeynep Ayşe Hatipoğlu, cello
Filiz Karapınar, flute
Ayberk Garagon, percussion
İrlanda-Amerikan Halk Dansı / Shenandoah
İrlanda Halk Dansı / Danny boy
İskoçya Halk Dansı / Loch Lomond
Vaughan Williams / Dorset Song
Vaughan Williams / Whither must I wander
Joe Darion / I am I, Don Quixote – Man of La Mancha, Mitch Leigh
(Arrangements: Engin Mehmetli)
Seray Kalelioğlu & Toros Can, piano
Edvard Grieg / 4 Norveç Dansı Op.35
20:00 “From the new world”
Ceylan Ünal Akbulut & Ebru Ayata, piano
George Gershwin / Cuba Uverture
“Duo Fortepian” Batu Ekmekçi & Deniz Kaya, piano
Darius Milhaud / “Le Boeuf Sur Le Toit” Op.58
Finale
Samuel Barber / Souvenirs, Op.28
Waltz / Engin Mehmetli & Jerfi Aji
Pas de deux / Ceylan Ünal Akbulut & Ebru Ayata
Two-step / Fulya Uçanok & Ozan Ömer Küçük
Hesitation Tango / Seray Kalelioğlu & Toros Can
Galop / Ozan Ömer Küçük & Jerfi Aji
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