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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