Izmir Festival > Past Festivals > 23th International Izmir Festival

FESTIVAL OPENING
June 13, 2009, Saturday, 9.30 pm
Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center
‘ONE EARTH – TRANSBORDER’ TOUR
KODO

BAROQUE OPERA @ ODEON
June 18, 2009, Thursday, 9.30 pm
Odeon, Ephesus
Georg Friedrich Händel’s
‘IMENEO’ in 3 acts
İZMIR STATE OPERA AND BALLET
Mehmet Ergüven, director

From HAYDN to MENDELSSOHN in
the PARADOX of DEATH and BIRTH
June 23, 2009, Tuesday, 9.30 pm
Celsus Library, Ephesus
ENSEMBLE RESONANZ
Barbara Bultmann, Judtha Haeberlin, conductors
Barbara Bultmann, violin

IN MEMORY OF AHMET PİRİŞTİNA
June 27, 2009, Saturday, 9.30 pm
Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center
‘YURI BASHMET – MOSCOW SOLOISTS’ & SHLOMO MINTZ
Yuri Bashmet, conductor & viola
Shlomo Mintz, violin

MEDITERRANEAN SERENADE
July 10, 2009, Friday, 9.00 pm
Celsus Library, Ephesus
FILARMONICA MARCHIGIANA STRING ENSEMBLE
Giovanni Seneca, Guitar

FOLLOWING the SECRET ARIAS
July, 16, 2009, Thursday, 9.30 pm
Basilica – Red Courtyard, Bergama
Leontina Vaduva, Soprano
Alexandru Petrovici, Piano

‘MARIO FRANGOULIS & FRIENDS’
July 20, 2009, Monday, 9.30 pm
Çeşme Fortress
Mario Frangoulis
George Perris
Eleni Lydia Stamellou

WELCOMING THE 25TH YEAR
October 18 2009, Sunday, 9.30 pm
Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center
ORCHESTRA FILARMONICA DELLA SCALA
Myung-Whun Chung, Conductor