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ANNOUNCING THE 24TH INTERNATIONAL IZMIR FESTIVAL
May 23, 2010 Sunday
Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center 9.30 pm
TANGO METROPOLIS
Musical director, composition and arrangements:Daniel Binelli
Choreography and Stage Direction: Pilar Alvarez • Claudio Hoffmann • Marijo Alvarez

FESTIVAL OPENING
June 16, Wednesday, 9.30 pm
Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center
"FOUR PIANOS & ONE CONDUCTOR"
Alexander Ghindin, piano
David Lively, piano
Janis Vakarelis, piano
Cyprien Katsaris, piano
Alexander Polishchuk, conductor

JOURNEY TO SCHUMANN’S MAGIC
June 19, Saturday, 9.30 pm
Celsus Library, Ephesus
MICHELE CAMPANELLA, piano

LEGENDS AGAIN
June 21, Monday, 9.30 pm
Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center
Richard Wagner:
"THE FLYING DUCTHMAN" (Opera, in 3 acts)
İZMİR STATE OPERA AND BALLET
Mehmet Ergüven, director

PRAYER TO GOD
June 22, Tuesday, 9.30 pm
Sığacık Kaleiçi, Seferihisar
"amarcord"
Wolfram Lattke, tenor
Martin Lattke, tenor
Frank Ozimek, baritone
Daniel Knauft, bass
Holger Krause, bass

MEMORIES OF BOHEMIA
June 24, Thursday, 9.30 pm
Celsus Library, Ephesus
THE PHILHARMONICS
Tibor Kovac, first violin & conductor
Shkelzen Doli, second violin
Thilo Fechner, viola
Stephan Konz, violoncello
Ödön Racz, contrabass
Daniel Ottensamer, clarinet
František Janoška, piano

MAHLER TIME
July 2, Friday, 9.30 pm
Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center
ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA
DANIELE GATTI, conductor
Programme:
Richard Wagner: “Siegfried-Idyll”
Gustav Mahler: “Symphony No. 5”

TRIBUTE TO CHARLIE PARKER & DIZZY GILLESPIE
July 4, Sunday, 9.30 pm
Çeşme Castle
MUVAFFAK “MAFFY” FALAY QUINTET
Maffy Falay, trompet, flügelhorn
Engin Recepoğulları, sax
Carl Fredrik Orrje, piano
Per-Ola Gadd, bass
Ferit Odman, drums

"THE FIRE STEALER"
July 7, Wednesday, 9.30 pm
Asklepion Theatre, Pergamon
AESCHYLUS: PROMETHEUS BOND
FRIENDS OF THE MUNICIPAL THEATRE OF PIREUS
Music: Konstantino Psahos and Mikis Theodorakis
Directors: Aggelos Sikelianos and Elias Malandris

TONES OF LOVE
July 9, Friday, 9.30 pm
Asklepion Theatre, Pergamon
ISABELLE CALS, soprano
SYLVIE VALAYRE, soprano
NICOLAI SCHUKOFF, tenor
JEAN-MARC BOUGET, piano

July 12, Monday, 9.30 pm
Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center
GREEK-TURKISH YOUTH ORCHESTRA
IŞIN METIN, conductor

TO THE INCORRIGIBLE ROMANTICS
July 13, Tuesday, 9.30 pm
Odeon, Ephesus
FROM JERZY DUDA-GRACZ TO FREDERIC
CHOPIN ‘PAINTINGS OF NOTES’
KRZYSZTOF JABŁOŃSKI, piano

SONGS EMBRACING MELANCHOLY
July 19, Monday, 9.30 pm
Çeşme Castle
BUIKA
"EL ULTIMO TRAGO" TOUR