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17th Turkey Guitar Meeting - SOLO DUO | Matteo Mela & Lorenzo Micheli
Bilkent Concert Hall - General Admission
06 July 2025 - Sunday, 20:00
SOLO DUO
Matteo Mela & Lorenzo Micheli

O. Respighi |Notturno
C. Debussy | Petite Suite
I. En bateau
II. Cortège
III. Menuet
IV. Ballet
A. Piazzolla | Tango Suite
I. Allegro
II. Andante rubato, melanconico
III. Allegro
L. Micheli | Water Music (after Schubert)
I. Auf dem Wasser
II. Gleitet die Seele
J. Brahms | Intermezzo, Op.118, No.2
L. van Beethoven | Sonate pathétique Op.13
I. Grave - Allegro molto e con brio
II. Adagio cantabile
III. Rondò. Allegro
17th Turkey Guitar Meeting - 3 AGES OF THE GUITAR
Bilkent Concert Hall - General Admission
07 July 2025 - Monday, 20:00
3 AGES OF THE GUITAR
Sarper Dağtekin, Cem Çeliksırt, Onur Yılmaz, Oğuzhan Kayalı

Archlute: Sarper Dağtekin

F. Milano | Fantasia 51 & 33
G. G. Kapsberger | Tocatta 6 & Gagliarda 1
A. Piccinini | Tocatta Cromatica & Corrente 5
G. Zamboni | Sonata 6
. Allemanda
. Giga
. Sarabanda
. Gavotta
G. Zamboni | Sonata 9
. Preludio
. Giga
. Sarabanda
. Gavotta

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Romantic Guitar/Guitar: Cem Çeliksırt
Guitar: Onur Yılmaz

M. Giuliani | VI Variations pour la Guitarre Sur la folia d'Espagne

F. Sor | Variations Brilliantes sur un Air Favori de Mozart de l'Opera: la Flute Enchantee

F. Sor | Les Deux Amis fantasie pour deux Guitares

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Guitar: Oğuzhan Kayalı

T. Takemitsu | In the Woods
1. Wainscot Pond
17th Turkey Guitar Meeting - ARDA YAMAN & VIOLIN GUITAR DUO
Bilkent Concert Hall - General Admission
08 July 2025 - Tuesday, 13:30
ARDA YAMAN
VIOLIN GUITAR DUO | Gürcihan Babayeva Solak, Atahan Kaya

Guitar: Arda Yaman

R. S. Brindle | Sonata No.4 (‘La Breve’)
I. Modarato
II. Poco adagio
III. Allegro non troppo
D. Pujol | Sonatine by Máximo
I. Allegro ritmico
II. Andante e molto legato
III. Allegro
M. Ponce | Sonatina Meridional
II. Copla
III. Fiesta

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Guitar: Atahan Kaya
Keman, Gürcihan Babayeva Solak

Anonim/ Atahan Kaya | Bülbülüm Altın Kafeste
Anonim/ Atahan Kaya | Batum Türküsü
Anonim/ Atahan Kaya | Iğdır’ın Al Alması
A. Piazzola | Revirado ( Arr. J. Hagedorn)
J. de Bandolim | Doce de Coco (Arr. Atahan Kaya)
17th Turkey Guitar Meeting - GUITAR DUO & SANART GUITAR QUARTET
Bilkent Concert Hall - General Admission
08 July 2025 - Tuesday, 20:30
GUITAR DUO | Safa Yeprem, Behzat Cem Günenç
SANART GUITAR QUARTET | Ali Öztürk, Bekir Küçükay, Ezgi Anıl, Ricardo Moyano

Guitar: Safa Yeprem
Guitar: Behzat Cem Günenç

M. Torun | Ali Reis'in Takası (Arr.: Safa Yeprem)
Anonim | Altın Yüzük (Arr.: Safa Yeprem)
Kevser Hanım | Nihavend Longa (Arr.: Safa Yeprem)
Anonim / Safa Yeprem | Katibim & Alis
N. LaRocca | Tiger Rag (Arr.: Dixiland Jazz Band / Safa Yeprem)

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Guitar, Ezgi Anıl
Guitar, Bekir Küçükay
Guitar, Ricardo Moyano
Guitar, Ali Öztürk

A. Arias | Recuerdos De La Pampa
A. Aieta | Corralera
N. Ertaş | Zülüf Dökülmüş Yüze
H. Quattromano & Z. Alcayaga | Quiero Ser Tu Sombra
Anonim | Çalın Davulları
Anonim | Bilmem Şu Feleğin
Anonim | İzmir’in Kavakları
P. Laurentz | Milonga De Mis Amores

*All the arrangements for four guitars were made by Ali Öztürk.
17th Turkey Guitar Meeting - TRITONE TRIO & HARP GUITAR DUO
Bilkent Concert Hall - General Admission
09 July 2025 - Wednesday, 14:00
TRITONE TRIO | Aziz Demir, Burak Şengün, Mert Najim
HARP GUITAR DUO | Tuna Tandoruk, Güneş Hızlılar

Guitar: Mert Najim
Guitar: Burak Şengün
Guitar: Aziz Demir

P. Metheny | Letter From Home (Arr.: Triobio)
M. D. Pujol | Fin de Siglo
Anonim/ Safa Yeprem | Katibim
P. Bellinati | Baiao de Gude
Z. de Abreu | Tico Tico no Fuba

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Guitar: Tuna Tandoruk
Harp: Güneş Hızlılar

F. Gasull | El Peixet de Bloomington
M. C. Tedesco | Fantasia for Guitar and Piano, Op.145 (Harp arr.: Güneş Hızlılar)
. Andantino
. Vivacissimo
L. Boccherini | Introduction and Fandango - G.341
I. Grave Assai
II. Fandango
17th Turkey Guitar Meeting - "FOR ILGAZ BENEKAY"
Bilkent Concert Hall - General Admission
09 July 2025 - Wednesday, 19:00
"FOR ILGAZ BENEKAY"
Erdem Sökmen, Melih Güzel, Kağan Korad, Bekir Küçükay, Ricardo Moyano, Gücüm Sezer, Doruk Okuyucu

In Memory of Ilgaz Benekay,
Ilgaz Benekay, who we lost this year, was an extraordinary person with his kindness, positivity, knowledge and experience, and humorous character beyond his guitar playing. He made important contributions to the promotion and love of flamenco in our country and trained many students.
In the last concert of the meeting dedicated to Ilgaz Benekay, we will commemorate him with the works to be performed by Doruk Okuyucu, Gücüm Sezer, who worked with Ilgaz Benekay, and his close friends Bekir Küçükay, Erdem Sökmen, Ricardo Moyano, Melih Güzel and Kağan Korad, who are masters of flamenco and Latin music branches.
Program / Works will be announced during the concert.
A Diva At The Odeon
Bilkent Odeon
13 September 2025 - Saturday, 20:00
Marit Strindlund, conductor
Tora Augestad, soprano

G. Verdi | Overture to “La Forza del Destino”
G. Bizet | Selection from Carmen Suite No:1
E. Grieg | Selection from “Peer Gynt” Suite No:1&2
L. Bernstein | Overture to Candide
A. Khatchaturian | Selection from “Masquerade Suite”
G. Bizet | Habanera
K. Weill | Youkali
K. Weill | Mack The Knife
K. Weill | Speak Low
E. Piaf | Hymne de l’amour
E. Piaf | Non, je ne regrette rien
L. Bernstein | West side story: Somewhere
J. Kander / F. Ebb | Cabaret
Season Opening Concert
Bilkent Concert Hall
11 October 2025 - Saturday, 20:00
Jaume Santonja, conductor
Inmo Yang, violin

A. Dvořák | Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53
G. Mahler | Symphony No.5
Do You Like Brahms?
Bilkent Concert Hall
18 October 2025 - Saturday, 20:00
Jaume Santonja, conductor
Eldbjørg Hemsing, violin

J. Sibelius | Violin Concerto, Op.47
J. Brahms | Symphony No.3 in F Major, Op.90
Concert of the Republic Day of Türkiye
Bilkent Concert Hall
25 October 2025 - Saturday, 20:00
Can Okan, conductor
Korkmaz Can Sağlam, piano

F. Chopin | Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, Op.21
M. Sun | Cumhuriyet, Başlangıç Müziği
F. Tüzün | Türk Kapriçyosu
U. C. Erkin | Sinfonietta
M. Sun | Cumhuriyet, Bozkır
C. R. Rey | Türkiye Süiti
Halloween Concert
Bilkent Concert Hall
01 November 2025 - Saturday, 20:00
Tolga Atalay Ün, conductor

J. Williams | Harry Potter
C. Gounod | Funeral March of a Marionette
R. Djawadi | Game of Thrones
C. Saint-Saëns | Danse Macabre
J. Williams | Star Wars Darth Vader Theme
E. Grieg | “In the Hall of the Mountain King” – Peer Gynt
D. Elfman | Spider Man
M. de Falla | “Ritual Fire Dance” – El Amor Brujo
H. Zimmer | The Dark Knight Rises
K. Badelt | Pirates of the Caribbean
In Memory of Atatürk
Bilkent Concert Hall
08 November 2025 - Saturday, 20:00
Tolga Atalay Ün, conductor
Miguel da Silva, viola
Nusret İspir, clarinet

O. Yıldırım | World Premiere
M. Bruch | Concerto for Clarinet and Viola, E minor, Op. 88
P. I. Tchaikovsky | Symphony No.1, Op.13
Howes & Korngold & Weill
Bilkent Concert Hall
15 November 2025 - Saturday, 20:00
Vladimir Fanshil, conductor
Carolin Widmann, violin

A. Howes | Luminifera
E. Korngold | Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.35
K. Weill | Symphony No.2
Schubert & Rachmaninoff & Sibelius
Bilkent Concert Hall
22 November 2025 - Saturday, 20:00
Julio García Vico, conductor
Dimitry Shishkin, piano

F. Schubert | Overture in the Italian Style in C Major, D. 591
S. Rachmaninoff | Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43
J. Sibelius | Symphony No.5, Op.82, E flat Major
Prokofiev & Tchaikovsky
Bilkent Concert Hall
29 November 2025 - Saturday, 20:00
Moritz Gnann, conductor
Victor Julien Laferriére, violoncello

S. Prokofiev | Sinfonia Concertante, E minor, Op.125
P. I. Tchaikovsky | Symphony No.6, B minor, Op.74, “Pathétique”
Beethoven & Dvořák
Bilkent Concert Hall
06 December 2025 - Saturday, 20:00
Moritz Gnann, conductor
Kristóf Baráti, violin

L. van Beethoven | Violin Concerto in D Major
A. Dvořák | Symphony No.7 in D minor, Op.70
Dvořák & Szymanowski & Copland
Bilkent Concert Hall
13 December 2025 - Saturday, 20:00
Jonathan Stockhammer, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin

A. Dvořák | Carnival Overture, Op.92
K. Szymanowski | Violin Concerto No.2, Op.61, A minor
A. Copland | Appalachian Spring
New Year's Concerts- December 26
Bilkent Concert Hall
26 December 2025 - Friday, 20:00
Romain Dumas, conductor
Jasmin Delfs, soprano

The program will be announced later.
New Year's Concerts- December 27
Bilkent Concert Hall
27 December 2025 - Saturday, 20:00
Romain Dumas, conductor
Jasmin Delfs, soprano

The program will be announced later.
Schumann & Brahms
Bilkent Concert Hall
07 February 2026 - Saturday, 20:00
Michael Maciaszczyk, conductor
Lucas Debargue, piano

R. Schumann | Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54
J. Brahms | Symphony No1, Op.68
Valentine's Day Concert
Bilkent Concert Hall
14 February 2026 - Saturday, 20:00
Can Okan, conductor
Romain Leleu, trumpet

N. Rota | Strada
E. Morricone | Cinema Paradiso
C. Chaplin | Limelight
N. Rota | Otto e mezzo
N. Rota | The Godfather Triology
E. Morricone | Per un pugno di dollari
L. Bernstein | West Side Story - America
Elgar & Bruckner
Bilkent Concert Hall
14 March 2026 - Saturday, 20:00
Adrien Perruchon, conductor
Anne Gastinel, violoncello

E. Elgar | Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85
A. Bruckner | Symphony No.6, A Major
Mozart & Rodrigo & Stravinsky
Bilkent Concert Hall
28 March 2026 - Saturday, 20:00
Eiji Oue, conductor
Krzysztof Meisinger, guitar

W. A. Mozart | The Marriage of Figaro Overture
J. Rodrigo | Guitar Concerto
I. Stravinsky | Rite of Spring
Mozart & Ravel
Bilkent Concert Hall
11 April 2026 - Saturday, 20:00
Julien Masmondet,conductor
Gülsin Onay, piano

W. A. Mozart | Piano Concerto, No.21, K467
M. Ravel | Daphnis et Chloé: Suite No.1&2
French Inspiration
Bilkent Concert Hall
18 April 2026 - Saturday, 20:00
Julien Masmondet, conductor
Mathilde Calderini, flute

A. Roussel | Le festin de l’araignée, Op.17
J. Ibert | Flute Concerto
F. Poulenc | Sinfonietta
BSO Kids Concert
Bilkent Concert Hall
25 April 2026 - Saturday, 18:00
Tolga Atalay Ün, conductor
Music Preparatory Primary and Secondary School Choir
Hilal Bıçaklar, choirmaster

S. Egüz | 23 Nisan
H. B. Yönetken | 23 Nisan Kutlu Olsun
H. Toraganlı | 23 Nisan
H. Toraganlı | Atam
Y. Tura | Çocuklar Kardeş Oldu mu…
Y. Tura | Do Re Mi
E. Torlular | Karadeniz Türküsü
B. Coulais | Vois sur ton chemin
J. M. Martin | Come to the Music
P. Collins | Trashing the camp
Arr. L. Cheney | Tingalayo
Arr. M. Holdsworth | Tafta Hindi
BSO & Fazıl Say
Bilkent Odeon
06 June 2026 - Saturday, 20:00
Murat Cem Orhan, conductor
Fazıl Say, piano

The program will be announced later.
Music from the Films of Tim Burton
Bilkent Odeon
13 June 2026 - Saturday, 20:00
*Beetlejuice
*Batman Begins
*The Nightmare Before Christmas
*Alice in Wonderland
*Edward Scissorhands
*Dark Shadows
… and more