The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV)’s annual music festival, one of the premier events on the city’s cultural calendar, is gearing up to enter its fifth decade with performances by around 500 artists later this year.
The 41st Istanbul Music Festival, which is organized under the sponsorship of Borusan Holding, will be held between June 4 and 29 around the theme “Time and Transformation.”
Up to 500 local and foreign artists, including Vadim Repin, Maxim Vengerov, Shlomo Mintz, Mario Joao Pires, Khatia Buniatishvili, Magdelena Kozena, Kim Kashkashian, Sol Gabetta and two of world’s leading orchestras, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and the Munich Chamber Orchestra, are all expected to ring in summer with concerts in Istanbul.
Hürriyet Daily News
