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Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra / Fazıl Say / Carlo Tenan

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Mon, Sep 1, 2025, 20:00
Fazıl Say and the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra – the most prominent orchestra from his home city of Istanbul – bring his Artist Portrait 2025 at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival to a close with a brilliant double finale. In Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, Say will perform Ravel’s virtuoso and light-footed Piano Concerto in G major and Gershwin’s rousing »Rhapsody in Blue«, which will be juxtaposed with his Symphony No. 6. Say composed it in 2022 under the title »A 100-Year-Old Child« to... Read full text

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Musicians

Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic OrchestraOrchestra
Fazıl SayPiano
Carlo TenanConductor

Program

George GershwinRhapsody in Blue (version for piano and orchestra)
Maurice RavelConcerto for Piano and Orchestra in G major
Ferit TüzünHumoresque
Fazıl SaySinfonie Nr. 6 op. 107 »Ein 100-jähriges Kind«
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