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In Hamburg
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Turkish National Youth Philharmonic Orchestra / İlyun Bürkev / Cem Mansur
Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)
Istanbul-born pianist İlyun Bürkev is only 16 years old and already a real star in her home country. She is now studying at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and has won numerous prizes at international competitions, most recently at »Jeune Chopin« in Switzerland. Together with the most important youth orchestra from her home town, the Turkish National Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, she will perform Edvard Grieg’s sonorous and captivating piano concerto at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival. The orchestra has already performed with greats such as Murray Perahia and Alice Sara Ott and plays in major concert halls such as the Vienna and Berlin Konzerthaus – »technically absolutely convincing«, according to the Tagesspiegel. In addition to Ludwig van Beethoven’s famous Fifth Symphony and Benjamin Britten’s »Four Sea Interludes«, which are infused with English East Coast sea spray, the young Istanbul orchestra will also be performing a work by Turkish composer Cem Esen. In keeping with the title »Sarcasm«, the musicians poke fun at themselves and the traditional rules – all in the midst of a finely orchestrated and dazzlingly colourful riot of sound that is simply great fun!