21st International Izmir Festival

When: June 10th - July 14th.

Where: Ephesus Great Theater and Celcius Library, Çeşme and
Alaçatı open-air theaters as well as IKSEV Music Museum and Gündoğdu
Square.

How to get there: Special bus transportation will be provided to the shows at Ephesus, Çeşme and Alaçatı from Sabancı Kültür Sarayı at 18:00 and 19:30.

All performances begin at 21:30.

For more information please click here
or call or drop by here:
IKSEV
Mithatpaşa Caddesi, 138 Karataş-Izmir
Tel: (232) 482 00 90 Fax: (232) 482 01 66

The program:

Sunday, June 10, 2007
IKSEV Music Museum, Alsancak
Festival Gala Concert
German Brass

Monday, June 18, 2007
Ephesus Celsus Library
Electra (Sophokles)
Izmir State Theater

Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Kültürpark Open-air Theater
Best of Bejart & Rumi
Bejart Ballet Lausanne

Thursday, June 21, 2007
Gündoğdu Square
Helios II - Bin Güneşin Destanı (The Saga of the Thousand Suns)
The Troupe Malabar

Friday, June 22, 2007
21:30 Efes Antique Theater
English Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Program: Saygun, Beethoven, Brahms

Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Alaçatı Open-air Theater
800th Birthday of Mevlana Jalal al-Din al-Rumi
Izmir State Classical Turkish Music Chorus
Conductor: Dr. Teoman Ünlü

Monday, July 9, 2007
Çeşme Open-air Theater
Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees
Philharmonia Istanbul

Thursday, July 12, 2007
Ephesus Great Theater
Mikis Theodorakis -Popular Music
Mikis Theodorakis - Orchestra Popular and Trifono Voice Ensemble

Saturday, July 14, 2007
Alaçatı Open-air Theater

Symphojazz: Evergreens of the 20th Century
Honograph Big Band and Strings of Akademic Musica Viva Chamber
Orchestra
Conducutor: Sergey Zhilin
Vocal: Alla Sidorova

Enjoy!

Izmir Jazz Festival

For Jazz lovers and others, below is the Programme for the Izmir
Jazz festival March 3-15th. Tickets are available from Biletix (the site is
also in English)

Festival Activities

March 3: IKSEV Hall, 3 p.m.
Seminar and Documentary "John Coltrane"
Lecturer: Francesco Martinelli, jazz historian, author. Free entry,
simultaneous translation available.

March 6: Ismet Inönü Art Center, 7:30 p.m.
The 5th Jazz Festival Poster Contest Exhibiton and Award Ceremony.
Ismet Inönü Art Center, 8:30 p.m.

Festival Opening Concert
Hi-Jazz Hicaz
March 7: Ismet Inönü Art Center 8:30 p.m.
Falb Fiction

March 10: Izmir Sanat 8:30 p.m.
Sinenomine

March 12: Ismet Inönü Art Center 8:30 p.m.
Mina Agossi

March 13: Ismet Inönü Art Center 8:30 p.m.
Musica Dal Vivo

March 14: Izmir Sanat 8:30 p.m.
Holger Mantey, piano
Workshops

March 11 and 12: Izmir Culture, Art and Training Foundation Building
The Open Jazz Orchestra Workshop with Holger Mantey
European and American Jazz - From classical music to jazz and
improvisation

March 15, D.E.Ü. State Conservatory 12 p.m. - 3 p.m.