Ankara Festival Orchestra
Fri, Apr 04
|CSO Ada İşletmeleri
550 TL - 450 TL - 350 TL - 250 TL Date: April 4, 2025, Friday - Time: 20:00 CSO Ada Ankara Ziraat Bankası Main Hall
Time & Location
Apr 04, 2025, 8:00 PM
CSO Ada İşletmeleri , Talatpasa Boulevard, No: 38 Opera, Haci Bayram, 06330 Altindag/Ankara, Türkiye
About the event
Ankara Festival Orchestra
Orhun Orhon, chief
Benedict Kloeckner, cello
Program
D. Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No. 1
Allegretto
Moderator
Cadenza
All together
J. Haydn - Symphony No. 101
Adagio - Presto
Andante
Menuetto. Allegretto
Finale. Vivace
Orhun Orhon, chief
One of the leading orchestra conductors of his generation, Orhon worked with Professor Gürer Aykal in the field of orchestra conducting. He has been admired for his interpretations that are faithful to the characteristics of the period and style, and his interpretations and recordings of contemporary Turkish composers, and has received many positive reviews. Orhon has also played an active role in national and international ensembles such as the World Youth Orchestra (WYO), the Turkish Greek Youth Orchestra (GTYO), and the National Youth Symphony Orchestra (UGSO). In 2008, he became one of Vladimir Ashkenazy's assistants in the Turkish Greek Youth Orchestra, and in 2011, he had the chance to work actively with the famous conductor Kurt Masur in a workshop in Germany. Again in 2011, the Ankara Youth Symphony Orchestra, which he founded with his students, was met with interest and took the stage in many prestigious events, especially the Ankara Music Festival. As of 2017, Orhon has become the guest conductor of the Istanbul-based Hezarfen Ensemble, which has distinguished itself in modern music interpretation, and the NK Ensemble.
Orhun Orhon, who works as a faculty member at Başkent University State Conservatory, is the first conductor of Orchestra Academic Başkent.
Benedict Kloeckner, cello
As well as being a respected representative of the new generation of cellists, he is a world-class performer with a wonderful voice for his instrument. The renowned cellist is a winner of the European Radio Competition, the Nicolas Firmenich Prize of the Verbier Festival Academy and the Emanuel Feuermann Competition in Berlin. He has worked with renowned orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic, the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestras, the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the NDR and Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestras, the Kremerata Baltica and the Munich Chamber Orchestra, and with conductors such as Christoph Eschenbach, Howard Griffiths, Ingo Metzmacher, Michael Sanderling and Heinrich Schiff. Having performed with top-level masters such as Daniel Barenboim and Sir Simon Rattle, the artist has given concerts in prestigious halls such as the Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Carnegie Hall in New York, Symphony Hall in Chicago, John Washington's F Kennedy Center, Tonhalle Zurich in London, Cadogan Hall and the Barbican Center, Athenäum Bukarest, Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Musikverein Wien.
In addition to being a very successful musician, Benedict has been both the founder and artistic director of the “Koblenz International Music Festival” since 2014, which hosts the most famous artists of Europe and the world, such as Vilde Frang and Louis. This festival, which is set to be one of the most important classical music events in Europe, is becoming more and more famous every day by hosting orchestras such as Vilde Frang, Louis Schwizgebel, Boris Giltburg, Georgian and Munich Chamber orchestras.
Benedict Kloeckner has also received praise from world-renowned musicians Steven Isserlis, Gidon Kremer, Michael Sanderling and Sir Andras Schiff for their contributions to his artistic development.
The star cellist plays a 1690 Cremona cello made by Italian luthier Francesco Rugeri, which was previously played by Maurice Gendron.
