National Youth Philharmonic of Turkey

7 pm: Pre-concert Lecture in the Werner-Otto-Saal
Free for ticket holders (admission at 6:45 pm)
Moderation: Lea Heinrich, chairwoman of the Audience Jury 2015
In cooperation with the Körber Foundation.

PROGRAMME

Their temperament has been known to almost blow the roof off Berlin’s Konzerthaus: when the National Youth Philharmonic of Turkey, fired up by its conductor Cem Mansur, performs at the festival, a wonderful atmosphere is guaranteed. After all, the young musicians manage every time to add a generous portion of Southern enthusiasm to their great talent. Once again, the colourful programme offers plenty of opportunities for this mixture: not only the Spanish impressions of Debussy’s Ibéria, but mainly Stravinsky’s breath-taking ballet Petrushka with its fireworks of brilliant musical ideas. The Turkish orchestra also never misses an opportunity to present a contemporary work: this time, it will be a world premiere commissioned by Young Euro Classic from the German-Turkish composer Sinem Altan, a resident of Berlin who has proven more than once that her musical imagination knows hardly any bounds.