Saturday, July 28, 2007

Gümüşlük music fest marks fourth year

"Gümüşlük music fest marks fourth year

The Gümüşlük International Classical Music Festival and the Eklisia Summer School, which runs in parallel with the festival, are set to enliven the art scene in Turkey's popular southwestern coastal city of Bodrum when the events mark their fourth edition this year on Aug. 2-18.

The festival, under the artistic direction of internationally acclaimed pianist Gülsin Onay, will this year feature numerous performances by renowned acts from around the world as well as a tribute to the Turkish classical composer Ahmet Adnan Saygun on the 100th anniversary of his birth. The festival will open on Aug. 2 with a performance by famous Russian pianist Ilya Itin at the Eklisia -- a 600-year-old Greek church located on a hilltop overlooking Gümüşlük Bay."

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