International Istanbul Theater Festival
Theater performances used to be a part in the programme of the International Istanbul Festival, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts j since 1973. By 1989 theatre
performances gained an independed identity and the new event was named The International Istanbul Theater Festival1.
Every year, The International Istanbul Theatre Festival includes in its programme the finest examples of classical and experimental theatre, dance and physical theater, music theater, theatrical concerts. From its start until today, the finest examples of national and international Groups, artists and productions participated in the Festival.
Since 1997 the International Theater Festival presents two “”Honorary Awards”” to one international and one Turkish theater personalities for their lifetime achievement in the field of performing arts.
The awards are presented each year during the opening ceremony of the festival.
In the last few years the International Istanbul Theater Festival started to print its name under significant Turkish and international productions as a coproducer. The intention of the Festival is to improve this attempt in future as far as conditions alow.
Istanbul Music Festival
International Istanbul Music Festival, 1972, is the oldest international of Istanbul. The festival brings the greatest names of the world and the country together during June- ) uly period every year. The festival, almost turning to be the official parade of the famed, gains another importance with the galas of many albums. The festival has hosted the most important artists and groups of the world for 32 years in Istanbul such as; New York Philarmony, Orpheus Chamber (Irchestra, Alban Berg Quartet, Tokyo String Quartet, Aldo Ciccolini, Itzhak Perlman, Julian Lloyd Webber, Mischa Maisky, Christopher Parkening, Montserrat Caballe. The festival is also an intermediary that brings Turkish Jurkish conductors and groups with the foreign artists on the same stage: Kronos Quartet and Burhan Ogal (2000).
