November 5, Wednesday

Ankara DTCF Farabi Hall, Sıhhiye, 19:00

Şefika Kutluer at her 5th Festival will be on stage with a programme she has chosen for the music-lovers of Ankara.

Internationally acclaimed

painter Ertuğrul Ateş will

improvise a new painting,

live on stage,

inspired by the music.

Şefika Kutluer and ” Bilkent Strings Orchestra”

İRİNA NİKOTİNA – VIOLIN

ELENA POSTNOVA – VIOLIN

SEMA HAKİOĞLU – VIOLA

SERDAR RASUL – VIOLONCELLO

SERGEY MARGULİS – CONTRABASS

PROGRAM: “DANCE OF THE BLESSED SPIRITS”

HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS                                 ARIA FROM BACHIANAS BRASILIERAS NO:5   

W.A. MOZART                                               D MINOR QUARTET 2. MOVEMENT

W. GLUCK                                                     DANCE OF THE BLESSED SPIRITS

C. DEBUSSY                                                  SYRINX

ANONİM                                                       GREENSLEEVES

KUTLUER/BEKMAMBETOV                            MISKET (AN ANKARA FOLK SONG

Ertuğrul Ateş was born in 1954 at Adana.
He was graduated from Gazi Eğitim Institute, Painting Department in 1976 and at the same year he went to England and continued his works and education in London Kingsway Princeton College and Bethnal Green Institute until 1979.
His first exhibition has opened in 1980 at Istanbul. He continued his works in Istanbul until 1987, and then he went to USA to settle in New York.
In 1988, he signed a contract with a group of ten collectors led by Ahmet Ergün.
He has been accepted to Terry Dintanfass Gallery, which is one of the renowned 57th street galleries.
He has also been accepted to “Rising Artists” exhibiton in Chicago Modern Arts Museum.
He organized several exhibitions in Miami, Dallas, Los Angeles, Chicago, Palm Beach, Boston, South Hampton, Barcelona, Copenhagen, New York and Bejing.;
In 2003, he staged Hurrem Sultan Dance Show.
The artist lives in Turkey since 2005. 

Sincere Thanks to the Rector Ankara University for providing the venue.