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20-536: The Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra was founded as the Borusan Chamber Orchestra in 1993. This initiative by Borusan , a leading Turkish industrial conglomerate , entering into the complex and challenging world of establishing orchestras, was based on its vision of helping to bring polyphonic music to a wider audience of Turkish people. This group rapidly grew in both number of musicians and quality of musical performance, so that it became

40-666: A pipe manufacturing facility with an annual capacity of 300 thousand tons in United States . The facility was opened in Houston two years later at a cost of 150 million dollars. In 2014, the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra was invited to the BBC Proms classical music festival. The concert was attended by 6,000 people. Borusan's joint venture with ArcelorMittal , Borcelik,

60-684: A symphonic orchestra in 1999. That same year, Maestro Gürer Aykal was appointed as the general music director and permanent conductor of the orchestra. On 13 May 1999, at the Yıldız Palace Silahhane Building on the European side of Istanbul, the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra performed its first concert and soon began offering concerts on the Anatolian side of the city as well. By

80-459: A year-long selection process in the 2007/2008 season with guest conductors from four different countries, an international jury awarded the musical direction of Turkey's foremost symphony orchestra to Austrian conductor Sascha Goetzel. Goetzel took over from Gürer Aykal, the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra's music director since the founding of the orchestra, and responsible for its artistic development. One of Sascha Goetzel's principal duties

100-482: Is a Turkish industrial group headquartered in Istanbul , Turkey . Its activities include steel manufacturing, car distribution, energy generation and logistics. The company was founded by Asım Kocabıyık in 1944 to trade iron and steel. Today, Borusan operates in 11 countries over 3 continents. Borusan began in 1944 as İstikbal Ticaret , trading in iron, steel and agricultural products. The first industrial enterprise

120-781: Is the biggest galvanized steel manufacturer in Turkey. The headquarters of the Borusan Group is in Sarıyer , Istanbul , overlooking the Bosphorus . The headquarters building is known as the Perili Köşk ( Haunted House ). The building also includes a public art gallery and the Borusan Contemporary museum. Asım Kocabıyık founded Borusan Holdings in 1972 and headed the company for 57 years. His son Ahmet Kocabıyık has been

140-450: Is the preparation of concert tours and guest appearances of the orchestra in the framework of major European music festivals in the coming years. The orchestra had a special role to play in the 2010 Istanbul Festival when Istanbul held the title of European Capital of Culture. In April 2021 it was announced that Patrick Hahn would become Principal Guest Conductor and Artistic Advisor from the 2021/22 season. The current principal chairs of

160-665: The Caddebostan Cultural Center . For the international audience of the Istanbul Festival , the BIFO has become a well known and esteemed musical standard for many years. BIPO continues to serve as a bridge between the people of Turkey and the European tradition in classical music. Over the years, the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra has introduced classical music lovers in Istanbul to some of

180-543: The Royal Albert Hall . In this concert BİFO played Mily Balakirev 's Islamey , Gustav Holst 's Beni Mora , Gabriel Prokofiev 's first violin concerto 1914 (BBC commission: world premiere), Mozart 's Die Entführung aus dem Serail (only the ouverture), Handel 's "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" , Ottorino Respighi 's Belkis, Queen of Sheba and, as an encore, Ulvi Cemal Erkin 's Koçekçe . After

200-722: The chairman of Borusan Group since 2001. Borusan Holding's CEO is Erkan Kafadar. Turgay Hilmi Turgay Hilmi (born in Cyprus ) is a Turkish Cypriot French horn player. He is a former member of the Staatstheater Nürnberg and associate professor of music at the Friedrich Alexander University , in Erlangen and Nuremberg , Germany . He is also the general manager of Cyprus Art Music and Ballet School. This article about

220-544: The concert especially at the English press the concert got positive reviews. The Telegraph reporter Ivan Hewett wrote that the concert was "superbly rich". The Guardian ' s Tim Ashley wrote that Sascha Goetzel is more than a conductor, is a total entertainer. The same day, Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra launched their third CD, Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade by Onyx Classics in Great Britain . After

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240-678: The end of 1999, BIFO was performing two concerts per month, one on each side of the Bosphorus , at the Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar Convention and Exhibition Center on the European side and at the Kadiköy People's Education Center on the Asian side, thereby quickly becoming a true city orchestra. This pattern continues until this day, totaling twenty-four concerts per year, with performances on the Anatolian side now being held at

260-509: The festive season, not to mention positive cultural attention, through the participation of highly regarded local and world-renowned musicians. The Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra opened the 2007–2008 season in October with a concert conducted by Gürer Aykal, featuring the young Canadian violinist James Ehnes as soloist. Works by Ahmet Adnan Saygun , to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of his birth, and by Sibelius , to honour

280-786: The fiftieth anniversary of his death, were performed in this concert. The concert in November was conducted by Josep Caballé-Domenech and the guest soloist was pianist Emre Şen . In the New Year Welcoming Concert in December, the orchestra under the baton of Gürer Aykal accompanied soloist Turgay Hilmi in a work written specifically for Alphorn . The guests of the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra last season included conductor Andreas Schüller , Ferhan and Ferzan Önder piano duo , Ayhan Uştuk , Çağ Erçağ , Özcan Ulucan , John Lill and conductor Sascha Goetzel. In

300-490: The gala concert, the orchestra hosted the prominent Philharmonia Chorus and performed Dvořák ’s Requiem for the first time in Turkey. In the opening concerts on November 19 and 20, 2008, the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra was conducted by Gürer Aykal, who recently became the Honorary Conductor of the orchestra. On 29 July 2014, Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra made its debut at The Proms at

320-598: The main distributor of BMW in Turkey, later expanding to distribute Caterpillar earth moving equipment and Land Rover vehicles. In 1998, Borusan Yatırım went public and Borusan went into partnership with Mannesmann . Its annual steel pipe production capacity rose to 1 million tons, from factories in Gemlik , Istanbul and İzmit . Borusan has a factory in Italy with a production capacity of 32,000 tons per year of cold drawn pipe. In 2012, Borusan Pipe decided to establish

340-563: The orchestra are as follows: Pelin Halkacı Akın Rüstem Mustafa Efdal Altun Çağ Erçağ Onur Özkaya Bülent Evcil Sezai Kocabıyık Ferhat Göksel Cavit Karakoç Cem Akçora Gabriel Posdarescu Tolga Akkaya Aslı Erşen Bahtiyar Önder Torino Tudorache Amy Salsgiver, Müşfik Galip Uzun İpek Mine Sonakın 41°01′49″N 28°58′32″E  /  41.03038°N 28.97567°E  / 41.03038; 28.97567 Borusan Borusan Holding A.Ş.

360-632: The orchestra include Igor Oistrak , Emil Tabakov , Giuseppe Lanzetta , Fabiano Monica , Alain Paris , and Ender Sakpınar . In addition, BIFO has also been accompanied by the Wiener Singverein , one of the world's leading choirs . One of the most popular traditions in its short history is Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra's annual "New Year Celebration" concerts. Held in December of every year, these highly anticipated performances are known for bringing cheer and goodwill to Istanbul during

380-473: The world's foremost musicians. The orchestra has had the privilege of performing with virtuosos such as Maxim Vengerov , Vadim Gluzman , Dimitris Sgouros , Alexander Rudin , Suna Kan , İdil Biret , Fazıl Say , Ayşegül Sarıca , Meral Güneyman , Ayla Erduran , Verda Erman , Gülsin Onay , Anna Tomowa-Sintow , Olga Kern , Corey Cerovsek and Stanislav Ioudenitch . Celebrated guest conductors, who have led

400-487: Was steel pipe manufacturing in 1958, a business which expanded throughout the 1960s and 1970s into manufacturing industrial machinery, valves for internal combustion engines, and logistics. By 1972, after integrating the steel pipe operations, all Borusan companies were brought together under Borusan Holding. In 1977 Borusan Yatırım was founded, combining Borusan companies operating in steel, distributorship and integrated logistics industries. In 1984, Borusan Otomotiv became

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