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28-558: The Bilkent Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1993 as an original artistic project of Bilkent University . Developed by the Faculty of Music and Performing Arts, the orchestra is composed of over 56 proficient artists and academicians of the Faculty from Turkey and 12 countries. Turkish and foreign artists, continuing their postgraduate studies at the Institute of Music and Performing Arts also participate in concerts to further expand

56-443: A faculty , a concert hall and a theatre building . Architects İlhan Kural and Erkut Şahinbaş designed a central hall type building. While the concert hall, theatre building, and studios are located towards the core of the building to provide sound isolation, offices and classrooms are located facing outwards and around the core, to provide the necessary exposure to daylight. Acoustics consultant Matti Heikkinen worked on designing

84-467: A stage lift which allows for the formation an orchestra pit used in operas . Two Steinway concert grand pianos are available. The interior walls of the concert hall are coated with movable acoustic panels , which make the concert hall a recording studio as well. The building hosts concerts in its concert hall for 750 seats and its foyer , performances of theatre students in its arena theatre for 200 seats and houses studios, seminar rooms, classrooms,

112-501: A large collection of books with annual acquisitions valued at over 3 million U.S. dollars. As of 2017, Bilkent University Library is the largest university library of Turkey, and it is the only university library to rank in the top 10 libraries in the country. In addition to books, the collection includes periodical subscriptions, microforms , CD-ROM , access to numerous online databases and electronic journals, DVD, VHS and audio cassettes. Sheet music and sound recordings are available in

140-454: Is a non-profit private university located in Ankara , Turkey. It was founded by İhsan Doğramacı , the first president of The Council of Higher Education and the head of the prominent Doğramacı family, with the aim of creating a center of excellence in higher education and research in 1984. It has constantly been ranked among the top Turkish universities since its establishment. In 2011, it

168-620: Is also an academic at Bilkent University. The scene Vasiyet(Bequest) of Saygun Emre opera at which Saygun leaves his estate to Bilkent University and İhsan Doğramacı appeared as a character was performed at Bilkent Concert Hall by BSO in 2009. Starting as a Sinfonietta , the symphonic orchestra now has the identity of an ensemble of orchestras, comprising the Bilkent Chamber Orchestra an Ensemble of Wind Instruments and various other orchestral formations. With Turkish and foreign guest conductors , soloists and choirs ,

196-486: Is also ranked as one of the most prestigious younger universities in the world: THE powered by Thomson Reuters ranked Bilkent in the category BRICS & Emerging Economies as follows: Bilkent University is particularly noted for the quality of its Faculty of Engineering. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings rank Bilkent among the top 100 universities for Engineering and Technology, as follows: The Faculty of Business Administration of Bilkent University

224-570: The Bilkent University campus in Ankara . Home to the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra , the building hosts over 80 concerts per year. Besides the concert hall itself, the building houses seminar rooms, academic staff offices, classrooms and studios for the university's Faculty of Music and Performance Arts , together with an arena theatre for performances from theatre studies students. Bilkent Concert Hall houses

252-590: The Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra . Moreover, in collaboration with the Turkish Education Foundation (tr: Türk Eğitim Vakfı-TEV), Ahmed Adnan Saygun Music Research and Education Center has requested to compose an opera focusing on Saygun's life and vision due to his 100th birthday in 2007. The libretto was written by Şefik Kahramankaptan and the opera named Saygun Emre was composed by Yiğit Aydın who

280-432: The acoustics for the concert hall. The structure was built by construction company Tepe, itself owned by Bilkent University. The architects involved received a nomination for 5th National Architecture Grand Prize. The opening concert of the concert hall was given by the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra in 1994. The building, which consists of three floors, encompasses an area of nearly 14.500 m2. The concert hall stage includes

308-1984: The appreciation of music at national level, undertake international activities and develop cooperation with institutions abroad. Along these objectives the orchestra has toured to Italy (1998), Germany ( Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival 2000,2011), Belgium (2001), Portugal (2000) Switzerland (2002-2004 Montreux Festival) and to Tokyo (2004) Among the artists the orchestra has performed with are Valery Afanassiev , Pierre Amoyal , Alison Balsom , İdil Biret , Han-na Chang , Robert Cohen , Jean-Philippe Collard , José Cura , Nikolai Demidenko , Emre Elivar , Denyce Graves , Janine Jansen , Sumi Jo , Suna Kan , Olga Kern , Albert Dohmen , Lang Lang , Elisabeth Leonskaja , Mischa Maisky , Shlomo Mintz , Christiane Oelze , Gülsin Onay , Güher-Süher Pekinel , Mikhail Pletnev , Viktoria Postnikova , Vadim Repin , Olivier Charlier , György Sándor , Fazıl Say , Hüseyin Sermet , Sayaka Shoji , Maurice Steger , Akiko Suwanai , Alexander Ghindin , Nicola Benedetti , Sabine Meyer , Boris Berezovsky , Simona Houda-Šaturová , Emmanuel Pahud , Sharon Isbin Turkish State Polyphonic , Rome Philharmonic , Bulgarian State Radio and Schleswig-Holstein Festival Choirs . The BSO has performed under guest conductors such as, Vladimir Ashkenazy , Gürer Aykal , Serge Baudo , Jean-Claude Casadesus , Aleksandr Dmitriyev , Jean Fournet , Howard Griffiths , Peter Gülke , Ernest Martinez Izquierdo, Yoel Levi , Gennady Rozhdestvensky , Nello Santi , José Serebrier , Lior Shambadal, Maurice Steger , Vlodymir Sirenko, Karl Anton Rickenbacher and Emil Tabakov Continuing its 2010–11 concert season under

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336-602: The artistic direction of Işın Metin with music director Klaus Weise, the orchestra and its ensembles welcome audiences at the Bilkent Concert Hall (640) and Bilkent ODEON (4000) in Ankara , Bilkent Erzurum Laboratory High School concert hall (300) in Erzurum and Bilkent Erbil College concert hall (750) in Erbil , Iraq . Bilkent University Bilkent University ( Turkish : Bilkent Üniversitesi )

364-511: The baton of conductors like Howard Griffiths (conductor) , Rodolfo Bonucci , Rengim Gökmen and Erol Erdinç . Furthermore, the orchestra's national label BMP (Bilkent Music Production) has supported some soloists to perform Saygun's works and made effort to release the albums which consists of Saygun's works in collaboration with several orchestras such as the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra and

392-577: The departmental members of the Bilkent Student Union are chosen annually among all registered university students. The Student Union is the main sponsor and the organizer of Mayfest, the traditional Bilkent University summer festival. Various student clubs organize regular activities every day on and off the campus, mostly open to everyone. All students are allowed to join, or participate in the events and activities of any club they wish to. Student union and club activities are coordinated under

420-584: The ensemble of orchestras has distinguished itself through its season events of over 80 concerts per year and the television and radio broadcasts of these performances. The national label Bilkent Music Production has released over 50 CD ’s of the orchestras concerts. Amongst the orchestra's recordings are the Ahmet Adnan Saygun concertos with Gülsin Onay under the baton of Howard Griffiths ; Kamran Ince symphonies and concertos with Kamran Ince as soloist as well for Naxos and CPO and

448-456: The foundation of ethnomusicology departments at Turkish conservatoires for which Saygun had asked for many years. Upon this and the establishment of Bilkent University Faculty of Music and Performing Arts which was seen as a promising and encouraging music school by Saygun, he left his estate and works to Bilkent University. Thus, now the university preserves some of Saygun's personal belongings such as his piano and his writing table as well as

476-464: The late 1970s the foundations of the buildings which now house administrative offices, the faculty of engineering, and the library, were laid. Construction of residences for academic staff, cafeterias, student dormitories, and various academic buildings followed rapidly. The university occupies three campuses. They are located about 12 km west of the center of Ankara , and cover a total area of more than 300 hectares. The university library houses

504-544: The most prominent composers and musicologists of Turkey who is also known as the composer of the first Turkish opera , Özsoy had a close relationship with Prof. İhsan Doğramacı who is regarded as one of the most important philanthropists promoting music in Turkey and a leading figure for Turkish educational and health system as founder of two foremost universities of Turkey, Hacettepe and Bilkent Universities . Saygun had dedicated his two works to Doğramacı who pioneered

532-412: The music rooms. The library also hosts a number of private collections and an exhibition hall. The university offers 33 undergraduate majors, together with 32 graduate programs spanning 22 different fields. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings consistently ranks Bilkent University as one of the top universities in Turkey. Bilkent, as a university with less than 50 years of history,

560-475: The orchestra. With these characteristics, the BSO is the first private, international and academic, artistic ensemble in Turkey. Since its foundation, the orchestra has been awarded by several organizations such as Ankara Public Relations Association and Mevlana Foundation . Furthermore, UNICEF has recognized BSO as UNICEF Turkey Goodwill Ambassador upon its efforts to aid children in need in various regions of

588-745: The original forms of his manuscript notes at the Ahmed Adnan Saygun Music Research and Education Center , where Faculty of Music and Performing Arts students give recitals and chamber concerts year-round. Following the foundation of BSO in 1993 which consists mainly of academics who teach at the Faculty of Music and Performing Arts, BSO has assumed responsibility to perform and record Saygun's works. BSO has recorded many works of Saygun such as Yunus Emre Oratorio , piano , viola , cello concertos and symphonies with soloists like Gülsin Onay , Hande Dalkılıç , Tim Hugh , Mirjam Tschoppand and Arturo Bonucci as well as under

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616-581: The productions released in 2007 including Ahmet Adnan Saygun ’s piano , violin , viola and violoncello concertos by CPO in collaboration with Peermusic and the Tabakov concertos by Naxos Records . Through events such as the Bilkent Concert Series , Turkish Composers Week , Education Concerts and The Bilkent International Anatolia Music Festival , the orchestra aims to bring a wide range of activities to large audiences, to spread

644-452: The stage every night throughout the week. Bilkent Cyberpark, founded in 2002, is the fastest growing techno park in Turkey serving with 240 technology-based companies, one micro nano chip factory, five research centers, and 4,00 personnel. Bilkent Concert Hall Bilkent Concert Hall ( Turkish : Bilkent Konser Salonu ) is a performing arts center in Turkey . It is located within

672-544: The subject of "Economics & Econometrics". Students can participate in many sports courses and be trained by university staff, mostly for free. The university presents many individuals and teams in different sports in varsity competitions. The most well-known sport teams of the university are the Bilkent Goats and the Bilkent Judges, the ultimate team and the football team, respectively. The board and

700-507: The supervision of Student Events Center of Bilkent. Bilkent University is host to numerous events regarding music and the performing arts. The university also sponsors frequent lectures, art exhibitions, and literary evenings throughout the academic year. During the first week of may, each year Mayfest is held. Mayfest is a well-known festival among the youth of Ankara, consisting of a large number of activities, as well as open-air concerts where renowned Turkish pop and rock bands and singers take

728-431: The world, specifically for the two CDs released, donating money earned to the earthquake victims of İzmit earthquake in 1999 together with several concerts given, donating money earned to Pakistan earthquake victims and Turkish National Committee for UNICEF campaigns such as Haydi Kızlar Okula . The BSO was also awarded as 'the best orchestra of Turkey' in 2011 by Andante Music Magazine . Ahmet Adnan Saygun , one of

756-416: Was ranked 112th in the world by The World University Rankings. Bilkent University was modeled after Harvard University and was the first non-profit private university established in the country. The name Bilkent is an abbreviation of bilim kenti : Turkish for "city of science". Preparations for the establishment of the university began in 1967, with the purchase of a tract of land to the west of Ankara. In

784-540: Was the first business school in Turkey to be accredited by AACSB; less than 5% of the business schools around the world have received this accreditation. The business school has been ranked by Eduniversal among the best business schools of the Eurasia region for international influence. According to the QS World University Rankings of 2012 and 2013 the university ranks in the 151–200 range in

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