Arter will host the Tonedmelisma Music Festival between 8-10 September 2023. Organized under the direction of composer Ataç Sezer, the festival will host world-renowned virtuosos of classical music such as Aaron Pilsan, Minguet Quartett, Onur Özkaya and Senka Simonović around the theme of “Portraits – New Faces”.
Focusing on the interaction between contemporary music and mystical tradition, Tonedmelisma Music Festival will take place in Arter this year as it was last year. Organised under the direction of composer Ataç Sezer, Tonedmelisma Music Festival will meet with the audience between 8-10 September 2023 under the theme of “Portraits – New Faces”.
The selection of works included in the festival program will focus on the transformation of portraiture as an artistic expression over the centuries and the relationship of this transformation with music. The evolution of the portrait, whose motive was to reflect reality exactly, into a creation fed by virtual reality, will also be among the subjects that the festival focuses on. Underlining not only a material transformation but also a radical change, Tonedmelisma Music Festival, through musical portraits, “Is virtuality today’s mysticism?” will seek an answer.
Two new works composed by Eres Holz and Ataç Sezer will be presented to the audience for the first time as part of the festival, where world-renowned classical music virtuosos such as Aaron Pilsan, Minguet Quartett, Onur Özkaya and Senka Simonović will be guests. Aaron Pilsan’s piano recital will take place on Friday, September 8 at 20:00 at Arter’s performance hall, Karbon. Tonedmelisma Music Festival, which will continue with a concert by Minguet Quartett and Aaron Pilsan at Karbon on Saturday, September 9 at 20:00, will be held by Onur Özkaya and Senka Simonović Duo on Sunday, September 10 at 15:00 at Sevgi Gönül. It will end with a concert that will take place in the Auditorium.
