Tekfen Philharmonic Opens New Season with Concerts in Sofia and Istanbul

The Tekfen Philharmonic is starting the 2026-2027 season with opening concerts to be held in Sofia and Istanbul. Under the direction of permanent conductor and artistic director Aziz Shokhakimov, the orchestra will meet music lovers at Bulgaria Hall on October 31 and at the Istanbul Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall on November 1.

Tekfen Philharmonic, one of Turkey's private art institutions, will give the opening concert of the new season in collaboration with the Sofia Philharmonic on the evening of October 31 at Bulgaria Hall. Afterwards, the orchestra will perform its first concert in Turkey on the evening of November 1 at the Istanbul Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall.

In the first half of the concert program, Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1 will be performed. Violin virtuoso Daniel Lozakovich, who will take part as the soloist, will take the stage with the 1713 ex-Sancy Stradivarius violin allocated by LVMH. In the second half of the program, selections from the second act of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Ballet will be performed.