Ahmed Adnan Saygun

The 14th Bodrum International Gümüşlük Classical Music Festival began on July 26 with a concert by French violinist Gilles Apap and accordionist Myriam Lafargue in the centuries-old historical Koyunbaba Ancient Stone Pit in the Aegean resort province of Bodrum. 

The world-renowned "Carmina Burana" was staged on May 18 without any scene cuts or censorship, following a planned staging in ?zmir on May 2 which was postponed due to "technical reasons," after prominent Turkish pianist and composer Faz?l Say's wrote an article on the piece containing sections about "sex and wine."

The world-renowned composition Carmina Burana, planned to be staged in Turkey's western province of ?zmir, was canceled due to "technical reasons," after prominent Turkish pianist and composer Faz?l Say said the piece contained sections about "sex and wine." Say's remarks came in response to the removal of his own piece in favor of Carmina Burana in the Antalya Symphony Orchestra's program, dai