Ballet composers

A 13-year-old Turkish student has won the International Pianele Piano Competition in Germany, becoming the youngest pianist ever to achieve this feat.

Arya Su Gülenç from the northwestern province of Bursa was one of the four winners of the competition held in Fulda, Germany, on Aug. 6, as she was hailed as a "Wonder Child" in the German press.

Ljubljana – Cankarjev Dom, Slovenia’s biggest arts and culture centre, will host the premiere of the ballet A Viennese Evening on Thursday night. The ballet diptych, choreographed by Renato Zanella, is a co-production of Cankarjev Dom and SNG Ljubljana Opera and Ballet.

The Istanbul State Opera and Ballet (IDOB) will present a Vienna-themed concert for the New Year, performing a program made up of works by famous Austrian composer Johann Strauss. The concert will take place on Dec 27 at Zorlu PSM and on Jan 3 and 5, 2019 at the Kadıköy Süreyya Opera.

Conducted and directed by Costas Iliadis, the Underground Youth Orchestra - a local ensemble of 45 music students aged 10-24 and three professional musicians - will perform a special holiday concert at the Benaki Museum's Pireos Street annex on Saturday, December 30.

The Moscow State Academic Classical Ballet Theater will meet the Istanbul audience once again with Tchaikovsky's immortal work 'Swan Lake' at the TİM Show Center on Nov 25, 26 and 27.

The summer festival Opera in the Park organized annually by Bulgaria's Sofia Opera and Ballet in the Park of the National Military Academy will be held between July 4-July 27.

The festival program includes the ballet Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky, Giselle by Adolphe Adam, Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus and Zorba the Greek by Mikis Theodorakis, Bulgaria's National Radio informs.