İş Sanat to present a rich program in its new season
ISTANBUL
The pioneer of contemporary dance, the Martha Graham Dance Company, will come to İş Sanat as part of their 90th anniversary tour on Nov. 20 and 21. Formed by legendary dancer and choreograph Martha Graham in 1926, the company is the oldest and deepest-rooted dance company of America today. It will perform two shows.
On Nov. 27, İş Sanat will open its jazz concert series with Abdullah Ibrahim, the doyen musician of South Africa. He elegantly blends Africa’s vocal and harmonic traditions with jazz’s rhythms and improvisations.
Recording more than 50 albums as a band leader only, the 81-year-old legend will present his 2013 album “Mukashi.”
And for the traditional New Year’s Concert of İş Sanat, the Johann Strauss Gala will take the stage with irrepressible showman Rainer Hersch on Jan. 5, 2016.
Among the other guests of 2016 will be Helene Grimaud, who has been described as a Renaissance woman in our time, and the Basel Chamber Orchestra on Jan. 19 as well as the Avishai Cohen Trio on Jan. 22, Kremerata Baltica and Martha Argerich on Feb. 5, the chamber orchestra of Cameristi della Scala Russian and pianist Anna Vinnitskaya on Feb. 11, Cecile McLorin Salvant on March 5, one of the most iconic figures in modern jazz, Jack DeJohnette, on April 28 and one of the most influential classical artists of today with her astonishing qualifications, Nicola Benedetti and the Scottish Ensemble, on May 5.
Doyen jazz saxophone player Charles Lloyd will mark a special duo concert with his long-term partner, pianist Jason Moran, on May 13, as the closing concert of the season.