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“Best of Béjart & Rumi” group at the 21st International Ýzmir Festival |
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The Ýzmir Culture, Art and Education Foundation organized the 14th Ýzmir European Jazz Festival on March 3-14, 2006 and organized the 21st International Ýzmir Festival from June 10 to July 20, 2007. The Ýzmir European Jazz Festival, also a product of cooperation among consulates and foreign cultural centers in Ýzmir, featured leading artists of the European jazz and also included workshops on open jazz orchestras and pianos. A total of 65 students took these workshops. One of the most popular performances was the concert by students. Two students who took part in the Jazz Orchestra Workshop directed by Italian masters Claudio Fasoli and Antonio Zambrini that year won bursaries to attend the master classes of the 37th International Siena Summer School for Jazz. |
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In 2007, METU organized the International Jazz Festival and International Dance Festival. |
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As in previous years, artists and ensembles of international acclaim in the genres orchestral concerts, chamber music, ballet and theatre took part in the 20th International Ýzmir Festival which included performances in historical sites such as the Ephesus Antique Theatre, the Celsius Library and the |
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Ephesus Odeon. The festival was also embraced by the people who attended free open-air classical music concerts held in the main square of the city.
The International Aspendos Opera and Ballet Festival, held in the 2,000-year-old Aspendos Amphitheater with exceptional acoustics, has become a very important international event attracting the best artists and groups of the world due to the constantly growing artistic quality of the festival. The International Aspendos Opera and Ballet Festival celebrated its 13th anni-versary this year and featured performances by some of the giants of the world, including the |
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10th Flying Broom
International Women’s Film
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Zurich Ballet, the Berlin Opera and London’s Royal Ballet. This festival also included 11 different activities as well as various critically acclaimed opera and ballet performances. |
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As a result of its international artistic success, the Interna-tional Aspendos Opera and Ballet Festival was accepted on October 24, 2003 into the European Festivals Association (EFA), one of the respected organizations in Europe. This has been a manifestation of its distinguished place among similar festivals in the world. |
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The Festival has also become the first and only festival in the world having a TS-EN-ISO 9001:2000 Quality Manage-ment Certificate. |
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Meanwhile, the Directorate General of State Opera and Ballet organized the Fourth Bodrum International Ballet Festival on August 11-31, 2006, at the historical Bodrum (Halicarnassus) Castle. |
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