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Art and culture are between the
crucial elements of what makes a
city valuable. The number of galleries,
exhibitions, cultural events, the value
given to an artist leverages the city’s
quality and respect. İstanbul’s cultural
diversity makes the city country’s cultural
and artistic capital.
The İstanbul Foundation for Culture
and Arts (İKSV) acts as one of the
locomotives in organizing prominent
film, theater, music and jazz festivals
as well as two biennials and special
one-off cultural and artistic events
throughout the year. Since 1973, İstanbul
Music Festival has welcomed
world stars of classical music including
the Vienna Philharmonic, the
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra,
Itzhak Perlman, Gidon Kremer, Hilary
Hahn, Zubin Mehta, İdil Biret, and
Fazıl Say. Chick Corea, Keith Jarret,
Herbie Hancock, Diana Krall, Ornette
Coleman, Tony Bennett, Eric Clapton,
Lou Reed, Nick Cave, Paul Simon,
Sting, Elvis Costello and Bryan Ferry
are among the legendary musicians
İstanbul Jazz Festival featured in
the last 20 years. The festivals of
İKSV in 2015 include the İstanbul
Film Festival between 4-19 April,
İstanbul Music Festival between
31 May-29 June and İstanbul Jazz
Festival between 30 June-15 July.
Also this year, between 5 September
and 1 November, the 14th
İstanbul Biennial will be held. The
festival programs may be followed
through the Foundation’s website
at www.iksv.org.
While April is the time for “International
İstanbul Film Festival”, October
hosts “Filmekimi” and February features
“!f İstanbul” festivals.
If live music makes your heart beat İstanbul
is the city where festivals in the
summer bring world famous singers
and not only Turkish but also thousands
of listeners from neighbouring
countries attend. Santral İstanbul,
Salon IKSV, Babylon, Garaj İstanbul,
Harbiye Cemil Topuzlu Center feature
talented and valuable musicians from
various music types throughout the
year. Akbank Jazz Festival is one of
the major festivals that bring together
renowned musicians in İstanbul.
İstanbul also hosts many more festivals
where different types of concepts
embrace the city. Tulip Festival
displays the symbol of İstanbul while
Shopping Festival every June is an
attraction for shopping lovers from
all over the world. Electronica, Chill
Out and One Love festivals brings
famous electronic and trance music
performers from all over the world
in the summer.
Dining, Shopping
and Attractions