The “Variant Orchestra”, named after İzmir, is preparing to give its first concert. The Variant Orchestra will meet with art lovers on March 10 at Ahmed Adnan Saygun Art Center with its concert hosted by Timuçin Şahin Trio.
Izmir Metropolitan Municipality continues its efforts to make Izmir a city of culture and art. The Collective Imagination Workshop, conducted by Izmir Metropolitan Municipality in 2020 under the direction of jazz guitarist Timuçin Şahin, gives its seeds. The “Variant Orchestra”, which includes the young people participating in the workshop, will give its first concert on Friday, March 10 at 20.00:XNUMX at the Ahmed Adnan Saygun Art Center. The orchestra, named after the Variant, which is identified with İzmir, will meet with art lovers with the Timuçin Şahin Trio in its first concert.
The seeds we sow bear fruit
Expressing that the Variant Orchestra will give its first concert to perform at an international level, İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Tunç Soyer“It is our primary responsibility to be a center of creativity worthy of İzmir's historical, geographical and cultural texture, and to open spaces where our young people can free their voices. I share the happiness of seeing that the seeds we planted with the projects we have signed in the past years with the Variant Orchestra are bearing fruit today. The orchestra will continue its concerts with the participation of local, national and international musicians.”
Orchestra from Izmir
The Variant Orchestra took its name from the Variant slope, which is identified with Izmir. The core staff of the orchestra consists of professional musicians and music students selected from Izmir and connected to the city. Under the direction of Timuçin Şahin, the orchestra will share its revolutionary and integrative musical journey, which sees the differences between classes and cultures as the wealth of humanity, with the audience. The members of the orchestra are Timuçin Şahin, Sean Rickman, Reggie Washington, Hüseyin Kaya Sergeant, Maral Rostamkhani, Jesse Selengut, Berkay Diker, Anıl Berk Zamandar, Toygar Babacan, Tuna Bulutsuz, Sahand Teymoori, Ateş Şentürk, Heva Kale, Bartu Çe and Ozan Erdek. consists of skin.