Sounds and colors of the Silk Road. ITO Gala Concert in Berlin 30 October 2025

On October 30, 2025 at 8:00 pm, the gala concert "Sounds and Colors of the Silk Road" will light up the Chamber Music Hall of the Philharmonie Berlin: Masterpieces of Turkic music meet European classical music - virtuosic, colorful and cross-border. A highlight of the Into the Open Season 2025 that connects worlds of sound and opens up new perspectives on familiar traditions.

Performers

• Zarina Altynbayeva (soprano, Kazakhstan)
• Rysbay Isakov (narrator, Kyrgyzstan)
• Jyldyz Osmonalieva (voice, Kyrgyzstan)
• Ahmet Baran (Kanun, Turkey)
• Selbi Kadyrova (violin, Turkmenistan)
• Bekzod Turaev (Nay, Uzbekistan)
• Chamber orchestra Sogdiana and the dance ensemble Navbahor.
• Program

PART I (approx. 45 min)

• Avaz Mansurov (1957-): "Echoes of the past"
• Manas - Excerpt from the Kyrgyz heroic epic - Narrator: Rysbay Isakov
• Iki kelime - Turkish folk melody for kanun - Soloist: Ahmet Baran
• Bulbul - Latif Khamidi, Kazakh folk song - Soprano: Zarina Altynbayeva
• Sadri gusfand - Uzbek folk melody for rubab
• Bride in yellow - Azerbaijani folk melody for balaban - Soloist: Sardor Primov
• Mavrigi - Bukharian folk song - vocals: Dilfuza Kobilova
• Uzbek rhythms - melodies for doyra

BREAK

PART II (approx. 45 min)

• Üzeyir Hacibeyli (1885-1948): Overture to Koroglu
• Abdumajid Karabaev (1992-): Festivity
• Esimde - Atay Ogonbaev (1900-1949), Kyrgyz folk song after Chingiz Aitmatov - vocals: Jyldyz Osmonalieva
• Firaqi - Rovshen Nepesov, Turkmen melody after Magtymguly Firaqi for violin - Violin: Selbi Kadyrova
• Franz Lehár (1870-1948): Aria of Giuditta My lips, they kiss so hot - Soprano: Zarina Altynbayeva
• The beauties of Khiva - Choresmic dance
• Hans Last (1929-2015): The lonely shepherd - for Nay - Soloist: Bekzod Turaev
• "Classical Mash-up" - Mozart - Bach - Beethoven
• Sultonali Rahmatov (1970-2025): "Melodies of the Orient"