Pushkin and the National Russian Opera, Elif Damla Yavuz

The Ottoman Bank Museum hosts Elif Damla Yavuz this month at Music and Literature with
a presentation entitled Pushkin and the National Russian Opera. The lecture is scheduled for Wednesday, April 19 at 6:30 p.m.

Glinka is usually considered the founder of Russian opera and one of the major exponents of 19th century Russian nationalism in music. However, the writings of Pushkin, whom Maxim Gorky has called the “beginning of all beginnings,” played an equally significant role in the birth of Russian opera. This lecture retraces the great impact of Pushkin on Russian composers – who regarded him as the Russian counterpart of Byron, Shakespeare or Goethe – as well as his undeniable contributions to Russian nationalism.

Elif Damla Yavuz Yavuz was born in 1979 in Izmir. In 1995, she enrolled in the Woodwind Department of the State Conservatory at Dokuz Eylül University to study the bassoon. She graduated in 1998. Three years later in 2001, she entered the Department of Musicology at Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts where she is currently working toward her BA.

Voyvoda Street Lectures Music and Literature Elif Damla Yavuz "Pushkin and the National Russian Opera" Wednesday, April 19, 2006 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Free admission The Ottoman Bank Museum Bankalar (Voyvoda) Caddesi 35/37 (0212) 334 22 70