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At the Ottoman Bank Museum
Literature, Music and Dance "A Shakespeare Masterpiece in Ballet"
The Voyvoda Street Lectures will be hosting a talk by musicologist Sungu Okan at Music and Literature this month. "A Shakespeare Masterpiece in Ballet," illustrated by excerpts of Prokofief's music, will present and compare four different "Romeo and Juliet" ballets, choreographed by world-known artists. Highlights from the ballet will be shown on DVD. The lecture is scheduled for Wednesday, December 21, at 6:30 p.m.
As Okan will elaborate in her talk, starting with the 19th century in particular, William Shakespeare's tragedy, "Romeo and Juliet," inspired a number of composers including, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Charles Gounod, Hector Berlioz and Frederick Delius. Shakespeare's play was the literary source for symphonic poems, operas and symphonies but the best-loved musical adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet" is probably Sergei Prokofief's ballet version.
Musicologist
Sungu Okan
Sungu Okan was born and raised in Istanbul. After completing the private İstek (Istanbul Education and Culture Foundation) Belde high school in 1994, she graduated from the Department of Ethnomusicology at the State Conservatory of Mimar Sinan University, in 2001, and is now attending the graduate program in Ethnomusicology and Folklore at the same university. Since 2003, she has produced and presented music programs such as, Sanatçı Dostlar ("Musician Friends"), Bestecinin Günlüğünden ("The Composer's Diary"), Efsane Kayıtlar ("Legendary Recordings") and Dönemleriyle Besteciler ("Composers and their Times") for TRT's Radyo 3. Her articles have appeared in the Culture and Art Supplement of the daily Milliyet, and in the magazines Picus, Andante, and Istanbul Life. She currently produces the program, Sahnedeki Notalar, where she presents the stage music used by contemporary choreographers. In addition, she hosts programs on world music and classical ballet music for Açık Radyo.
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Voyvoda Street Lectures
Music and Literature
Literature, Music and Dance:
"A Shakespeare Masterpiece in Ballet"
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Free admission
The Ottoman Bank Museum
Bankalar (Voyvoda) Caddesi 35/37
(0212) 334 22 70
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