(CUL) TURKISH PIANIST FAZIL SAY TO PERFORM IN SALZBURG.ANKARA Ankara (ăng`kərə, Turk. äng`kärä), city (1990 pop. 2,533,209), capital of Turkey and Ankara prov., W central Turkey, at an elevation of c.3,000 ft (910 m). , Jul 28, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- Turkish pianist and composer Fazil Say will give a concert on June 31 in Salzburg --the city Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born. Say told A.A on Tuesday that he would play works of Johann Sebastian Bach in his concert which would be held within the scope of Salzburg Festival Salzburg Festival, annual festival of music and drama held in Salzburg, Austria, for five weeks starting in late July. The festival may be considered a descendant of the Salzburg Music Festival Weeks that the Vienna Philharmonic gave irregularly between 1877 and 1910. . Say said that Salzburg Festival was the biggest organization of classical music world with its 30 million Euro budget. He added that Salzburg Festival had been held for more than 130 years in Salzburg where Mozart was born. Say said that the city was also famous with its Mozart museums. Turkish pianist attended Salzburg Festival four times in the last six years. Say will also give concerts in France, Germany and Switzerland in August. (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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