Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra
The Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra (Turkish: İstanbul Devlet Senfoni Orkestrası or İDSO) is a Turkish symphony orchestra based in Istanbul.
Founded in 1945 as the Istanbul Municipality City Orchestra, its first principal conductor was . In 1972 it became the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra. Its current principal conductor is Erol Erdinc.
Conductors[]
Anatole Fistoulari, Aaron Copland, Rolf Agop, Ilarion Ionescu-Galați, , , Vladimir Fedoseev, Erich Bergel, , Cemal Reşit Rey, Hikmet Şimşek, Gürer Aykal, ,
Soloists[]
Igor Oistrakh, André Navarra, Leonid Kogan, Vaclav Hudecek, , Heinrich Schiff, Yehudi Menuhin, Luciano Pavarotti, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Sabine Meyer, Gidon Kremer, James Tocco, Lazar Berman, Maurice Steger, Natalia Gutman, İdil Biret, Suna Kan, Ayşegül Sarıca, Ayla Erduran, , Leyla Gencer, , , Narciso Yepes, Ratimir Martinović
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