.PNG "The \"Island of Culture\" is the new home of the Presidential Orchestra in the capital, Ankara Several national and international events organized during the past year played important roles in promoting Turkey's \"culture island\" worldwide. In this report, we will explore the new home of the Presidential Orchestra in the capital, Ankara. The Presidential Symphony Orchestra, which had to take a break from concerts with the audience due to the epidemic measures, has reopened its doors for concerts with the public since last September. From its new building inaugurated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the capital Ankara on October 29, 2020, which marked the 97th anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic, the Turkish “Culture Island” continues to host music lovers from Turkey and all over the world. Built between 1997 and 2020, the Presidential Symphony Orchestra has earned a cultural home considered one of the best in the world. Presidential Symphony Orchestra The Presidential Symphony Orchestra is one of the most rooted artistic institutions in the world, with its first roots dating back to the Ottoman era. To this day, the Presidential Orchestra continues its activities without interruption throughout its nearly two-century history. In 1826, the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II ordered the establishment of the orchestra under the name \"Musica e Homayun\" to serve the palace of the Ottoman Empire. Following the establishment of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ordered the orchestra to be moved to the new capital, Ankara, in 1924, and changed its name to the Presidential Symphony Orchestra. During the early years of the Republic, the orchestra constituted the core of the artistic institutions of the modern Turkish Republic. In addition to focusing on radio concerts as well as concerts, the Presidential Orchestra made its first foreign tour in the Republican era in 1926, participating in a 4-month tour to coastal cities in Europe, during which it received great attention. An architectural edifice that combines the past with the future At the end of 1990, in accordance with Article 4 of the Law on Celebrating the Centenary of Atatürk's Birth and Establishment of the Ataturk Cultural Center, the National Committee, in the presence of the then President of the Republic, decided to build a new concert hall for the Presidential Orchestra in the fourth district of the Ataturk Cultural Center area. Therefore, the Ministry of Public Works announced in 1992 an architectural competition in which 46 projects participated. In the end, the project, designed by the couple Samra and Ozcan Igor, was chosen, as \"a building that will not get old with the passage of time.\" A tender for the construction of the project was launched in 1995, while the groundbreaking ceremony was held in 1997. The architects designed the building to serve as a station between the past and the future, placing it on the same axis as the \"Ankara Castle\", which expresses the past, and the \"Anett Kebir\" edifice, which they see as the \"future\". They connected these two edifices with a glass line in the middle of the building's lobby floor. Turkey's \"Culture Island\" The main hall was built in the shape of an oval to host symphony concerts, and was equipped with the latest acoustic technology to welcome art lovers with a capacity of 2023 seats arranged in the form of “grape picking”, a seating distribution that allows the audience to gather on the balconies around the orchestra, and gives them the opportunity to watch the musical events in a panoramic 360 degrees . The main hall was built in the shape of an oval with a capacity of 2023 seats arranged in the form of \"others\". While the historic hall can accommodate 683 people, the \"blue hall\", which is named after its color, can accommodate 518 people. These halls are used to host many events as alternative halls for concerts. Designed in the form of a triangular prism to connect the two concert halls, the foyer is a 1,500-person atrium. The \"Culture Island\" also includes a building with artists' training areas and offices, in addition to an indoor car park that can accommodate 800 vehicles, and another building that uses a power center that was added to the project to meet the building's energy needs.")
.PNG "The \"Island of Culture\" is the new home of the Presidential Orchestra in the capital, Ankara Several national and international events organized during the past year played important roles in promoting Turkey's \"culture island\" worldwide. In this report, we will explore the new home of the Presidential Orchestra in the capital, Ankara. The Presidential Symphony Orchestra, which had to take a break from concerts with the audience due to the epidemic measures, has reopened its doors for concerts with the public since last September. From its new building inaugurated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the capital Ankara on October 29, 2020, which marked the 97th anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic, the Turkish “Culture Island” continues to host music lovers from Turkey and all over the world. Built between 1997 and 2020, the Presidential Symphony Orchestra has earned a cultural home considered one of the best in the world. Presidential Symphony Orchestra The Presidential Symphony Orchestra is one of the most rooted artistic institutions in the world, with its first roots dating back to the Ottoman era. To this day, the Presidential Orchestra continues its activities without interruption throughout its nearly two-century history. In 1826, the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II ordered the establishment of the orchestra under the name \"Musica e Homayun\" to serve the palace of the Ottoman Empire. Following the establishment of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ordered the orchestra to be moved to the new capital, Ankara, in 1924, and changed its name to the Presidential Symphony Orchestra. During the early years of the Republic, the orchestra constituted the core of the artistic institutions of the modern Turkish Republic. In addition to focusing on radio concerts as well as concerts, the Presidential Orchestra made its first foreign tour in the Republican era in 1926, participating in a 4-month tour to coastal cities in Europe, during which it received great attention. An architectural edifice that combines the past with the future At the end of 1990, in accordance with Article 4 of the Law on Celebrating the Centenary of Atatürk's Birth and Establishment of the Ataturk Cultural Center, the National Committee, in the presence of the then President of the Republic, decided to build a new concert hall for the Presidential Orchestra in the fourth district of the Ataturk Cultural Center area. Therefore, the Ministry of Public Works announced in 1992 an architectural competition in which 46 projects participated. In the end, the project, designed by the couple Samra and Ozcan Igor, was chosen, as \"a building that will not get old with the passage of time.\" A tender for the construction of the project was launched in 1995, while the groundbreaking ceremony was held in 1997. The architects designed the building to serve as a station between the past and the future, placing it on the same axis as the \"Ankara Castle\", which expresses the past, and the \"Anett Kebir\" edifice, which they see as the \"future\". They connected these two edifices with a glass line in the middle of the building's lobby floor. Turkey's \"Culture Island\" The main hall was built in the shape of an oval to host symphony concerts, and was equipped with the latest acoustic technology to welcome art lovers with a capacity of 2023 seats arranged in the form of “grape picking”, a seating distribution that allows the audience to gather on the balconies around the orchestra, and gives them the opportunity to watch the musical events in a panoramic 360 degrees . The main hall was built in the shape of an oval with a capacity of 2023 seats arranged in the form of \"others\". While the historic hall can accommodate 683 people, the \"blue hall\", which is named after its color, can accommodate 518 people. These halls are used to host many events as alternative halls for concerts. Designed in the form of a triangular prism to connect the two concert halls, the foyer is a 1,500-person atrium. The \"Culture Island\" also includes a building with artists' training areas and offices, in addition to an indoor car park that can accommodate 800 vehicles, and another building that uses a power center that was added to the project to meet the building's energy needs.")
Several national and international events organized during the past year played important roles in promoting Turkey's "culture island" worldwide. In this report, we will explore the new home of the Presidential Orchestra in the capital, Ankara.
The Presidential Symphony Orchestra, which had to take a break from concerts with the audience due to the epidemic measures, has reopened its doors for concerts with the public since last September.
From its new building inaugurated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the capital Ankara on October 29, 2020, which marked the 97th anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic, the Turkish “Culture Island” continues to host music lovers from Turkey and all over the world.
Built between 1997 and 2020, the Presidential Symphony Orchestra has earned a cultural home considered one of the best in the world.
Presidential Symphony Orchestra
The Presidential Symphony Orchestra is one of the most rooted artistic institutions in the world, with its first roots dating back to the Ottoman era. To this day, the Presidential Orchestra continues its activities without interruption throughout its nearly two-century history.
In 1826, the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II ordered the establishment of the orchestra under the name "Musica e Homayun" to serve the palace of the Ottoman Empire. Following the establishment of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ordered the orchestra to be moved to the new capital, Ankara, in 1924, and changed its name to the Presidential Symphony Orchestra.
During the early years of the Republic, the orchestra constituted the core of the artistic institutions of the modern Turkish Republic. In addition to focusing on radio concerts as well as concerts, the Presidential Orchestra made its first foreign tour in the Republican era in 1926, participating in a 4-month tour to coastal cities in Europe, during which it received great attention.
An architectural edifice that combines the past with the future
At the end of 1990, in accordance with Article 4 of the Law on Celebrating the Centenary of Atatürk's Birth and Establishment of the Ataturk Cultural Center, the National Committee, in the presence of the then President of the Republic, decided to build a new concert hall for the Presidential Orchestra in the fourth district of the Ataturk Cultural Center area.
Therefore, the Ministry of Public Works announced in 1992 an architectural competition in which 46 projects participated. In the end, the project, designed by the couple Samra and Ozcan Igor, was chosen, as "a building that will not get old with the passage of time." A tender for the construction of the project was launched in 1995, while the groundbreaking ceremony was held in 1997.
The architects designed the building to serve as a station between the past and the future, placing it on the same axis as the "Ankara Castle", which expresses the past, and the "Anett Kebir" edifice, which they see as the "future". They connected these two edifices with a glass line in the middle of the building's lobby floor.
Turkey's "Culture Island"
The main hall was built in the shape of an oval to host symphony concerts, and was equipped with the latest acoustic technology to welcome art lovers with a capacity of 2023 seats arranged in the form of “grape picking”, a seating distribution that allows the audience to gather on the balconies around the orchestra, and gives them the opportunity to watch the musical events in a panoramic 360 degrees .
The main hall was built in the shape of an oval with a capacity of 2023 seats arranged in the form of "others".
While the historic hall can accommodate 683 people, the "blue hall", which is named after its color, can accommodate 518 people. These halls are used to host many events as alternative halls for concerts.
Designed in the form of a triangular prism to connect the two concert halls, the foyer is a 1,500-person atrium.
The "Culture Island" also includes a building with artists' training areas and offices, in addition to an indoor car park that can accommodate 800 vehicles, and another building that uses a power center that was added to the project to meet the building's energy needs.
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