Rumeli’den Balkanlar’a Ortak Mirasın Ezgileri

About this event

Rumeli’den Balkanlar’a, Ortak Mirasın Ezgileri (From Rumelia to the Balkans, Melodies of a Shared Heritage) is a concert at CSO Ada Ankara on Thursday 17 December 2026 at 20:00 in the Tarihi Salon. The soloists are Çimen Yalçın and Şükrü Alkan, whom the venue describes as artists of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, with Soner Satı as artistic director. According to the venue, the Balkans, including the wide European lands the Ottomans called Rumeli, were for centuries a meeting place of different cultures and musical traditions. Their melodies, from folk songs (türküler) and city songs to dance tunes, have come down to the present day as a shared heritage. The repertoire brings together the musical colours of this wide region, with well-loved pieces, tunes that are sometimes melancholy and sometimes invite listeners to sing along, and a selection of the folk songs Atatürk loved. The venue says the project has drawn strong interest on the stages of the Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM) and the Presidential Symphony Orchestra, and now returns to the Tarihi Salon in Ankara. The Tarihi Salon is one of the halls of CSO Ada Ankara, the concert complex that is home to the Presidential Symphony Orchestra, on Talatpaşa Bulvarı in the Opera quarter of Altındağ. Practical notes: tickets are sold through Biletinial, which the venue links from its event page.

• CSO Ada Ankara event pageChecked 2026-11-11