Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra
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The Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra is a Turkish symphony orchestra based in Istanbul.
Founded in 1945 as the Istanbul Municipality City Orchestra, its first principal conductor was Cemal Resit Rey. In 1972 it became the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra. Its current principal conductor is Erol Erdinc.
[edit] Conductors
Anatole Fistoulari, Aaron Copland, Mircea Basarab, Ionescu Galati, Tadeusz Strugala, Alexander Schwinck, Vladimir Fedoseev, Erich Bergel, Jean Perrisson, Cemal Reşit Rey, Hikmet Şimşek, Gürer Aykal, Rengin Gökmen, Demirhan Altuğ
[edit] Soloists
Igor Oistrakh, Andre Navara, Leonid Kogan, Vaclav Hudecek, Tedd Joselson, Heinrich Schiff, Yehudi Menuhin, Luciano Pavarotti, Jean Piere Rampal, Sabine Meyer, Gidon Kremer, James Tocco, Lazar Berman, Natalia Gutman, İdil Biret, Suna Kan, Ayşegül Sarıca, Ayla Erduran, Verda Ermen, Leyla Gencer
