Borusan İstanbul Philharmonic Orchestra’s concerts continue at Lütfi Kırdar’s Asım Kocabıyık Anadolu Auditorium, under its new name and with a new look
With the New Year Concert on the evening of Thursday 15 January, the Anadolu Auditorium at the İstanbul Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Centre (ICEC) will be renamed the Asım Kocabıyık Anadolu Auditorium, in honour of Asım Kocabıyık, founder and honorary chairman of the Borusan Group.
From the New Year Concert on Thursday 15 January, the Borusan İstanbul Philharmonic Orchestra (BİFO) will continue its 2026 concerts at Lütfi Kırdar’s Asım Kocabıyık Anadolu Auditorium, with its new name and refreshed look.
Conducted by Carlo Tenan with pianist Jan Lisiecki as soloist, the New Year Concert, on 15 January will offer a rousing start to the year at Lütfi Kırdar’s Asım Kocabıyık Anadolu Auditorium, with Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 alongside selections from Rossini, Puccini, Glazunov, Offenbach and Tchaikovsky.
NEW YEAR CONCERT
Thursday 15 January 2026, 20.00
Lütfi Kırdar
Asım Kocabıyık Anadolu Auditorium
BORUSAN İSTANBUL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
CARLO TENAN conductor
JAN LISIECKI piano
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271 “Jeunehomme”
TCHAIKOVSKY Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, Scene 3: Polonaise
GLAZUNOV Concert Waltz No. 1, Op. 47
ROSSINI The Thieving Magpie Overture
PUCCINI Le Villi: La tregenda
OFFENBACH Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann
ROSSINI William Tell Overture
Pre-concert Talk
A pre-concert talk given by Aydın Büke and Sibil Arsenyan will take place from 19.00 to 19.30 in the Dolmabahçe Hall at Lütfi Kırdar.
