Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy has announced CSO Ada Ankara’s 2026–2027 arts season. Running until June 2027, the season offers a broad programme spanning classical music, opera, theatre, traditional Turkish music, folk music, dance and jazz.
Throughout the season, the Presidential Symphony Orchestra, State Opera and Ballet, State Theatres, State Polyphonic Choir, Ankara State Classical Turkish Music Choir, Ankara State Turkish Folk Music Choir, Ankara Turkic World Music and Dance Ensemble and Ankara State Performing Arts Ensemble will perform. A theatre programme running to January 2027 features State Theatres productions from different regional directorates, including “Keşanlı Ali Destanı”, “Lysistrata”, “Frankenstein”, “12 Angry Men” and “Anne Boleyn”.
November and December highlights
- November: State Opera and Ballet’s “Azerbaijan Night”, the State Polyphonic Choir’s Atatürk Commemoration Concert and “Goethe and Rumi” programme, the Presidential Symphony Orchestra’s Cinema Week programme; concerts by Cengiz Özkan, Murat Karahan, Sibel Can, Mehmet Erdem and Elif Sanchez, “Yeşilçam Songs with Türkan Şoray” and the “7’den 77’ye” Barış Manço Concert
- 7 December: Konya Turkish Sufi Music Ensemble, “Kadimden Kudüme – Şeb-i Aruz”
- 15 December: Jülide Özçelik Cello All Stars; New Year Concerts at the end of the year
The season in 2027
January brings programmes such as “Under the Stars”, “Atlas of Voice” and “Hacı Arif Bey – Love and Fire”; February features music of the Turkic world and Ramadan programmes (11, 18 and 28 February); and March includes concerts dedicated to Çanakkale and Âşık Veysel. In April, the Presidential Symphony Orchestra and the State Polyphonic Choir will perform Mozart’s Requiem together, and Stacey Kent will appear at CSO Ada Ankara. May highlights include the State Opera and Ballet’s “Yunus Emre Oratorio”, and the season closes in June with season-finale concerts.
