On Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borusan_Istanbul_Philharmonic_Orchestra |
Alternative Spellings | BIFO, Borusan İstanbul Filarmoni Orkestrası |
Creation | 1999 |
City | Istanbul, Turkey |
Country | Turkey |
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The Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra was founded as the Borusan Chamber Orchestra in 1993. This initiative by Borusan, a leading Turkish industrial conglomerate, entering into the complex and challenging world of establishing orchestras, was based on its vision of helping to bring polyphonic music to a wider audience of Turkish people. This group rapidly grew in both number of musicians and quality of musical performance, so that it became a symphonic orchestra in 1999. That same year, Maestro Gürer Aykal was appointed as the general music director and permanent conductor of the orchestra. wikipedia