Uğur Mumcu Commemoration Concert

On Friday, January 24, 2025 at 20:00, “Uğur Mumcu Commemoration Concert” was held at Atatürk Culture, Arts and Congress Center in Eskişehir. The first part of the concert began with a three-movement flute concerto by composer Yalçın Tura. Upon the request of the audience, flutist Bülent Evcil performed Yalçın Tura's “Hopeless” as an encore. In the second part, Hasan Uçarsu's “Sakıncalı Piyade” and Turgay Erdener's “Uğur Mumcu Cantata” were performed. 

Uğur Mumcu Cantata

Composer Turgay Erdener
Libretto: Şirin Aktemur

Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Rengim Gökmen

Saygun Philharmonic Choir (choirmaster: Çiğdem Aytepe)
Eskişehir Polyphonic Choir (choirmaster: Özlem Dinç)

Soloists:
Selva Erdener  (soprano)
Görkem Ezgi Yıldırım (soprano)
Ayşe Şener Özmen (soprano)
Emre Akkuş (tenor)

Eskişehir Polyphonic Choir
Choirmaster Özlem Dinç,
Soprano Belenay Kıraç, Doğa Kayışçı, Eda Yılmaz, Elif Gonca Özkapı, Elif Toker, Esra Yıldız, Gizem Çelik, Gülseven Türkmen, Hatice Hasret Ceylan, Kübra Sibel Arslanoğlu, Merve Aydın, Özlem Akın, Sudenaz Kurul
Alto Ahsen Avcı Lakeç, Başak İlaslan, Betül Yıldırır, Buse Avcı, Cemre Altun, Eser Büyükcan İlhan, Firuze Tan, Hazal Pakkan, Işıl Öner, İkbal İlayda Akarçay, Özlem Elverdi, Ruziye İrem Erdönmez, Safiye Süzen
Tenor Metin Can Karkın, Ali Deniz Tosun, Selçuk Türkmen, Uğur Eryılmaz, Umut Aktürk
Bass A.Uğur Kürçüoğlu, Ahmet Furkan Öpengin, Barış Arda Şendağ, Burak Güyer, İbrahim Şamil Sungur, İsmail Cemre Ilgın, Taha Nart Balkız