Northwest Sinfonietta: Never Give Up
$25-$55 ($20 student guardian, $10 student); military discount available
- Efe Baltacıgil, cello
- Yaniv Attar, conductor
Fazıl Say — Cello Concerto, Op. 73 "Never Give Up"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 "Great G minor Symphony"
Award-winning cellist Efe Baltacigil joins for a moving performance of Fazil Say's Cello Concerto "Never Give Up," a story of resilience and hope during a time of harrowing terrorist attacks in Europe and Istanbul. Ligeti's Concert Românesc ("Romanian Concerto"), filled with whirling folk tunes and sounds of alpenhorn, opens the program and transports us to the Balkans. Mozart's Symphony No. 40, the Great G minor, echoes the first half's story of danger and hope.
2 performances:
- Saturday, November 2, 7:30pm at the Rialto Theater in Tacoma
- Sunday, November 3, 2pm at Pioneer Park Pavillion in Puyallup
About Efe Baltacıgil, cello
Principal Cello of the Grammy-winning Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Turkey’s String Player of the Year, 2013, and awardee of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, Mr. Baltacıgil is lauded for his risk-taking, passionate performances that immediately capture the heart and imagination.
Recipient of the Peter Jay Sharp Prize, the Washington Performing Arts Society Prize, and first prize in concerto competitions of Istanbul, New York, and the Allentown, Pennsylvania Schadt String Competition, Baltacıgil experienced early acclaim as winner of the 2005 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. Recipient of a bachelor’s degree from the Mimar Sinan University Conservatory in Istanbul and an artist diploma from the Curtis Institute of Music, Efe began his professional career in the United States as Associate Principal Cello of the Philadelphia Orchestra before joining the Seattle Symphony as Principal Cello in 2011.
https://www.chambermusicsociety.org/about/artists/strings/efe-baltacigil/