2023´s First Concert by ´Ikinci Bahar (Second Spring)´ Chorus

The 'Ikinci Bahar (Second Spring) Chorus, is getting ready to meet the audience for the third concert of their career and the first concert of 2023, after a long time, under the direction of Conductor Kaan Sezerler and president Leon Esim, on Thursday, January 19th.

The chorus will be performing with a brand-new concert repertoire prepared by Kaan Sezerler, at Cemil Candaş Cultural Center (the old Kent Movie Theater) in Şişii, Istanbul. During the concert, which will last for about two hours, popular Turkish Classical pieces, as well as popular Hebrew and Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) songs, will be performed.

Another importance of this concert is that the 'Ikinci Bahar (Second Spring)' song written and composed by the chorus member Rıfat Güller, the notes and intro executed by Conductor Kaan Sezerler, will be meeting the audience for the first time.

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