Pera Classics: Melodies from Vienna
Der Wiener Kontrabass (Onur Özkaya and Friends)

Concert

June 14, 2025 / 19:30

Pera Classics welcomes Onur Özkaya and friends under the name Der Wiener Kontrabass this June. The concert, themed “Melodies from Vienna”, features works by prominent 18th-century composers such as Carl Friedrich Abel, Joseph Haydn, and Johann Matthias Sperger. Through solo, duo, and quartet performances, the program brings listeners together around the double bass, the largest member of the string family. This concert offers classical music lovers a rare and unique musical experience. 

The concert will take place on the same floor where the Orientalist Painting Collection Intersecting Worlds: Ambassadors and Painters is exhibited, offering listeners a spellbinding musical journey into history.

Priced at 450 TL, the tickets are available at Biletix.com or can be purchased from the reception desk of the Pera Museum on the day of the event. Pera Museum Friendship Program members may enjoy a 20% discount. Seats are limited and unnumbered. The concert is without intermission and lasts approximately 1 hour.

The event is suitable for ages 7 and above. Children aged 7 to 12 are welcome to attend the concert when accompanied by an adult.

Der Wiener Kontrabass
Onur Özkaya (Double Bass)
Cem Önertürk (Flute)
Emir Kemancı (Viola)
Selin Nardemir Önertürk (Cello)

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