Mediterranean Opera and Ballet Club ( tr, Akdeniz Opera ve Bale Kulübü, AKOB) is a non-profit cultural organization based in

Mersin Mersin (), also known as İçel, is a large city and a port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of Mersin Province, Mersin (İçel) Province. It is made up of four municipalities and dis ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

History

Mersin Culture Center Association, another association known for valuable contributions in the past to musical life of Mersin, is presently engaged to

Mersin International Music Festival Mersin International Music Festival ( tr, Mersin Uluslararası Müzik Festivali), merfest for short, is a music festival held annually in Mersin, Turkey. In addition to Turkish artists, performers from Spain, Italy, United States, Hungary, German ...

. Thus AKOB was founded in 2008 to take over and revive its old spirit and mission under the guidance and direction of the renowned composer and maestro

Selman Ada Selman Ada (born February 24, 1953, Ceyhan) is a Turkish composer, conductor and pianist. When he started to conduct the Istanbul Opera Orchestra in 1973 at the age of 20, he went down in history as “the youngest opera conductor in the world� ...

, who was then living in Mersin,Club page
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Activities

In 2009, together with the artists of Mersin State Opera and Ballet, AKOB organized a tribute concert for the passionate lover of Mersin (who was born in

Limonlu Limonlu (ancient: ''Antiochia Lamotidos''; Byzantine: ''Lamousia''; Arabic: ''Lāmis''; Armenian: ''Lamos'') is a small town in Mersin Province, Turkey (Popularly called Lamas). Geography Limonlu is a coastal town at It is by the river Limon ...

, a town in

Mersin Province Mersin Province ( tr, ), formerly İçel Province ( tr, ), is a province in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast between Antalya and Adana. The provincial capital and the biggest city in the province is Mersin, which is composed of fo ...

), composer Prof.

Nevit Kodallı Nevit Kodallı (12 December 1924, Mersin – 1 September 2009, Mersin) was a Turkish composer of western-influenced classical music including operas and ballets. In 1948 he travelled to Paris where he studied with Arthur Honegger and Nadia Boul ...

. Another concert was organized for Hanri Atat, a patron of art and music in Mersin. In 2010, after cooperating with

Istanbul Austrian Culture Office Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

and

Istanbul Goethe Institute ) , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 34000 to 34990 , area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side) , registration_plate = 34 , blank_name_sec2 = GeoTLD , blank_in ...

, AOBK organized four concerts by international artists. The same year, AOBK began publishing a culture and art magazine, which includes English as well as Turkish articles to address to foreign readers.

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Culture in Mersin Turkish music Arts organizations established in 2008 2008 establishments in Turkey

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