April 3, 2024, marks the 109th anniversary of the birth of Bilkent University\u2019s beloved founder, Prof. \u0130hsan Do\u011framac\u0131. Each year Bilkent celebrates Prof. Do\u011framac\u0131\u2019s birthday as Bilkent Day, honoring his memory with deepest respect and affection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year Bilkent Day includes two main events: the Bilkent Day Conference and a celebratory concert by the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra. Both take place on April 3, at the Bilkent Concert Hall in the Faculty of Music and Performing Arts building. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 2024 Bilkent Day conference starts at 2 p.m. Prof. G\u00fclsev Kale, Board of Trustees Chair, will make an opening speech, and Rector Prof. K\u00fcr\u015fat Aydo\u011fan will make a presentation on \u201cBilkent 2024.\u201d The program will continue with a conference by Prof. Roland Ralph Redfern Smith from the Department of Archaeology, titled \u201cNew Research and Discoveries at Aphrodisias.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bilkent Day celebrations will conclude with a special concert by the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra. The performance begins at 8 p.m., with G\u00fcrer Aykal as conductor and G\u00fclsin Onay as piano soloist. The program will consist of M\u00e1 Vlast, \u201cMoldau\u201d by B. Smetana, Kaiserwalzer, Op.437 by J. Strauss and Piano Concerto No.12 by W. A. Mozart. The program will also include a performance of the works selected by the jury in the \u0130hsan Do\u011framac\u0131 Composition Competition. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
April 3, 2024, marks the 109th anniversary of the birth of Bilkent University\u2019s beloved founder, Prof. \u0130hsan Do\u011framac\u0131. Each year Bilkent celebrates Prof. Do\u011framac\u0131\u2019s birthday as Bilkent Day, honoring his memory with deepest respect and affection. This year Bilkent Day includes two main events: the Bilkent Day Conference and a[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6652,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,80,158,133],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6651"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6651"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6653,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6651\/revisions\/6653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}