Wednesday, February 20, 2019
7:30 pm WPAC Concert Hall
$20 general, $15 senior/FIU faculty, staff, & alumni, $10 student
2019 MIGF Festival Pass
is available to attend all festival events at a single reduced price: $90 general, $60 senior/FIU faculty, staff, & alumni, $30 student
In the festival opening concert, Aksak Duo with virtuoso Turkish musicians Cihat Askin, violin, and Mesut Özgen, guitar, present a program of duo and solo works by Pablo Ortiz, Jorge Cardoso, and Mesut Özgen. Among the featured works are Freak Folk by Pablo Ortiz, Moldavian-Turkish Medley, Rumeli Türküsü, and Turkish Folk Songs by Mesut Özgen.
Cihat Askin’s participation is co-sponsored by the Turkish Airlines, Turkish Consulate General in Miami, and FIU Mohsin & Fauzia Jaffer Center for Muslim World Studies.