Peter Nyitrai and Hannah Berger foundedd Arasinda Ensemble in Budapest in 1998. Initially they were engaged in a fairly traditional style of Turkish folk music…
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Hemdem, A Celebration of Innovative Turkish String Music
Sinan Cem Eroğlu and Muhlis Berberoğlu – Hemdem (Ahenk Müzik, 2018) Hemdem is a remarkable album by two extraordinary Turkish multi-instrumentalists. The two virtuoso artists…
View More Hemdem, A Celebration of Innovative Turkish String MusicSpellbinding Music Inspired by the Moon and the East
Ross Daly and Kelly Thoma – Lunar (Labyrinth, 2017) Lunar is a superb 2-CD album by influential musician, composer and Crete-based world traveler Ross Daly…
View More Spellbinding Music Inspired by the Moon and the EastOmar Faruk Tekbilek and his Ensemble to Perform at Carnegie Hall
Omar Faruk Tekbilek, one of the greatest artists in the world music scene is set to perform on Saturday, April 14, 2018, at 8.30pm at…
View More Omar Faruk Tekbilek and his Ensemble to Perform at Carnegie HallDeeply Mesmerizing Turkish Psychedelia
Minor Empire – Uprooted (World Trip Records, 2017) Minor Empire’s impressive new album Uprooted is hard to categorize as it straddles various musical genres. It’s…
View More Deeply Mesmerizing Turkish PsychedeliaArtist profiles: Senem Diyici
Born in Istanbul, Senem Diyici was well known in Turkey as a classical and traditional singer. She later moved to Germany and then in France…
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Salih Bilgin is one of the leading ney virtuosos in Turkey today. Bilgin is the primary student of Niyazi Sayin, the greatest living ney player…
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Omer Erdoğdular started studying music while still a child. He was born in Konya and grew up in Istanbul, initially learning ney from his father.…
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Omar Faruk Tekbilek was born in 1951 in Adana, Turkey to a musical family who nurtured his precocious talents. At the age of eight he…
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Okay Temiz was born in 1939 near Istanbul, Turkey. His family moved to Ankara, where he grew up. Temiz studied drumms and percussion at…
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