Linguistic Olympics: Antonius ile Kleopatra in London
By Isobel Finkel | June 5, 2012
All the world’s a stage and in this Olympic year London’s stage is playing host to the world. Not only amid the gleaming stadia of Stratford but also at the riverside Globe Theatre, where an unprecedented feat of pageantry and visa permissions has been under way. Thirty-seven Shakespeare plays and...
Music and Performing Arts
July Jams: highlights from this year’s Istanbul Jazz Festival
By Şule Bilgin | May 24, 2012
The Istanbul Jazz Festival runs from July 3 to July 19, bringing together a wide-range of musicians from across the world. With a vibrant program covering almost every music genre possible and including the likes of Morrisey and Sly & Robbie, it might be difficult to call it a ‘Jazz...
Music and Performing Arts
Countdown to chorus: looking ahead to June’s Istanbul Music Festival
By Michael Hornsby | April 18, 2012
The Istanbul Music Festival opens on May 31, 2012 and continues throughout the month of June. Organised by IKSV as they celebrate their 40th year (the organisation was first founded to curate an arts festival back in 1973), this looks set to be a particularly fine series of performances. Many...
Music and Performing Arts
Sweet harmony
By Sule Bilgin | March 7, 2012
The Duisburg Philarmonic Orchestra and the renowned bağlama player Erdal Akkaya are giving four concerts in Istanbul this week. The German orchestra's venues are the Enka Ibrahim Betil Auditorium in Sarıyer on March 8, Maltepe University the following evening, a morning performance at the Çırağan Palace on Saturday 10, and,...
Music and Performing Arts
To what strange place
By Sule Bilgin | February 29, 2012
For those of you in London, we advise you not to miss this talk on Ottoman Diaspora Music by self-educated ethnomusicologist Ian Nagoski, part of his speaking tour that will take place throughout the UK and Europe. Nagoski is the producer of the 3-disc compilation album “To what strange place:...
Music and Performing Arts
Unconventional Carols
By Şule Bilgin | December 22, 2011
“The Closing Ceremony Concert of the Grand Bazaar’s 550th Anniversary Year” Tuluyhan Uğurlu 25 December, 2011, 15:30 Grand Bazaar, İstanbul Pedro- “... In the entire city, the most spectacular building is the Bezistan...a covered bazaar... with holes on its dome and with stone and lime walls which protect against fires......
Music and Performing Arts
Sultanic Celebrations
By Şule Bilgin | December 7, 2011
Suzidilara Mevlevi Ayini,
A Concert for the 738th Şeb-i Arus and the 250th Birthday of Sultan Selim III Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall Harbiye, İstanbul Soloist: Dilek Türkan; Ud: Samim Karaca; Kanun: Taner Sayacıoğlu December 18, 2011, 11:30 a.m. 2011 sees the 250th anniversary of the birth of Selim...
Music and Performing Arts
Writing Music History
By Şule Bilgin | November 27, 2011
On November 14 the Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall welcomed Ege University State Conservatory of Turkish Music for a tribute concert to celebrate the 101st anniversary of Reşat Aysu, a revolutionary Turkish composer who is only now gaining the recognition he deserves. The concert was conducted by the critically-acclaimed Halil...
Music and Performing Arts, Talks and Lectures
‘Tis The Season
By Michael Hornsby | September 11, 2011
Richard III Muhsin Ertegrul Theatre, Harbiye, Istanbul October 5 - 8, 2011 Sam Mendes' critically acclaimed production of Shakespeare's Richard III starring Kevin Spacey will be in Istanbul for five nights this October. Mendes' production opened in London last month to rave reviews. The American Beauty director says it is...
Music and Performing Arts
Fazıl Say and the Doğuş Children’s Philharmonic Orchestra on the Aegean
By Paulina Dominik | September 11, 2011
Ayvalık and Çeşme 12 - 13 August The revolutionary Turkish composer and pianist Fazıl Say and the Doğuş Children’s Philharmonic Orchestra will be playing two dates in August. On the 12th they will be preforming at the Ayvalık Amfitiyatro and on the 13ththey have a second gig at the Çeşme Kalesi....
Music and Performing Arts
Current Events
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Exhibition
Sadberk Hanım Museum, Upper Bosphorus (Europe), Istanbul
December 7, 2012 – June 30, 2013
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Exhibition
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston
February 20, 2013 – July 14, 2013
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Research Centre for Anatolian Civilisations (RCAC), Galatasaray, Istanbul
March 8, 2013 – June 10, 2013
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The Queen’s Gallery, Edinburgh
March 8, 2013 – July 21, 2013
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Armaggan Nuruosmaniye Art and Design Gallery, Kapalıçarşı/The Covered Bazaar, Istanbul
March 20, 2013 – May 29, 2013
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