Pera77 Jazz & Blues Club, The Marmara Pera Hotel, Asmalı Mescit Mah., Meşrutiyet Cad. No 15, Beyoğlu, 34430 Istanbul
Tel: +90 534 576 99 94
To access the club, use the side entrance to The Marmara Pera Hotel, opposite the Pera Palas Hotel
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WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 23
Alara Noyan
Alara Noyan was born into a musical family in Istanbul in 1994. Her interest in jazz motivated her to take lessons in jazz vocal from Çağlar Süalp, and in jazz harmony and piano from Can Alpay. Having participated in Sibel Köse’s workshops for jazz vocalists from 2020 to 2021, she completed the Jazz Academy Certificate Programme at Bahçeşehir University (Istanbul). Since 2022, she has been taking lessons in jazz vocal from Randy Esen. Accompanying her on September 23 are Onat Murat (piano), Anıl Deniz (double bass) and Burak Bulut (drums).
21.00
Tickets: see Instagram account
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25
Dilek Sert Erdoğan
Dilek Sert Erdoğan, known as Turkey’s most powerful soul vocalist, has a voice that is described as ‘black satin’, her style being a mixture of jazz, soul, funk, blues and improvisation. Moments, her first album (on which all the songs were written by the lady herself), was also the first original soul album in English to appear in Turkey. Released in 2013, it soon became the best-selling jazz album in the country. Her fellow-musicians on September 25 are Koray Üsgülen (piano), Sıtkı Sırtanadolu (guitar), Burak Atlı (bass guitar) and Erkan Sönmez (drums).
21.00
Tickets: see Instagram account
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26
İpek Dinç
Vocalist İpek Dinç, a graduate of the Istanbul University Faculty of Chemical Engineering, began her musical career in 2005, when she met the late jazz pianist and singer İlham Gencer. In 2006, she was a finalist in the Nardis Club’s Young Vocalists Competition. She first came to prominence when she won this competition in 2009, and was subsequently invited to sing at the Nömme Jazz Festival in Tallinn, Estonia. On September 26, she is accompanied by Onat Murat (piano), Alper Yılmaz (bass guitar) and Erhan Seçkin (drums).
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Tickets: see Instagram account