Ferit Odman at the Zorlu Center, 4 November
Zorlu Performing Arts Center (PSM)
Levazım Mah., Vadi Cad. No 2, Zincirlikuyu, Beşiktaş, 34340 Istanbul
Tel: +90 212 912 37 76
+90 850 222 67 76
info@zorlupsm.com
https://www.zorlupsm.com/en/events
The Zorlu Center in Zincirlikuyu (south of Levent) is a vast shopping mall containing performance spaces of various sizes plus a jazz club (‘Touché By N Kolay’) and their ‘Studio 100%’. All the performance spaces are within the ‘PSM’ (Performans Sanatları Merkezi – ‘Performing Arts Centre’). The Zorlu Center can be accessed via a long subterranean corridor leading from within the Gayrettepe metro station on the M2 line. If travelling by metrobus, get off at Zincirlikuyu and take the subterranean corridor that takes you from the metrobus stop to the Gayrettepe metro station. In this corridor, follow the signs for the Zorlu Center. In addition, buses and minibuses from Beşiktaş to Levent (some of which go on to Maslak) stop outside the Zorlu Center.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 04
Ferit Odman Quintet
Drummer Ferit Odman, trained in Sweden, İstanbul and New York, is one of the best-known names in Turkish jazz. The albums he has recorded so far are ‘Nommo’ (2010), ‘Autumn in New York’ (2011) and ‘Dameronia With Strings’ (2015). ‘Autumn in New York’ and ‘Dameronia With Strings’ were each awarded four stars by DownBeat magazine, while ‘Nommo’ was awarded three and a half stars.
Touché by N Kolay, Zorlu Performing Arts Center (PSM)
21:00 (doors open 19:30)
Tickets from Passo
Prices: 1300 TL, 1800 TL (front row), 5750 TL (box, inc. dinner)
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27
Kerem Görsev Quartet
Pianist, composer and arranger Kerem Görsev, born in 1961 and trained at the Istanbul Municipal Conservatoire and the Istanbul State Conservatoire, is one of Turkey’s most famous jazz musicians; he has contributed a great deal to the popularity of jazz in his home country. Since 1995 he has produced 22 albums, the four most recent being Perfect Balance (with Ernie Watts, 2019), With Strings / Quintet & Sextet (2021), Lost Ghost (2023) and Clear Horizon (2024). Most of the pieces he plays in concerts are his own compositions.
Touché by N Kolay, Zorlu Performing Arts Center (PSM)
21:00 (doors open 19:30)
Tickets from Passo
Prices: 1750 TL, 2000 TL (front row), 5750 TL (box, inc. dinner)
Ferit Odman at the Zorlu Center, 4 November
