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Australia August 16, 2025 – February 8, 2026 10 am - 5 pm
Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi, Kadıköy, Istanbul February 11, 2026 20.00
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Wednesday February 11
Piano music
Mehveş Emeç: ‘A Little Sorrow, A Little Joy’
Mehveş Emeç, one of Turkey’s most famous pianists, is to begin her recital – titled Biraz Hüzün, Biraz Neşe (‘A Little Sorrow, A Little Joy’) – with Bach’s Partita No 2 in C minor. She will then play Mozart’s Piano Sonata No 8 in A minor, K 310, and Schumann’s Faschingsschwank aus Wien (‘Carnival Scenes from Vienna’ or ‘Carnival Jest from Vienna’), Opus 26.
20:00
Tickets from Mobilet
Prices: 572TL (ground floor), 500.50TL (balconies)
Event website
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Istanbul Research Institute, Tepebaşı, Istanbul June 19, 2025 – May 17, 2026
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David Collection, Denmark February 5, 2026 – August 23, 2026
Istanbul Modern, Tophane, Istanbul January 22, 2026 – September 5, 2026
Issue 69, December 2025
An Indian Summer
