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Performance
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin)
June 19, 2025
20.00
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Geneva Camerata ‘Revolta’
Istanbul Music Festival
June 17, 2025
20.00
Zorlu Performing Arts Centre (PSM), Levent, Istanbul
Performance
Cellist François Salque and accordion-player Vincent Peirani
June 17, 2025
21.00
Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Performance
Veriko Tchumburidze (violin), Anastasia Kobekina (cello) and Alexey Botvinov (piano)
Istanbul Music Festival
June 16, 2025
20.00
Süreyya Opera House, Kadıköy, Istanbul
Orchestral, piano concerto
Camerata Salzburg, Hélène Grimaud (piano)
Istanbul Music Festival
June 14, 2025
20.00
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Children's event
A Musical Weekend I: hip-hop dance workshop
Istanbul Music Festival
June 14, 2025
15.00–16.00
Beşiktaş, Beşiktaş, Istanbul
Performance
‘Pictures in Motion’
June 13, 2025
20.00
Zorlu Performing Arts Centre (PSM), Levent, Istanbul
Performance
Gautier Capuçon (cello), Alexandre Kantorow (piano)
Istanbul Music Festival
June 12, 2025
20.00
Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul
Performance
Gautier Capuçon (cello), Alexandre Kantorow (piano)
Istanbul Music Festival
June 12, 2025
20.00
Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul
Opening Concert
Tekfen Philharmonic Orchestra, Bulgarian National Choir
Istanbul Music Festival
June 11, 2025
20.00
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Strings in Love
Traditional music
June 9, 2025
21.00
Sakıp Sabancı Museum, Emirgan, Istanbul
LECTURE
Reina Lewis: Fashion and Social Relations in Late Ottoman Society
BIAA London Lecture
June 4, 2025
18.30 (UK time)
British Academy, London
Orchestral, violin concerto
CRR Symphony Orchestra, Francesca Dego (violin)
May 31, 2025
20.00
Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul
Performance
Brenda Berin Quintet
May 30, 2025
21.30
Asa-Khai Jazz Club, Karaköy, Istanbul
Hyrbid talk (online and in person)
Andrew Finkel: Constantinople in Olympia
How the nineteenth century Eastern Question was transformed by spectacle, song and dance
May 27, 2025
18.00 (UK) 20.00 (Turkey)
Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), London
Recital by violin duo
Ksenia Milas and Oleksandr Semchuk
Coffee Concerts Series
May 25, 2025
11.00
Süreyya Opera House, Moda, Istanbul
Piano Recital
Mehveş Emeç
Romanticism on the Piano
May 25, 2025
20.00
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Chamber music
Berk Dalkılıç and Gizem Dalkılıç
Tenor & piano recital
May 24, 2025 – May 25, 2025
18.30
Minoa Pera Bookshop & Café, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Coffee Concert series
Bosphorus D’Light
The Bosphorus Trio
May 24, 2025
11.00
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Jazz
Ferit Odman Quintet
May 23, 2025
Zorlu Performing Arts Centre (PSM), Levent, Istanbul
Orchestral, cello concerto
Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, Oksana Lyniv
May 23, 2025
20.00
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Art, Contemporary art
Mustafa Hulusi: Breathing in the World
May 23, 2025 – May 22, 2025
Dirimart Pera, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Art, Auction
Bonhams Islamic and Indian Art
May 23, 2025
Bonhams New Bond Street, London
Panel
Anatolian Plant Legacy: a presentation and conversation
Martyn Rix, Christabel Frances King, Gülnur Ekşi Bona, Hülya Korkmaz, Işık Güner
May 18, 2025
13.30–14.30 Turkish time
SALT Beyoğlu, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Orchestral Concert
Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, various young soloists
May 16, 2025
20.00
Göksu, Demirer, Deniz
Jazz Wind
May 16, 2025
20.00
Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi, Kadıköy, Istanbul
Performance
Emir Ersoy
Cuban Classics
May 15, 2025
Zorlu Performing Arts Centre (PSM), Levent, Istanbul
Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Ziyu He (violin)
Yüzyılın Yankıları (‘The Century’s Echoes’)
May 15, 2025
20.00
Zorlu Performing Arts Centre (PSM), Levent, Istanbul
Online, Talks and tours
Alev Berberoğlu: Camera and Female Empowerment
Italian Photographer Elisa Zonaro in Ottoman Istanbul
May 14, 2025
18.00 (UK) 20.00 (Turkey)
London
Jazz
Bova Jazz Club highlights May 2025
May 14, 2025 – May 31, 2025
21.30 (doors open 21.00)
Bova Jazz Club, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Chamber music
Bozok Quartet, Ayşegül Kirmanoğlu (clarinet), İris Şentürker (piano)
Brahms Romanticism
May 14, 2025
20.00
Süreyya Opera House, Moda, Istanbul
Chamber music
Istanbul Baroque Ensemble
Barok Tutkular (‘Baroque Passions’)
May 14, 2025
20.00
Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi, Kadıköy, Istanbul
Online, Talks and tours
Dr Robert Schild: ‘Burgazada: A living ethnographic museum’
May 13, 2025
20.00 (Turkey) 18.00 (UK)
London
Chamber music
Piano and ney recital
The World and Us: The Mystical Keys of Jazz
May 11, 2025
20.00
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Hyrbid talk (online and in person)
Andrew Finkel: Constantinople in Olympia
How the nineteenth century Eastern Question was transformed by spectacle, song and dance
May 10, 2025
18.00
Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), London
Hyrbid talk (online and in person)
Andrew Finkel: Constantinople in Olympia
How the nineteenth century Eastern Question was transformed by spectacle, song and dance
May 10, 2025
18.00
Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), London
Jazz
Sibel Köse
May 10, 2025
21.30
Asa-Khai Jazz Club, Karaköy, Istanbul
Chamber music
Can Özhan and Pınar Çelik Warsi
Violin & piano recital
May 10, 2025
20.00
Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi, Kadıköy, Istanbul
Recital
Çağatay Akyol and Bilgin Canaz
Harp and ney recital
May 10, 2025
11.00
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Orchestral, horn concerto
Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, Can Kiracı (horn)
Denizbank Concerts Series
May 9, 2025
20.00
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Art
Sevinç Altan: This is a Pair of Scissors
May 9, 2025 – June 9, 2025
Galeri Nev Istanbul, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Art
Samuel Laurence Cunnane Photographs
Öktem Aykut Gallery
May 8, 2025 – June 4, 2025
Öktem & Aykut
Chamber Music
Frühlingsklänge (‘Sounds of Spring’): Berk Dalkılıç and Gizem Dalkılıç
May 7, 2025
20.00
Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi, Kadıköy, Istanbul
Chamber music
Borusan String Quartet with Reto Bieri (clarinet) at the Süreyya Opera House in Moda
May 7, 2025
20.00
Süreyya Opera House, Moda, Istanbul
Chamber music
Bruno Borralhinho: Solo cello recital
May 6, 2025
20.30
Naval Museum, Beşiktaş, Istanbul
Chamber music
Borusan String Quartet & Reto Bieri (clarinet) at ENKA Sanat
Masters of Chamber Music
May 6, 2025
20.30
ENKA Sanat, Maslak, Istanbul
Baroque Chamber music
Camerata Trajectina
May 5, 2025
20.30
Church of Saint-Antoine (St Anthony of Padua), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
TALK (IN PERSON AND ONLINE)
The Elusive Fashion Stories of Enslaved Women in late Ottoman Istanbul
May 5, 2025
18.00 (Turkish time)
ANAMED Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Jazz
Ece Göksu Trio at the Asa Khai Jazz Club
May 3, 2025
21.30
Asa-Khai Jazz Club, Karaköy, Istanbul
Classical Music
Orchestra Istanbul’, Can Özhan (violin)
Orchestral music, violin concerto
May 3, 2025
20.00
Süreyya Opera House, Moda, Istanbul
Chamber music
Semplice Quartet
May 3, 2025
20.30
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM)
Chamber music
Hezarfen Ensemble
May 3, 2025
17.30
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Opera
La Traviata
May 3, 2025 – May 7, 2025
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Saturday May 3: 15:00
Wednesday May 7: 20:00
Orchestral, cello concerto
CRR Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Philippe (cello)
May 3, 2025
20.00
Cemal Emden, Maçka, Istanbul
Orchestral, guitar concerto
Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, Pablo Sáinz Villegas (guitar)
May 2, 2025
20.00
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Islamic Sales Week Spring 2025: Christie’s
May 1, 2025
Christie’s King Street, London
Auction
Islamic Sales Week, London: Sotheby’s Arts of the Islamic World and India
April 30, 2025
Sotheby’s New Bond Street, London
Islamic Sales Week 2025: David Roberts at Sotheby’s
April 29, 2025
16.15
Sotheby’s New Bond Street, London
Art, Auction
Islamic Sales Week Spring 2025 - The Orientalist Sale at Sotheby’s
April 29, 2025
15.00
Sotheby’s New Bond Street, London
Performance
András Szalai (cimbalom), Péter Szűcs (clarinet)
Cimbalom & clarinet recital
April 24, 2025
20.30
All Saints Moda, Moda, Istanbul
Solo exhibition
Kevin Francis Gray
April 24, 2025 – May 31, 2025
Pilevneli, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Performance
Cenk Erdoğan Trio
April 23, 2025
21.30 (doors open 20.30)
Asa-Khai Jazz Club, Karaköy, Istanbul
Online presentation
Ekaterina Aygun: Emigré Artists from the Former Russian Empire
April 22, 2025
Anglo-Turkish Society
Jazz
Ayten Alpman: A Timeless Jazz Journey
April 18, 2025
20.00
Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul
Orchestra & cello
Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra with Kian Soltani
April 18, 2025
20.00
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Seminar Announcement
Travellers in Ottoman Lands III
Call for Papers
April 9, 2025 – April 12, 2025
ISTANBUL
Performance
Piano trios from members of the Istanbul Youth Orchestra
Violin, cello & piano recital
April 9, 2025
20.00
Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi, Kadıköy, Istanbul
Piano Recital
‘Ravel 150’
April 9, 2025
20.00
Süreyya Opera House, Moda, Istanbul
String quartets, piano quintet
Quatuor Danel, Emre Elivar
April 9, 2025
20.00
Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul
Operatic arias
Suat Arıkan, Ceren Aydın and Lena Şenol (piano)
April 6, 2025
20.30
All Saints Moda, Moda, Istanbul
Art
Atlas of Silence
Kairos Gallery
April 4, 2025 – April 19, 2025
12pm - 9pm
Performance
Ferit Odman Quintet
March 21, 2025
Touché, Levent, Istanbul
Jazz
Bora Çeliker Quartet
March 19, 2025
21.30
Asa-Khai Jazz Club, Karaköy, Istanbul
Violin, cello & piano recital
Phaeton Piano Trio
March 17, 2025
20.30
Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul
Operatic arias
Viva Verdi
March 16, 2025
15.00
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Suat Arıkan (bass-baritone), Ceren Aydın (soprano), Lena Şenol (piano)
Operatic arias
March 16, 2025
19.30
All Saints Moda, Moda, Istanbul
Jazz
Özge Pınar & Bora Çeliker Duo
March 15, 2025
22.00
Minoa Pera Bookshop & Café, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Mezzo-soprano & piano recital
Seda Kırankaya (mezzo-soprano), Fatma Şafak Pınarbaşı (piano)
March 15, 2025
20.00
Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi, Kadıköy, Istanbul
Coffee Concert: Flute & piano recital
Halit Turgay (flute), Rüzgar Turgay (violin), Özgür Deniz Akalın (piano)
March 15, 2025
11.00
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Jazz
Dilek Sert Erdoğan
March 14, 2025
21.00
Pera 77, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Orchestral, piano concerto
Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra with Emre Şen
March 14, 2025
20.00
Atatürk Cultural Centre / Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Piano & violin recital
Fazıl Say and Patricia Kopatchinskaya
March 14, 2025
21.00 (doors open 20.00)
Zorlu Performing Arts Centre (PSM), Levent, Istanbul
exhibition
The Volcano Lover
Galerist
March 13, 2025 – April 26, 2025
Galerist
Jazz
Sinan Altıparmak Quartet
March 13, 2025
21.00
Pera 77, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Performance
Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra
March 13, 2025
Chamber music
The Istanbul Youth Orchestra
March 12, 2025
20.00
Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi, Kadıköy, Istanbul
Recital
Sevil Ulucan Weinstein (violin), Gülru Ensari (piano)
March 12, 2025
20.00
Süreyya Opera House, Moda, Istanbul
Online, Talks and tours
Revisiting George Bethune English in the Ottoman World
Zoom Lecture with Eric Covey
March 11, 2025
6 pm U.K. time
Performance
Cem Babacan plays piano variations
March 11, 2025
20.30
Fulya Sanat (Süleyman Seba Sanat Merkezi), Beşiktaş, Istanbul
Performance
Emin Fındıkoğlu + 12
March 10, 2025
20.30
Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Retrospective
Belkıs Balpınar: Through Woven Times
March 6, 2025 – May 18, 2025
Anna Laudel, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Solo exhibition
Belkıs Balpınar: Through Woven Times
A retrospective
March 6, 2025 – May 18, 2025
Anna Laudel, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Art
Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye
Galeri Nev
February 25, 2025 – March 28, 2025
Galeri Nev Istanbul
New and Newest Music Festival
Arter
February 20, 2025 – February 23, 2025
Arter
Performance
Borusan String Quartet & Özgür Aydın
February 18, 2025
20.30
ENKA Sanat, Maslak, Istanbul
Performance
Coffee concert: ‘Coffee and Harmony’
February 16, 2025
11.00
Süreyya Opera House, Moda, Istanbul
Chamber music
Trio Emerant: Hommage à Bach
February 15, 2025
20:00
Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi, Kadıköy, Istanbul
Performance
Trio Ran plays Brahms & Mendelssohn
February 15, 2025
20.00
Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul
talk
The ‘Second Phanar’: Constantinople Greeks and Ottoman Sultans, 1821 to 1914
Dr.Philip Mansel talks at Kings College
February 12, 2025
6 pm U.K. time
London
Chamber Music
Yağmur Tuna and Özgür Deniz Akalın
Violin & piano recital
February 12, 2025
20.00
Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi, Kadıköy, Istanbul
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