The arts diary

Past events

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  Performance

  4th Istanbul International Chamber Music Festival: Tambuco Percussion Ensemble

  September 14, 2024 20.00

  Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul

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  Talks and tours

  The Case of the Missing Sherlock Holmes Mystery

  Book Festival

  September 14, 2024 16.30–17.30

  St Michael and All Angels Parish Hall, London

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  Photography

  Prinkipo Mon Amour

  Selection of 19th- and 20th-century photographs from the Ahmet Abut Collection

  September 13, 2024

  Splendid Palas Hotel, Büyükada, Istanbul

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  Jazz

  Eylül Biçer Trio at Nardis

  September 9, 2024 21.30 (doors open 20.30)

  Nardis Jazz Club, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

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  Performance

  4th Istanbul International Chamber Music Festival: Christophe, Kocamangil and Mussat

  September 6, 2024 20.00

  Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul

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  Music Festival

  Bozcaada Island Jazz Festival

  Ayazma Monastery

  September 6, 2024 – September 8, 2024
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  Performance

  4th Istanbul International Chamber Music Festival: Christophe, Kocamangil and Mussat

  September 6, 2024 20.00

  Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul

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  Performance

  4th Istanbul International Chamber Music Festival: Christophe, Kocamangil and Mussat

  September 6, 2024 20.00

  Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul

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  Talks and tours

  Halide Edib in Hampstead: The English as Occupier and Host

  A nation seen in different contexts

  September 3, 2024 6pm
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  Performance

  The Bergama Theatre Festival

  August 9, 2024 – August 11, 2024
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  Art

  Lal Batman: Cherry on Top

  August 1, 2024 – August 18, 2024

  Anna Laudel Bodrum, Bodrum

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  exhibition

  Shining

  CAM Gallery

  July 30, 2024 – August 3, 2024
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  Performance

  The International Gümüşlük Music Festival 2024

  July 10, 2024 – September 9, 2024

  The Bodrum Peninsula

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  Online talk

  Remembering and Forgetting: Britain, Turkey, and the Occupation of Istanbul, 1918-1923

  Lecture by Daniel - Joseph MacArthur-Seal at The Royal Anthropological Institute

  July 9, 2024 6 pm U.K. time
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  symposium

  Phanariot Materialities: Domestic Architecture, Urban Culture, and Social Mobility

  Two day symposium at ANAMED and on Zoom

  June 29, 2024 – June 30, 2024
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  Online talk

  Dispossession, confiscation, appropriation: property rights of minorities in modern Turkey

  By Dr. Ellinor Morack

  June 25, 2024 6 pm U.K. time
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  Performance

  Olga Peretyatko & CRR Symphony Orchestra

  June 22, 2024 20.30

  Cemil Topuzlu Open Air Theatre, Maçka, Istanbul

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  lecture

  The 1860 Events and the Reconstruction of Ottoman Damascus

  Lecture by Professor Eugene Rogan

  June 19, 2024 6pm - 8pm
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  Online talk

  The Latin communities of the Archipelago and the Greek Revolution of 1821

  Online lecture by Dimitris Kousouris

  June 18, 2024 6 pm U.K. time online
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  Performance

  Munich Philharmonic Soloists

  June 15, 2024 20.00

  Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul

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  Art

  Kilims and Flatweaves from Private Collections at the Historical Tophane-i Amire Rooms…

  A special exhibition for ICOC 2024

  June 7, 2024 – July 7, 2024
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  Art

  The Splendid Topkapı Place Collection at Dolmabahçe Palace

  A special exhibition for ICOC 2024

  June 7, 2024 – July 7, 2024
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  Art

  The Josephine Powell Collection at the Vehbi Koç House

  A special exhibition for ICOC 2024

  June 6, 2024 – June 30, 2024

  Vehbi Koç Büyükdere House, Büyükdere

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  Art, Talks and tours

  15th ICOC – Istanbul

  June 6, 2024 – January 9, 2024

  ISTANBUL

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  Pop-Up exhibition

  Belkıs Balpınar’s Pop-Up

  Shifting Perspectives

  June 6, 2024 – June 9, 2024 6pm
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  Art

  Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum

  A special textile exhibition for ICOC 2024

  June 3, 2024 – September 3, 2024
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  Classical Music

  Denizbank Concerts: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony

  May 31, 2024 20.00

  Atatürk Cultural Centre (Atatürk Kültür Merkezi, or AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul

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  Jazz

  İnci Demirer Quartet

  May 31, 2024 21.30 (doors open 21.00)

  Bova Jazz Club, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

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  Turkish Classical Art Music

  Songs of Rumeli

  May 30, 2024 19.00

  Atatürk Cultural Centre (Atatürk Kültür Merkezi, or AKM)

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  Jazz

  Francesca Tandoi

  May 30, 2024 20.00

  Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul

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  Performance

  Gomidas

  May 28, 2024

  Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul

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  Performance

  Raci Pişmişoğlu, MUS461, featuring Ali Perret

  May 27, 2024 21.30 (doors open 20.30)

  Nardis Jazz Club, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

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  Performance

  Raci Pişmanoğlu, MUS461, featuring Ali Perret

  May 27, 2024 21.30 (doors open 20.30)

  Nardis Jazz Club, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

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  Performance

  Raci Pişmanoğlu, MUS461, featuring Ali Perret

  May 27, 2024 21.30 (doors open 20.30)

  Nardis Jazz Club, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

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  Performance

  Raci Pişmanoğlu, MUS461, featuring Ali Perret

  May 27, 2024 21.30 (doors open 20.30)

  Nardis Jazz Club, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

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  Performance

  Raci Pişmanoğlu, MUS461, featuring Ali Perret

  May 27, 2024 21.30 (doors open 20.30)

  Nardis Jazz Club, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

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  Piano recital

  Hungarian-Turkish Year of Culture: Gábor Farkas

  May 26, 2024 20.30

  Naval Museum, Beşiktaş, Istanbul

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  Auction

  Bonhams Islamic and Indian Art Spring 2024

  May 24, 2024
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  Talks and tours

  Greater Anatolia Rug and Textile Study Tour, May 23 – June 5, 2024

  May 23, 2024 – May 23, 2024

  HALI offers their first tour in Turkey in partnership with The Black Tent Project. Timed to take place over the fortnight before the ICOC XV conference in Istanbul.

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  Performance

  Trio Passacaglia

  May 22, 2024 20.30

  Church of Saint-Antoine (St Anthony of Padua), Beyoğlu, Istanbul

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  Jazz

  Jam Session with İmer Demirer

  May 22, 2024 21.30 (doors open 21.00)

  Bova Jazz Club, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

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  Performance

  Jef Giansily Quartet

  May 22, 2024 21.30 (doors open 20.30)

  Nardis Jazz Club, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

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  Classical music

  Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Solda (Tale of a Soldier)

  May 20, 2024

  Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul

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  Talk

  My time in Tuktoyaktuk

  Supporting Indigenous-led contaminant research in the Canadian Arctic 

  May 19, 2024 Sunday 4–6pm

  Unit Four: The Cornucopia Room, Scotland

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  Performance

  The Oboe d’Amore and Romanticism

  May 19, 2024 20.00

  Süreyya Opera House, Kadıköy, Istanbul

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  Anna Sirel Y. Etyemez (soprano), Önay Günay (baritone) and Efe Gerdanoğlu (piano)

  Schumann’s Frauen-Liebe und Leben unde Dichterliebe

  RECITAL

  May 18, 2024 20.00

  Süreyya Opera House, Kadıköy, Istanbul

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  Performance

  From Romance to Resonance: Aromsa Youth Orchestra

  Romantan Resonansa

  May 17, 2024 20.00

  Süreyya Opera House, Kadıköy, Istanbul

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  Performance

  French Romanticisim: Gabriel Fauré

  Istanbul State Opera and Ballet Company

  May 17, 2024 20.00

  Süreyya Opera House, Kadıköy, Istanbul

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  Classical music

  Prokofiev and Beethoven

  Istanbul Symphony Orcestra (part of the Denizbank concert series) in the Türk Telekom Opera Hall

  May 17, 2024 20.00

  Atatürk Cultural Centre (Atatürk Kültür Merkezi, or AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul

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  Jazz

  Ferit Odman Quintet

  Jazz at Touché By N Kolay, Zorlu Centre

  May 15, 2024 21.00 (doors open 19.30)

  Zorlu Performing Arts Centre (PSM), Levent, Istanbul

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  CHAMBER MUSIC

  Gedik Philharmonic Orchestra with Cem Mansur

  May 15, 2024 20.00

  Süreyya Opera House, Kadıköy, Istanbul

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  Veriko Tchumburidze and Théo Ould

  May 13, 2024 20.30

  Church of St Mary Draperis, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

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  Performance

  Colours of the 20th Century: Toros Can (piano)

  20. Yüzyıl Renkleri

  May 13, 2024 20.00

  Süreyya Opera House, Kadıköy, Istanbul

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  Jazz

  Sibel Köse Quintet

  May 13, 2024 21.30–23.50

  Nardis Jazz Club, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

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  Performance

  ‘Love Supreme’

  May 7, 2024 21:30, doors open 21:00

  Bova Jazz Club, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

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  Jazz

  Önder Focan Trio

  May 7, 2024 21.30 (doors open 20.30)

  Nardis Jazz Club, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

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  Performance

  Verdi’s Falstaff

  May 7, 2024 – May 18, 2024 See times below

  Beyoğlu, Istanbul

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  choral music

  Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater

  May 7, 2024 20.00

  Süreyya Opera House, Kadıköy, Istanbul

  Tickets from Biletinial.com. Prices: 100TL, 125TL, 155TL,

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  An Empire of Individuals; Ottoman Antioch, 1703 to 1764

  Lecture by David Meza

  May 6, 2024
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  Performance

  In Praise of Kreisler

  May 6, 2024 20.00

  Süreyya Opera House, Kadıköy, Istanbul

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  gypsy brass band

  Fanfare Ciocărlia

  May 5, 2024 20.00

  Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul

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  Recital

  Café Polonaise

  May 5, 2024 11.00

  Süreyya Opera House, Kadıköy, Istanbul

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  Classical music

  CRR Symphony Orchestra amd Toros Can

  May 4, 2024 20.00

  Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul

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  Opera

  Maometto Secundo (II. Mahmut)

  Istanbul State Opera and Ballet

  May 4, 2024 20.00

  Atatürk Cultural Centre (Atatürk Kültür Merkezi, or AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul

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  Jazz

  Yazz Ahmed

  Garanti BBVA International Jazz Day Concert

  April 30, 2024

  Zorlu Performing Arts Centre (PSM), Levent, Istanbul

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  Jazz

  ‘Three’ – Çağrı Sertel, Alp Ersönmez & Volkan Öktem

  Garanti BBVA International Jazz Day Concert

  April 30, 2024

  Bova Jazz Club, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

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  CHAMBER MUSIC

  Borusun Quartet: German Romanticism in Chamber Music

  April 29, 2024 20.00

  Süreyya Opera House, Kadıköy, Istanbul

  The inimitable Borusan Quartet perform Schumann and Mendelssohn

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  CHAMBER MUSIC

  A Dream of Love Foretold in the Coffee Grounds

  Coffee Concerts Series

  April 28, 2024 11.00

  Süreyya Opera House, Kadıköy, Istanbul

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  Jazz

  Ece Göksu, İmer Demirer & Eylül Biçer

  ‘Live in Assos’ album launch

  April 27, 2024 21.30 (doors open 21.00)

  Bova Jazz Club, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

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  Jazz

  Şenova Ülker Quintet

  April 26, 2024 21.30 (doors open 21.00)

  Bova Jazz Club, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

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  Auction

  Christie’s Islamic and Indian Art Spring 2024

  Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds including Rugs and Carpets

  April 25, 2024

  Christie’s King Street, London

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  Jazz

  Free House: Ali Perret, İmer Demirer, Meriç Demirkol, Raci Pişmişoğlu & Şenol Küçükyıldırım

  April 25, 2024 21.30 (doors open 21.00)

  Bova Jazz Club, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

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  Jazz

  Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio

  April 25, 2024 20.00

  Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul

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  Art

  Diyarbakırlı Tahsin Bey: Painter of the Turkish Seas

  April 24, 2024 – May 18, 2024

  Galeri Selvin, Beşiktaş, Istanbul

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  Auction

  Islamic art at Sotheby’s Spring 2024

  Arts of the Islamic World and India

  April 23, 2024 11.00

  Sotheby’s New Bond Street, London

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  Jazz

  Ferit Odman at Bova

  April 23, 2024 21.30 (doors open 21.00)

  Bova Jazz Club, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

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  Jazz

  Emir Ersoy: Cuban Classics

  April 23, 2024 21.00 (doors open 19.30)

  Zorlu Performing Arts Centre (PSM), Levent, Istanbul

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  Art, Auction

  Sotheby’s Orientalist Art Spring 2024

  April 23, 2024 15.00

  Sotheby’s New Bond Street

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  CHAMBER MUSIC

  PianoQuadro

  April 22, 2024 20.00

  Süreyya Opera House, Kadıköy, Istanbul

  Mozart, Mahler and Turina

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  Piano recital

  Hungarian-Turkish Year of Culture: Adrienne Krausz

  April 22, 2024 20.30

  Naval Museum, Beşiktaş, Istanbul

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  CHAMBER MUSIC

  The Five Pianists of the Apocalypse (Mahşerin Beş Piyanisti) with the CRR Symphony Orchestra

  April 20, 2024 20.00

  Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul

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  Jazz

  Imer Demirer Quartet

  April 19, 2024 21.30, doors open 21.00

  Bova Jazz Club, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

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  Jazz

  İpek Dinç

  April 19, 2024 21.30 (doors open 20.30)

  Nardis Jazz Club, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

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  Jazz

  Samara Joy

  April 19, 2024 20.00

  Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR)

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  CHAMBER MUSIC

  An Evening of Music Trimmed With Blue

  Aromsa Youth Chamber Orchestra

  April 19, 2024 20.00

  Süreyya Opera House, Kadıköy, Istanbul

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  Art

  Out of Place: Photographs by Monica Fritz

  April 19, 2024 – May 18, 2024

  Şule Gazioğlu Art and Design Gallery, Emirgan, Istanbul

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  Classical music

  Talent Unlimited Showcase Concert Spring 2024

  April 18, 2024 7 pm

  St James’s Piccadilly, London

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  CHAMBER MUSIC

  Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra with Gwendolyn Masin (violin)

  April 17, 2024 20.30

  İş Sanat Culture Center, Levent, Istanbul

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  Performance

  Sarp Maden 5

  April 15, 2024 21.30 (doors open 21.00)

  Bova Jazz Club, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

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  Chamber Music

  İyicil Ensemble

  April 15, 2024 20.00

  Süreyya Opera House, Kadıköy, Istanbul

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  Hybrid lecture

  The 44th Lecture Series: art and archaeology in Turkey

  The Flavian Building Programme in Asia Minor: The Age of Vespasian

  April 15, 2024 19.00 Turkish time

  Ankara

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  CHAMBER MUSIC

  Armağan (‘The Gift’)

  Istanbul Chamber Orchestra with Maria Solozobova and Berkay Cantürk (violin). Conductor: Juan José Navarro

  April 14, 2024 20.00

  Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul

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  ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

  Daniel Gauthier & the CRR Symphony Orchestra

  The 100th Anniversary of the Republic’s Symphonic Journey

  April 13, 2024 20.00

  Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul

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  Operatic arias

  Stars of the Future (Geleceğin Yıldızları)

  Istanbul State Opera and Ballet Orchestra with various singers

  April 12, 2024 20.00

  Atatürk Cultural Centre (Atatürk Kültür Merkezi, or AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul

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  Jazz

  Ayşe Tütüncü Quartet

  April 11, 2024 21.30 (doors open 20.30)

  Nardis Jazz Club, Beyoğlu, Istanbul

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  Lecture

  Zeki Kuneralp Memoirs

  Sinan Kuneralp in conversation with Sir Kieran Prendergast

  April 8, 2024 18.00 (UK time)

  Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI), London

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  CHAMBER MUSIC

  All About Love (Aşk’a Dair)

  April 8, 2024

  Süreyya Opera House, Kadıköy, Istanbul

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  VIOLIN, CELLO AND ORCHESTRA

  Nigel Kennedy: Heart and Soul

  Nigel Kennedy with Beata Urbanek-Kalinowska

  April 7, 2024 21.00

  Atatürk Cultural Centre (Atatürk Kültür Merkezi, or AKM), Beyoğlu, Istanbul

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  Chamber Music

  La Cetra Barockorchester Basel & Sergey Malov

  April 6, 2024 20.30

  Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall (CRR), Maçka, Istanbul

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  Online, Talks and tours

  How to say “no” in Hieroglyphic Luwian and other Decipherments of David Hawkins

  Memorial lecture for Professor David Hawkins FBA, given by Mark Weede

  April 5, 2024 18.00

  London