The Bulgarian National Philharmonic Choir will first sing Toprak Sever İnsanları Birer Birer (‘Earth Loves People One By One’), a newly-commissioned work by the contemporary Turkish composer Hasan ...

Just one of those days: the Galata Bridge seen through driving rain. Faik Şenol (1912–81), one of the heroes of early Republic photography, acted as Atatürk’s personal photographer, is the focus of ...

First, the Bozok Quartet, consisting of Tayfun Bozok (1st violin), Derya Bozok (2nd violin), Evren Bilgenoğlu (viola) and Hayreddin Hoxha (cello), will accompany clarinettist Ayşegül Kirmanoğlu in ...

In this, one of a new series of Sunday afternoon concerts, singers from the Istanbul State Opera and Ballet Company perform arias from operas by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901).

Dilek Sert Erdoğan, known as Turkey’s most powerful soul vocalist, has a voice that is described as ‘black satin’. Her first album, entitled ‘Moments’, appeared in 2013; all the songs on it were ...

This concert will begin with a performance by the CRR Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Nil Venditti, of Debussy’s 1894 symphonic poem Prélude à l’après midi d’un faune (‘Prelude to the Afternoon of a ...

This concert, one of the ‘Wednesday Classics’ series at this venue, features violinist Yağmur Tuna and pianist Özgür Deniz Akalın in a programme of works by Beethoven, Mozart, Tchaikovsky and the ...

Cornucopia: Turkey for ConnoisseursThe 2nd Ceren Necipoğlu Istanbul International Harp Festival concludes at the Atatürk Cultural Centre. The Festival’s Closing Gala sees the winners of the ...

Pianist Emir Ersoy is accompanied by Eylem Pelit, Volkan Öktem, Aleiksi Contreras and Sercan Kerpiççiler. Their programme at Touché by N Kolaywill consist of Latin American and Cuban jazz compositions ...

This ensemble, consisting of cellist Dilbağ Tokay and pianist Emine Serdaroğlu, has produced three albums. The first, a CD entitled Turkish Music for Cello and Piano and released by Naxos, won the ...

These lines, part of a poem by the multidisciplinary artist Sine İçli, are positioned in the lower-left corner of the opening wall – an ode to clay and its transformative process. This poem introduces ...

Cornucopia: Turkey for ConnoisseursThis recital, one of the Coffee Concerts series, is to take place in the foyer of the Türk Telekom Opera Hall. Burcu Karadağ, who plays the ney – an end-blown flute, ...