Album of Gazneli Mahmud
Surfing does you good when you are more concentrated and oriented on what you want to learn. Than little beautiful knowledge pop-ups pop in front of your screen. I came...
Alla Turca
What business did Western Classical Music Composers have imitating Turkish military music? I have always been keen to know where and which musical pieces in the Ottoman repertoire have been...
A lament to Atatürk Airport (aka Yeşilköy Airport)
Let’s start with a small background of our Aviation History. It all began back in 1st June 1911, in Yeşilköy when The Turkish Air Force was founded by the Prime...
Turkish Folk Music Instruments
Turkey has a wide diversity of musical instruments, some of which have existed there for over a thousand years while others have been imported in our own times. Ancient instruments...
Listening To Turkish Music
When listening to a “new” type of music for the first time, it is sometimes difficult to be able to hear the context of the different musical sounds. Sometimes it...
On Turkish Music
Islam and music Some orientations within Islam have a restrictive view on music that is performed solely for pleasure. Music is seen as a strong way to affect people and...
The Master Hands Of Jazz Are In Istanbul
THE 26TH ISTANBUL JAZZ FESTIVAL THE MASTER HANDS OF JAZZ ARE IN ISTANBUL - 29 June – 18 July 2019 Organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV)...
Caz Dokunan Eller İstanbul’da
26. İSTANBUL CAZ FESTİVALİ /29 Haziran-18 Temmuz 2019 İstanbul Kültür Sanat Vakfı (İKSV) tarafından, 22 yıldır Garanti Bankası sponsorluğunda gerçekleştirilen İstanbul Caz Festivali, bir kez daha çağdaş müziğin en iyi...
The Afro-Cuban Medina
“I Insist,” Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegal’s first president said in a speech, “that the poem is perfect only when it becomes a song: words and music at once.” A poet...
Dünya Müzikleri
Müzik hiç kuşkusuz evrenin iyileştirici gücü! Özellikle 21. yüzyıla adım atan insanoğlunun şu günlerde ihtiyacı olduğu en önemli devalardan biri. Kanımca müzik değerli bilinmeyen bir emtia zira kültürler arası etkileşimi,...