Kara Kuzu
Müzik bilenler arasında şöyle bir kanı var: “eğer müzik dinliyorsan ve bu konuda ciddiysen belli başlı müzisyenleri, sanatçıları ve grupları sevmen gerek.” Bu inanç öyle kuvvetli ki, adeta bazılarına göre...
İnsan, Müzik ve Kuşlar
Müzik insan olmanın belki de en samimi dışavurumu. Ancak bunu başta canlılarla da paylaştığımız aşikâr. Özellikle kuşlar ve böcekler ile. Bir ardıç kuşunun sesinin ne kadar müzik olup olmadığı tartışmaya...
Leblebici Horhor
Dikran Çuhacıyan’ın üç perdelik komik opereti. İlk kez sahnelendiği tarih ve yer hakkında iki kuvvetli ama farklı bilgi var; bazılarına 1875’te Gedikpaşa Güllü Agop Tiyatrosu’nda sahnelendi / diğerlerine göre, Beyoğlu’ndaki...
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)...