Following the long break without concerts in December, Korhan Erel will be playing many concerts in January and February in Germany and Istanbul. The concerts will begin with an interesting quartet with many first-time meetings at Miss Hecker on Friday, January 9. Korhan will improvise with three musicians who have never played with each other before: Michael Thieke on clarinets, Uygur Vural on cello, and Emilio Gordoa on prepared vibraphone. Korhan has played numerous times with Uygur Vural, his close friend and compatriate from the Istanbul free improvisation scene, and several times with Emilio in Berlin. Korhan will be in Istanbul from January 10 until 22 to show his audio-visual installation Findings in a group exhibition titled “Waves” at Blok Art Space, curated by Ebru Yetişkin. The exhibition will include many other artists showing their new media works. The opening is on Thursday, January 15, in case you happen to be in Istanbul on that day. After his return from Istanbul, Korhan will debut his new lecture-performance project Is Paradise Cheaper? with writer Göksu Kunak at Quiet Cue on Saturday, January 24. On January 26, Korhan will embark on a tour in North Rhine – Westfalia, playing five concerts with his duo and trio partner guitarist Nicola Hein, as well as one solo show and one talk:

January 26 / Laia Genc (piano), Udo Moll (trumpet), Albrecht Maurer (violin), Nicola Hein (electric guitar), Korhan Erel (computer, controllers) at Salon de Jazz, Cologne
January 28 / Udo Moll (trumpet), Luis Negron (video), Nicola Hein (electric guitar), Korhan Erel (computer, controllers) at Rottstr 5 Theater, Bochum
January 29 / Paul Lytton (percussion), Paul Hubweber (trombone), Nicola Hein (electric guitar), Korhan Erel (computer, controllers) at Raststätte, Aachen
January 30 / solo concert at mex, Dortmund
January 31 / Nicola Hein (electric guitar) and Korhan Erel (computer, controllers) at Lokal Harmonie, Duisburg
February 1 / Laia Genc (piano), Angelika Niescier (saxophone), Korhan Erel (computer, controllers) in the VegaJam concert series at Theater Klüngelpütz, Cologne
February 2 / talk at cooperativa neue musik, Bielefeld
February 3 / Laureline König (voice), Marcus Beuter (field recordings), Nicola Hein (electric guitar), Korhan Erel (computer, controllers) in the kleine bühne im kesselhaus concert series at Alte Weberei, Gütersloh