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About Korhan Erel

Korhan Erel is an electronic musician, improviser and sound designer based in Berlin. Their music covers free improvisation, conceptual sound performances as well as structured and composed pieces as well as music for dance, theater and video art. They perform solo, duo and group performances with improvisers, jazz musicians, dancers, and in orchestras. They have shown several sound installations in art spaces in Turkey, Germany and Hong Kong. They have ten CD and several digital releases. They play concerts across Europe, Middle- East, Southeast Asia and North America

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Nora Krahl, Miako Klein, Tolga Tüzün, Korhan Erel @ Dunia, Istanbul, May 5, 2013

German violinist/recorder player Miako Klein and cellist Nora Krahl are stopping by in Istanbul on their way back from a tour in Iraq to play with two Istanbul improvisers Korhan Erel (computer and controllers) and Tolga Tüzün (electronics and piano) … Continue reading

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May 2, 2013: Mark Alban Lotz & Islak Köpek at Gitar Cafe

Mark Alban Lotz is an Utrecht-based flute player and improviser who is also quite well known in Turkey as a jazz player and improviser. He had come to Istanbul in 2010 to make two recordings with Istanbul-based improvisers. One of … Continue reading

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Space Oddity (version for piano & electronics by Toros Can & Korhan Erel)

Contemporary pianist Toros Can and I had worked on a reinterpretation of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” for piano and electronics, which was performed by Toros at Borusan Müzik Evi in his duo concert with pianist Kai Schumacher in 2012. Kai … Continue reading

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A Midspring Night’s Improvisation

Mark Alban Lotz, Utrecht-based flute player and improviser, who is also the other half of the Lotz/Erel duo, will be in Istanbul from April 26th through May 5th, and play a series of concerts with me and other musicians. The … Continue reading

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“Disorient and Accident” by Korhan Erel at MAK Nite Lab

MAK NITE Lab 16 April 2013 KORHAN EREL (Istanbul/TK) Disorient and Accident Live-Concert Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art Photo © MAK/Katrin Wisskirchen

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Solo Concert “Disorient and Accident” at MAK Nite Lab, Vienna, April 16, 2013

Korhan Erel will play a solo concert at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art in Vienna on April 16, 2013. The concert is a part of the MAK Nite performance series curated by Marlies Wirth and is … Continue reading

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Chen, Ağıryürüyen, Akıncı, Gürkal, Erel at Cafe Mitanni, April 5, 2013

Korhan Erel will play with American-Chinese cello, voice and electronics artist Audrey Chen and his improviser friends at Cafe Mitanni, a small, cosy jazz venue on one of the bustling streets of Beyoğlu, Istanbul’s perpetually packed headquarters of entertainment, food, … Continue reading

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Korhan Erel, Gülşah Erol, Gunnar Lettow @ Quiet Cue, Berlin, 10.11.12

https://vimeo.com/62563646 The last concert of my Germany tour with Gülşah Erol was a performance at Berlin’s progressive music space Quiet Cue on November 10, 2012. Even though Gülşah and I were exhausted after 9 concerts in 10 days in 10 … Continue reading

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Tolga Tüzün & Korhan Erel @ Dunia, March 26

I will be playing a duo with Tolga Tüzün in the fourth leg of Tolga’s monthly concert series called “Encounters”. The encounter will take place at Dunia in Kadıköy, Istanbul and will start at 9pm. Tolga Tüzün, piano Korhan Erel, … Continue reading

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