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
A chance discovery of a review by Istanbul-based music critic Alexandra Ivanoff of the concert with pianist / composer Tolga Tüzün at Borusan Music House, Istanbul on January 13, 2012: “Tüzün and Erel’s voyage On Jan. 13, two Turkish musicians, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alexandra Ivanoff, Borusan, Borusan Müzik Evi, computer, electroacoustic, Free Improvisation, piano, review, superimposed circumstances, Today's Zaman, Tolga Tüzün
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With the concert at Dunia, Istanbul of Tanya Kalmanovitch (viola) / Korhan Erel (computer, controllers) duo concert with guests Jessika Kenney (voice), Eyvind Kang (viola) and Özlem Kaya (violin), I will be playing no concerts until the end of summer … Continue reading →
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Tagged aachen, akbank caz festivali, akbank jazz festival, audiovisual, özlem kaya, Berlin, Burcu Yağcıoğlu, christian wolff, cologne, composition, computer, controller, Dunia, essen, eyvind kang, Gülşah Erol, Gunnar Lettow, hagen, Hamburg, Hannover, Islak Köpek, Istanbul, jessika kenney, john cage, köln, münster, Serra Yılmaz, structured improvisation, Tanya Kalmanovitch, witten, wuppertal
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I will play a concert and talk on computer instrument design at the Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition on July 8-9, 2012. The venue is Mohsen Gallery. “TADAEX has been established as an annual program with a mixture of fascination, … Continue reading →
Composer and pianist Tolga Tüzün and computer musician Korhan Erel, both operating in between the lines and both tackling sounds, textures, patterns that live, that breathe, started out a joint journey in 2009. This journey culminated in a recording at … Continue reading →
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Tagged ableton live, Album, audiomulch, avant-garde, avantgarde, Bilgi Üniversitesi, Bilgi University, computer, controller, electroacoustic, electronic music, Free Improvisation, Istanbul, piano, release
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Jerusalem-based journalist / music critic Eyal Hareuveni has recently published a review of the album Three States of Freedom on allaboutjazz.com. Hareuveni writes for allaboutjazz, squidoo and other websites and was among the audience at the trio’s performance at Barbour … Continue reading →
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Tagged album review, allaboutjazz, cello, computer, controller, creative sources, Free Improvisation, Israel, kevin davis, review, saxophone, tom soloveitzik
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I have recently completed all original music and sound design work for Yesim Özsoy Gülan’s latest play “It Was a Calm and Chilly Morning The Day I Left…”. The play premiered in the IKSV Istanbul International Theater Festival on May … Continue reading →
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Tagged amusement park, Armenian, özgürlük, Ermeni, freedom, hamursuz, human rights, insan hakları, Kürt, Kurdish, lunapark, matzoh, müzik, music, politics, politika, ses tasarımı, sound design, Türk, türkiye, theater, tiyatro, Turkey, Turkish
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Turkey’s pioneering free improvisation ensemble Islak Köpek plays at Gitar Cafe in Istanbul after a brief hiatus. The concert is on May 5, Saturday and will start at 9 pm. Özgür Doğaçlama topluluğu Islak Köpek, verdiği kısa aradan Gitar Cafe … Continue reading →
The Israeli tour with saxophonist Tom Soloveitzik and cellist Kevin Davis in June 2010 is one of the most important defining artistic and emotional moments in my life and career as an improviser. After five concerts in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem … Continue reading →
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Tagged Album, creative sources, ernesto rodriguez, Free Improvisation, galata, haifa, Israel, jaffa, jerusalem, kevin davis, müzik, metamkine, music, tel aviv, tom soloveitzik
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Turkish free improvisation ensemble Islak Köpek will be playing a concert at Gitar Cafe in Istanbul with double-bass player Wilbert de Joode (Amsterdam) and violist/violinist Tanya Kalmanovitch (New York). This concert is a part of the collaboration with the Dutch collective Stichting … Continue reading →
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Tagged Eric Boeren, Free Improvisation, Gitar Cafe, Holland, Islak Köpek, Michael Moore, Stichting dOeK, Tanya Kalmanovitch, The Netherlands, Wilbert de Joode, Wolter Wierbos
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Germany – Gunnar Lettow & Korhan Erel Hamburg 23.11.2011, 22:00 Frequenzgänge, Hamburg Hörbar, Brigittenstr. 5 Gunnar Lettow – prepared electric bass, electronics, objects Korhan Erel – computer and controllers Second performance of the evening: visual bassic : Kathrin Bethge – projektion, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Amsterdam, Ausland, Berlin, Chris Heenan, Free Improvisation, Germany, Gunnar Lettow, Haarlem, Hamburg, Han Buhrs, Hannover, Hörbar, Holland, Mark Alban Lotz, Miss Hecker, Nazım Hikmet, Oberdeck, Robert van Heumen, Strasbourg, The Netherlands, Wilbert de Joode, Wolter Wierbos
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