Category Archives: News
PledgeMusic crowdsourcing campaign for Berlin Bülbül
David Rothenberg and Korhan Erel have launched a crowdsourcing campaign on PledgeMusic for their album Berlin Bülbül, which will be officially released on May 15 on Gruenrekorder. Please support us and get goodies in return, including improvisation lessons by David … Continue reading
Album release: Berlin Bülbül – David Rothenberg and Korhan Erel
David Rothenberg and Korhan Erel will soon release a CD of live music with nightingales, Berlin Bülbül on Gruenrekorder. David and Korhan met in Berlin in early 2014 and started playing concerts and recording, including one concert at Treptower Park in … Continue reading
Concerts and exhibition in January 2015
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, … Continue reading
Winter break
My concerts are over for the year 2014. The first performance of 2015 will be at Miss Hecker in Berlin with Michael Thieke (clarinets), Emilio Gordoa (prepared vibraphone) and Uygur Vural (cello). Until then, I will be focusing on preparing … Continue reading
Concerts in December
Korhan Erel’s concerts in Berlin in December 2014 featuring Ute Wassermann, Biliana Voutchkova, Liz Allbee, Liz Kosack, Meinrad Kneer, Wolfgang Seidel and Klaus Kürvers. Continue reading
New Release: Live at Gitar Cafe by Canned Fit, Yannis Saxonis and Korhan Erel
A concert recording by Canned Fit (Christine Schörkhuber), Yannis Saxonis and myself at GitarCafe in Istanbul on September 9, 2013 has been released on the netlabel Gronde Murmure today. It’s a free download (you can pay if you want, of … Continue reading
Bad Falling Bostel – New album with Gunnar Lettow is out
Gunnar Lettow and Korhan Erel have been playing concerts in Germany since November 2011 after their first-time meeting in Istanbul in April 2011. This three-year collaboration is now documented with an album titled “Bad Falling Bostel” released on Creative Sources … Continue reading
Concerts in Germany: Soundtrips, Lettow/Erel/Erol, Honsinger/Fariello/Erel/İleri
Soundtrips This November, Korhan Erel will be playing six concerts with cellist/bandmate Gülşah Erol in the Soundtrips concert series curated by Simon Camatta, Gunda Gottschalk, Erhard Hirt, Paul Hubweber, Carl Ludwig Hübsch, and Martin Blume. In each concert, there will be … Continue reading
NYC Jazz Record reviews the latest Mark A. Lotz & Islak Köpek album
The October issue of New York City Jazz Record has a very good review of the Mark Lotz & Islak Köpek album Istanbul Improv Sessions May 4th by Tom Greenland. Berlin-born, Den Haag-based flutist Mark Alban Lotz is a globetrotting musician … Continue reading
John Eyles Review of Three States of Freedom
Allaboutjazz.com writer John Eyles‘ review of Three States of Freedom published on August 10, 2012: “Eddie Prevost‘s improvisation workshop has been meeting weekly in London since 1999, with several hundred participants having attended. In that time, some of its long-standing … Continue reading