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Two Duos: Lotz/Erel and Babikyan/Erel
On February 1st, Korhan’s long-time duo with flutist Mark Alban Lotz will resurface at Berlin’s WATT Bar in Prenzlauerberg. The two musicians have met in 2010 and have played in duo as well as playing and recording with Korhan’s Istanbul … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin, contemporary, dance, dans, doğaçlama, electroacoustic, electronic music, electronics, experimental, experimental music, flöte, flüt, flute, Free Improvisation, improvisation, improvisierte musik, Istanbul, jazz, music, tanz, zeitgenössiche musik, zeitgenössichser tanz
Sound performance at Zilberman Gallery
On the occasion of Memed Erdener’s exhibition BEAUTY OF BIGOTRY and his residency at Zilberman Gallery–Berlin, Korhan will be playing a sound performance at the closing event, where there will also be a exhibition tour and a conversation between curator … Continue reading
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Tagged abstract, art, ekstramücadele, electronic music, electronics, elektronik müzik, elektronische musik, extrastruggle, music, performance, performans, ses, sound, soyut, talk, turkish art, zilberman
Concerts in December
Korhan Erel will have relatively less concerts in December compared to November, but will nevertheless play some really exciting ones. The first two concerts in December are with guitarist Eric Wong. Eric and Korhan had played several times in 2016 … Continue reading
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Tagged azerbaijan, baku, Berlin, electronic, Gießen, Giessen, improvisation, jazz, music, orchestra, world music
Concerts in November
Korhan is going to play concerts in November that feature a diverse spectrum of genres. In the first concert of the month, Korhan is going to play in an improvising orchestra conducted by pianist/drummer/composer Tyshawn Sorey in the JazzFest Berlin … Continue reading
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Tagged avant-garde, avantgarde, cello, clarinet, drums, electronics, experimental music, flute, improvisation, jazzfest berlin, music, orchestra, percussion, piano, prepared piano, reeds, rock, saxophone, singing, solo, song, trumpet, vocal, voice, VollMund
Summer activities, concerts in the Fall
It was a relatively calm summer for Korhan in terms of performances, where most time was spent on rehearsing/playing sessions with new collaboration partners as well as researching and experimenting to develop the new laptop-less performance and composition setup. In … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin, Bremen, cello, clarinet, Düsseldorf, drums, electro-acoustic, flute, Free Improvisation, Fuchsbau, guitar, Hamburg, lecture performance, müzik, music, noise, performance, performance art, saxophone, sewing machine, stimme, trumpet, viola, voice
Concerts in Berlin in May
Korhan Erel will present some of his recent collaborations with Berlin-based improvisers in Spektrum and Officina Neukölln in May, as well as performing in a re-run of the Hide&Seek shows in the Jewish Museum. On May 30, he’ll be part of … Continue reading
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Tagged audio, özgür doğaçlama, Berlin, clarinet, electronics, Free Improvisation, freie improvisierte musik, improv, improvisation, jewish, music, reeds, refugees, saxophone, teenagers, zither
Empire plays in Amsterdam, Moers and Duisburg
Empire is an improvisation trio that came into existence when guitarist Thorsten Töpp invited trumpet player Liz Allbee and electronics player Korhan Erel to play two concerts with him in the Platzhirsch Festival in Duisburg in 2016. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Amsterdam, art-rock, avant-garde, avantgarde, computer, contemporary, Duisburg, electro-acoustic, electroacoustic, electronics, empire, Free Improvisation, improvisation, iPad, moers, post-pop, post-rock, recorder, rock
Female Voice of Iran, schimmernd in March
Korhan Erel will play some very exciting concerts in Berlin and various towns in Switzerland in two projects. The first series of concerts will be in the framework of “Female Voice of Iran” festival which is organized by Zeitgenössische Oper … Continue reading
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Concerts in February
After an amazingly successful and satisfying, and last-ever concert at Miss Hecker with fantastic musicians and a 50-strong audience, Korhan Erel continues their concert series in February with the following performances in Berlin, Hannover, Istanbul and Ankara: February 9 / … Continue reading
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Tagged Ankara, art, Berlin, conceptual music, exhibition, Hannover, improvisation, Istanbul, music, sound art
Cyminology in Istanbul
Korhan Erel will be playing with Cyminology as one of the guest musicians on January 25 at Borusan Music House. The other guest musician is Martin Stegner, violist extraordinaire, who has been playing and recording with Cyminology for a long … Continue reading
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Tagged çağdaş doğaçlama, çağdaş klasik, çağdaş müzik, Borusan Müzik Evi, Borusan Music House, caz, chamber music, contemporary classical, davul, double-bass, drums, ECM, Farsi, iran, Istanbul, jazz, kontrabas, kontrbas, oda müziği, persian, piano, piyano, poesie, poetry, vocal, voice, şiir
