Category Archives: News
Two new albums, concerts in Munich
In July 2016, Korhan was invited by reeds player Udo Schindler to play in his Arch Musica series in Munich. The first concert was with the trio with trombonist Sebi Tramontana, while the second one was a duo with Udo … Continue reading
Posted in News, Projects, Releases
Tagged Album, Üflemeli, Bläser, Brass, CD, concert, creative sources, electro-acoustic, electroacoustic, electronics, FMR, Free Improvisation, freie improvisierte musik, improvisation, konser, Konzert, München, Munich, Nefesliler, posaune, reeds, trombon, trombone
Leave a comment
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
Posted in News, Performances, Projects
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
Leave a comment
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
Posted in News, Performances
Tagged abstract, art, ekstramücadele, electronic music, electronics, elektronik müzik, elektronische musik, extrastruggle, music, performance, performans, ses, sound, soyut, talk, turkish art, zilberman
Leave a comment
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
Posted in News, Performances
Tagged azerbaijan, baku, Berlin, electronic, Gießen, Giessen, improvisation, jazz, music, orchestra, world music
Leave a comment
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
Posted in News, Performances, Projects
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
Leave a comment
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
Posted in News, Performances, Projects
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
Leave a comment
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
Posted in News, Performances, Projects
Tagged audio, özgür doğaçlama, Berlin, clarinet, electronics, Free Improvisation, freie improvisierte musik, improv, improvisation, jewish, music, reeds, refugees, saxophone, teenagers, zither
Leave a comment
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
Posted in News, Performances, Projects
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
Leave a comment
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
Posted in News, Performances, Projects
Leave a comment
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
Posted in News, Performances
Tagged Ankara, art, Berlin, conceptual music, exhibition, Hannover, improvisation, Istanbul, music, sound art
Leave a comment
Korhan Erel 