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The Liz and Cymin Samawatie Music Lounge
Korhan “Liz” Erel is going to perform with The Liz in the KIMFEST on December 9 at Berlin’s Prachtwerk. The trio will perform their piece “Book of Birds”. The Liz has performed this piece at Quiet Cue, Moers Festival and … Continue reading
“Deconstruction of a Poem” with Lerna Babikyan
Lerna Babikyan is a dancer, actress and teacher who has recently relocated to Berlin from Istanbul. Korhan and Lerna have known each other for a long time, and have collaborated several times, the first time being as early as 2008, … Continue reading
UnStumm in Hong Kong and Singapore
UnStumm is Korhan Erel’s intercultural collaborative audiovisual project he developed with Nicola Hein. The project was premiered with the support of Akademie der Künste der Welt in 2015 in Cologne between artists from Germany and Turkey. Nicola and Korhan are … Continue reading
Concerts in September
Korhan Erel will play many concerts in several German cities in September. The first twoconcerts will be in the Platzhirsch Festival in Duisburg on September 3 and 4 with the core trio Empire of Thorsten Töpp, Liz Allbee and Korhan … Continue reading
Concerts in Wiesbaden, Frankfurt, Berlin, Munich, Krailling
Korhan Erel is going to be playing some very exciting festivals and concerts in many cities across Germany in July. First one is the Humanoise Congress #28 in Wiesbaden on July 1-3, where Korhan is going to camp out with … Continue reading
a garden
welcome to our garden of polyrhythmic and cyclical temporality with Jagna Anderson and Korhan Erel Continue reading
The Liz at moers festival – full concert video
The Liz’s “Book of Birds” concert at moers festival was fantastically broadcast and videotaped by ARTE. The video lived on ARTE’s website for six months and has expired mid-November. Now it is available on YouTube. Enjoy!
Two concerts with Istanbul Composers Orchestra
Originally posted on Korhan Erel:
Korhan Erel will be playing two concerts with Laia Genc’s Istanbul Composers Orchestra in Istanbul on April 13 and in Berlin on May 7, both concerts in the program of the XJAZZ Festival. The festival’s…
The Liz “Book of Birds” Premiere
The Liz was born out of a first-time meeting of Liz Allbee, Liz Kosack and Korhan “Liz” Erel in the Kim Fest on December 3, 2014. What started out as an improvising trio of amplified trumpet, synthesizer and computer turned into … Continue reading
David Rothenberg & Korhan Erel: Berlin Bülbül
Originally posted on Between Sound and Space: ECM Records and Beyond:
David Rothenberg, familiar to ECM listeners through his fascinating duo album with Marilyn Crispell, has constructed one of the most idiosyncratic vessels in which to sail the waters of…