Category Archives: Performances
Islak Köpek with Sumru Ağıryürüyen, Seda Röder and Korhan Erel
Istanbul-based free improvisation ensemble Islak Köpek curates bi-monthly evenings of freely improvised music at Gitar Cafe where they invite several musicians. This month, guest musicians are Sumru Ağıryürüyen (voice), acclaimed new music pianist Seda Röder and myself. As some of you … Continue reading
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Tagged computer, controller, electroacoustic, Free Improvisation, Gitar Cafe, Islak Köpek, Istanbul, piano, voice
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sa.ne.na and korhan erel “coming together” / january 26
“Coming Together” Where contemporary beats the dance floor. Istanbul-based percussion ensemble sa.ne.na team up with electronic musician Korhan Erel for a night of danceable beats. This show has lots of original music, taking cues from IDM, Dub, West Africa, Frank … Continue reading
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Tagged attica, avantgarde, beat, coming together, computer, contemporary music, dance, electroacoustic, electronic, electronic music, electronica, ensemble, experimental, Frank Zappa, Fredric Rzewski, glockenspiel, IDM, Istanbul, laptop, marimba, modern, music, new music, percussion, techno, vibraphone
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Viewpoint: Ağıryürüyen, Erel, Gürkal / Özgür Müzik: free improv gathering @ Dunia, Jan 14
Sumru Ağıryürüyen (voice), Korhan Erel (computer, controllers), Giray Gürkal (electric guitar, effects) will present an evening of solo, duo and trio improvisations at Gitar Cafe, where they will attempt to look at music and each other from different viewpoints. The … Continue reading
Song Books: Reimagining John Cage at 100
New York violist Tanya Kalmanovitch directs an all-star cast of American and Turkish performers in radical and wide-ranging interpretations of the composer’s notebooks at the Borusan Music House, December 29 2012. The end of 2012 marks the close of the … Continue reading
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Tagged actor, Anthony Coleman, avantgarde, Ayşenur Kolivar, Borusan, Borusan Müzik Evi, Borusan Music House, computer, Gökçe Akçelik, guitar, john cage, Serra Yılmaz, singing, Song Books, Songbooks, Tanya Kalmanovitch, theatrical, Tolga Tüzün, viola, vocal, voice, Şevket Akıncı
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Islak Köpek @ Gitar Cafe, Dec 6, 2012
Istanbul-based free improvisation ensemble Islak Köpek will start their monthly concert series at Gitar Cafe on December 6, 2012. The concert will start at 9pm. In this series, Islak Köpek will alternate between playing as an ensemble and collaborating with … Continue reading
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Tagged abstract, avantgarde, concert, electroacoustic, Free Improvisation, freedom, Gitar Cafe, Islak Köpek, Istanbul, music, non-idiomatic, sound, texture, Turkey
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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
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Tagged aachen, Berlin, Bochum, cello, cologne, computer, controller, dario fariello, electroacoustic, electronic music, Erhard Hirt, Fabian Jung, free, Free Improvisation, freedom, Gülşah Erol, Germany, Gunnar Lettow, Hamburg, Hannover, Istanbul, Joana Sa, köln, Martin Blume, Martin Theurer, Matthias Muche, münster, music, nicolas wiese, non-idiomatic, Paul Lytton, quiet cue, Simon Camatta, tristan honsinger, witten, wuppertal, zeitzone
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Serra Yılmaz & Islak Köpek @ Akbank Jazz Festival
Korhan Erel’s free improvisation ensemble Islak Köpek continues their collaboration with actress Serra Yılmaz with a concert in the Akbank Jazz Festival, which is Turkey’s most progressive music festival organized by Pozitif. The collaboration between Yılmaz and Islak Köpek is … Continue reading
Viewpoint: Sumru Ağıryürüyen, Korhan Erel, Giray Gürkal @ Gitar Cafe, Oct. 18
Sumru Ağıryürüyen (voice), Korhan Erel (computer, controllers), Giray Gürkal (electric guitar, effects) will present an evening of solo, duo and trio improvisations at Gitar Cafe, where they will attempt to look at music and each other from different viewpoints. The … Continue reading
Concert with Jürg Solothurnmann and friends @ Gitar Cafe, Istanbul, September 20
Jürg Solothurnmann, the Swiss saxophonist, music writer, ethnomusicologist and lecturer, will be visiting Istanbul and playing a series of concerts with Istanbul-based improvisers. I will be playing with him and other musicians in the last one of his three performances. … Continue reading
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Tagged özlem kaya, computer, controller, David Brosset, Free Improvisation, Gitar Cafe, Istanbul, Jürg Solothurnmann, Jose Blasco
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Islak Köpek at Gitar Cafe in May
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
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