Category Archives: Projects
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
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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
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
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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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
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
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Tagged art, circus, computer, electroacoustic, electronic, electronics, guitar, guzheng, hong kong, improvisation, intercultural, irish, john cage, live visual, media, multidisciplinary, multimedia, music, singapore, singapur, video, video art
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
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Tagged Almanya, avantgarde, özgür doğaçlama, üçgen, Berlin, bilgisayar, book of birds, caz, cologne, computer, computer music, concert, controller, davul, dörtgen, Deutschland, double-bass, doğaçlama, drums, Duisburg, electric guitar, electroacoustic, electroacoustic music, electronic, electronics, elektrik gitar, elektroakustik, elektronik, euskirchen, Farsi, festival, flüt, flute, Free Improvisation, freedom, Germany, gitar, guitar, Gunnar Lettow, Hamburg, improvisation, iran, jazz, köln, klarinet, klarinette, klavier, konser, kontrabas, kuş, laptop, müzik, music, percussion, piano, piyano, poesie, poetry, rectangle, saksofon, saxophone, schlagzeug, ses, Türkçe, Türkei, türkisch, türkiye, triangle, trumpet, Turkey, Turkish, vocal, voice, vokal, world music, şiir
