Korhan Erel will be playing his first-ever concert with the amazing Cyminology as one of the guest musicians on April 20 in Allerheiligen-Hofkirche in Munich. The other guest musician is Martin Stegner, violist extraordinaire, who has been playing and recording with Cyminology for a long time.
The concert is almost sold out, so if you are in Munich and want to see this great band, click on this link for tickets.
The ECM band Cyminology combines Persian poetry and chamber-esque contemporary music: East and West, old and new in beautiful synthesis. The subtle yet dynamic, softly-pulsating music takes its cue from the sound of the Persian language presenting poets such as Rumi, Hafis and Khayyam.
Cymin Samawatie’s compositions combine elements from different kinds of music, including chamber jazz, open improvisation, modern composition, impressionism and minimalism.
Cyminology creates a space, in which post-migrant European culture is expressed in music and poetry. It is an adventurous experience to listen and to watch the sensitive interaction within the Berlin based quartet (founded 2002).
Cymin Samawatie, vocals, composition
Benedikt Jahnel, piano, composition
Ralf Schwarz, double bass
Tobias Backhaus, drums
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Martin Stegner, viola
Korhan Erel, electronics, sound processing
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 
Korhan Erel will be improvising with an amazing line up of musicians on April 7 at Quiet Cue. Lotte Anker, who will be visiting Berlin that week, will be joined by Michael Vorfeld on percussion and Adam Pultz Melbye on double-bass. Concert starts at 20.30.
Antje Vowinckel and Korhan Erel have been working and playing together since the summer of 2014. Starting out as an improvising duo, they have evolved their playing into a performance of political satire, where they teach each other words in German and Turkish, in the name of “Privilegierte Partnerschaft”, privileged partnership, which is German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s proposal for Turkey instead of full membership.
Korhan Erel will play only two concerts in January 2016, both of which will be in Berlin. The first one will be a celebration of the anniversary of cellist friend Uygur Vural’s first concert in Berlin at Miss Hecker. Besides Korhan, Uygur has invited violinist Biliana Voutchkova and clarinetist Michael Thieke, who was in the line up of the original concert with Korhan. The concert will be at Miss Hecker on January 9, 2016, exactly one year after the original concert. There will be some snacks too!
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