David Rothenberg and Korhan Erel have been playing live with nightingales in Berlin since 2014. In their third year in the city, which is one of the most important locations for nightingale research in Europe, they will do two outdoor concerts in Hasenheide on April 23 and in Viktoriapark on April 29.
Rothenberg and Erel have recorded this music on the 2015 release from Gruenrekorder/Terra Nova, Berlin Bülbül, and have performed this music together in Berlin and in Istanbul.
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Hasenheide, April 23
We will gather at 1130pm at the main entrance to the park at Hasenheide 81, then head into the park to find the most engaged, singing bird to perform a one-hour trio performance with.
David Rothenberg, clarinets
Korhan Erel, iPad, Samplr
Viktoriapark, April 29
We will gather at 1130pm on the night of April 29th at the main entrance to Viktoriapark at Kreuzbergstrasse 10, then head into the park to find the most engaged, singing bird to perform a one-hour trio performance with. This time, they will be joined by a larger selection of fantastic musicians:
David Rothenberg, clarinet
Korhan Erel, iPad, Samplr
Cymin Samawatie, vocals
Ralf Schwarz, bass
Frédéric L’Épée, guitar
Lembe Lokk, vocals
plus special secret guests…
Donations will be accepted.
Cymin Samawatie & Ralf Schwarz – http://www.cyminology.de
Frédéric L’Épée – http://fredericlepee.eu/
Lembe Lokk – www.lembe.net
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.