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Nightingala – Reading, panel, film, concert stroll at HKW
After two years of pandemic-related cancellations, the Nightingala is finally happening on May 5th at HKW! The “Nightingales in Berlin” project, initiated by musician, philosopher, writer David Rothenberg in 2014 with me tagging along, yielded several albums (including our duo … Continue reading
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Tagged aesthetics, bülbül, Berlin, Berlin Bülbül, biology, bird, clarinet, electronic music, improvisation, nature, nightingale, Nightingales in Berlin, panel, performance, poetry, science, singing, song, voice
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Concerts in April in Berlin and Munich
I will play three improvised concerts in April, all of them being post-pandemic reunions. The first one is on April 20th with Marina Dzukljev (piano) and Michael Thieke (clarinet) at Marina’s 5-day residency at Au Topsi Pohl. Marina and I … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin, brass instruments, clarinet, concert, electroacoustic, electronics, flute, Free Improvisation, improvisation, Munich, piano
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Böseblick Concert Videos
Böseblick is a new Berlin-based ensemble for electronic music that started playing together in 2021. In March, they played their first official concert on March 10, 2022 under the Böseblick name at Berlin’s KM28 with the kind support from Initiative … Continue reading
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Tagged avant-garde, avantgarde, Berlin, computer, concert, electronic music, electronic music ensemble, electronics, ensemble, experimental music, Free Improvisation, Hydrasynth, improvisation, laptop, live electronic music, quartet, synthesizer, voice
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Solo Concert Video
I was invited by Temporary Autonomous Tele Vision (T.A.T.V) in March to play a solo in their three-day live-streamed festival. This is the video recording of this concert. I played a Hydrasynth / Sensel Morph Buchla combo, the Samplr on … Continue reading
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Tagged özgür doğaçlama, concert, electronic music, experimental music, Free Improvisation, improvisation
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Dark Eye
After playing no concerts in December and January, I will return to performing well-rested. The first performance is a take on a Turkish-Greek shadowplay tradition called Karagöz (Dark Eye). Along with Kriton Beyer (harmonium, daxophone, effects, objects) and Nicolas Wiese … Continue reading
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Tagged analog visual, audiovisual, concert, controller, daxophone, electroacoustic music, electronics, gölge oyunu, gölge tiyatrosu, hacivat, improvisation, karagöz, laptop, live projection, live visual, performance, schattenspiel, schattentheater, shadow theater, shadowplay
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Concerts in İzmir, Berlin and (Bucharest) in November
Korhan Erel goes international this month with concerts in İzmir, Berlin and Bucharest (postponed to 2022). The first concert is a solo electronic improvisation at the digitİZMir 7 Festival curated by composer/musician Mehmet Can Özer/Yaşar Üniversity in Izmir, Turkey. Korhan … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin, Bucharest, concert, electroacoustic, electronic music, ensemble, Free Improvisation, Germany, improvisation, new music, Romania, solo concert, Turkey, İzmir
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Mariá Portugal’s EROSÃO and Masterclass at Stapeltor, Duisburg
Korhan Erel is going to perform in the second concert of Mariá Portugal’s EROSÃO series at Stapeltor in Duisburg. This series will evolve around Maria’s 2021 album EROSÃO. The concert with Korhan and Liz Kosack (synthesizer) will be improvisations based … Continue reading
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Tagged concert, drums, Duisburg, electroacoustic, electronics, erosao, Free Improvisation, improvisation, improvised music, sampling, synthesizer
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Two modular synth improvisations on film
I was asked to perform in two online concert series in 2021. The first one was Executive Summary curated and organized by Jeff Carey. My episode was aired on February 22, 2021 on Twitch. The second performance was for Digitizmir, … Continue reading
Musics For No Particular Occasion – New Digital Release
Between May and August 2020, I had a relatively productive period, finally shaking the pandemic-related frozenness and depression off. As I was, just like many others, mostly at home, I composed, experimented, improvised and recorded. Most of these pieces I … Continue reading
Concerts in Berlin and Essen in March
Korhan will play three concerts in Berlin and one in Essen in March. They will play their first concert in the from of a solo electronics improvisation on experimental films with the theme of ‘daughters’ by female filmmakers on March … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin, cello, clarinette, electronic music, essen, film, flute, Free Improvisation, improvisation, Kottbusser Tor, Kotti, literature, reading, solo, spoken word, synthesizer, tubax
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