Letter from Istanbul, Boston, MA, Apr 29
Letter from Istanbul Ensemble Concert—April 29, 2006 Saturday 8 PM, Boston MA
Tower Auditorium, Tower Building
Massachusetts College of Art
621 Huntington Avenue, Boston
Located at the corner of Longwood Ave. & Huntington Ave.
Accessible by Green Line E train (Longwood stop) or by #39 bus.
Tickets: Priority Seating $16, General Admission $11 -- when purchased on-line
Priority Seating $20, General Admission $15 -- at the door
Presented by 5th Boston Turkish Film and Music Festival
Tickets & more information:
www.bostonturkishfilmfestival.org/2006Festival/program_2006_main.htm
Tour webpage:
www.goldenhorn.com/display.php4?content=engagements&page=ge_lfi_2006.html
Letter from Istanbul celebrates the traditional music of Western Anatolia & Aegean Islands. This project grew out of the longtime musical friendship of Derya Türkan and Sokratis Sinopoulos. Letter from Istanbul is a sophisticated melding of traditional Turkish and Greek folk forms such as zeybeks and sirtos. The ensemble includes: Derya Türkan on kemenche, Sokratis Sinopoulos on kemenche (Turkish fiddle) and lavta (short-necked lute), Ugur Isik on violoncello, Hakan Güngör on kanun (plucked zither), Perikles Papapetropoulos, also on lavta, and the Yarkin brothers, Fahreddin and Ferruh, on percussions. Master Derya Türkan is dedicated to continuing the style of his teacher Ihsan Özgen and of Tanburi Cemil Bey. Sokratis Sinopoulos has played in Ross Daly’s Labyrinth Ensemble, with Greek demotika and rebetika groups, as well as Byzantine music and western jazz ensembles.
Ensemble Members
Derya Türkan—kemenche (kemençe, three-stringed fiddle)
Sokratis Sinopoulos—kemenche (politiki lyra) & lavta (polítiko laoúto)
Ugur Isik—violoncello
Hakan Güngör—kanun (plucked zither)
Perikles Papapetropoulos—lavta (polítiko laoúto)
Fahreddin Yarkin—percussion
Ferruh Yarkin—percussion
April 29, 2006 Saturday 8 PM
Boston, MA
Presented by 5th Boston Turkish Film and Music Festival
Tickets & more information:
www.bostonturkishfilmfestival.org/2006Festival/program_2006_main.htm
Tour webpage:
www.goldenhorn.com/display.php4?content=engagements&page=ge_lfi_2006.html