Roza sings the blues 5 novembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, History / Histoire, Istanbul, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Akisato Suzuki, documentary, Greece, Israël, London, music, rembetika, Roy Sher, Roza Eskenazi
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The Guardian – G2 (UK) Wednesday, November 5, 2014, p. 18
Laura Barton
Music without borders 3 novembre 2012
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Israël, Ladino, music, Turkey, Yasmin Levy
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Financial Times (UK) Saturday, November 3, 2012, p. 14
FT Weekend supplement – Life & Arts
By Maya Jaggi
For the Jerusalem-born singer Yasmin Levy, her « melting pot » city was a place to imbibe a « big beautiful mixture » of musical styles. Yet when she was trying to identify a haunting Persian melody that her mother played her as a child, it was a London cabbie who helped her out. (suite…)
A Turkish delight 14 octobre 2012
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Bülent Elmas, concert, Emrullah Sengüller, Eyüp Hamis, Göksel Baktagir, Istanbul Sazendeleri, Malta, music, Ottoman Court Music, Selim Güler, Turkey, Valletta, Yurdal Tokcan
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The Sunday Times (Malta) Sunday, October 14, 2012, p. 45
Michael Bugeja
Founded in 1999 by Yurdal Tokcan, Istanbul Sazendeleri is a community of musicians from Turkey – each of them specialising in a particular instrument, each of them a virtuoso in his own right – with the common aim of promoting Turkey’s musical heritage. (suite…)
A Muscular Performance to Ring Through Museum Halls 23 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: classical music, Fazil Say, Metropolitan Museum, music, New York, piano, récital, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, USA
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The New York Times (USA) Monday, April 23, 2012, p. C 5
By Anthony Tommasini
The Turkish pianist Fazil Say’s performance at the Metropolitan Museum on Friday night was the only traditional piano recital presented in the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium this season. (suite…)
Harmonious Triad of Religions 20 avril 2012
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Euro-Turkish Pera Ensemble, Germany, Mehmet Yeşilçay, music, Music for the One God, Ottoman Empire, Turkey / Turquie
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Qantara.de (Germany) 20.04.2012 Deutsch
Stefan Franzen
Under the direction of the Turkish composter and oud player Mehmet Yeşilçay, the multinational project « Music for the One God » unites the sounds of Islamic, Sephardic-Jewiosh and Christian music. Stefan Franzen reports. (suite…)
Sing for your supper 24 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: drink, fasil, food, Istanbul, meyhane, music, nightlife, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie
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The Guardian (UK) Saturday, 24 March 2012, p. 6
Travel section – City Nightlife
Alev Scott
Traditional Istanbul taverns offer raucous, raki-fuelled nights of Turkish fasil song and dance. Just be prepared to join in, says Alev Scott. (suite…)
Modern masterpiece from Ottoman past 17 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, History / Histoire, Istanbul, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: CD, History / Histoire, Istanbul, Jordi Savall, music, Ottoman Empire, Turkey / Turquie
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The Age (Australia) March 17, 2012, p. 25
Music – Review of the week
John Shand
About 500 years ago Istanbul was reportedly a city of peerless beauty, containing a thriving, essentially harmonious multiculturalist, multi-faith society and vast artistic riches. Among these was music. (suite…)
To What Strange Place: Album review 15 février 2012
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, History / Histoire, Immigration, Middle East / Moyen Orient, South East Europe / Europe du Sud-Est, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: album review, History / Histoire, Ian Nagoski, Marika Papagika, music, Ottoman Empire, USA
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Inner West Courier (Australia) 15 Feb 2012
By Steve Moffatt
To What Strange Place, a three-disc collection of early recordings of refugees from the Ottoman diaspora made in America from 1916-1929, makes for some fascinating listening. (suite…)
Turkish singer resurfaces after violent brush with death 22 juin 2011
Posted by Acturca in Art-Culture, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Ibrahim Tatlises, music, organized crime, Turkey / Turquie
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The New York Times (USA) June 22, 2011
by Susanne Güsten, Istanbul
Drums were beaten, pipes played, and people danced in the streets of Istanbul on Sunday, as the singer Ibrahim Tatlises, a megastar in Turkey and much of the Middle East and Central Asia, made his first public appearance since being shot in the head by a hit squad three months ago. (suite…)
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