Türk Music Concerts
“Bimen Şen”

Concert

May 27, 2018 / 15:30

Pera Museum's Turkish Music Concerts series continues with a program celebrating “Bimen Şen”. Programmed by consultant Prof. Dr. Alâeddin Yavaşca and coordinated by Sinan Sipahi, the Turkish Music Concerts highlight great composers and their works, underlining the different periods of Turkish music from the historical, cultural, traditional, sociological, anthropological, philosophical, and literary aspects.

Guest Solists
Adnan Mungan - Demet Gürsoy
 
Musicians  
Osman Nuri Özpekel - Lute    
Taner Sayacıoğlu - Kanun (Zihter)   
Lütfiye Özer - Kemençe  
Volkan Yılmaz - Ney  
Volkan Ertem - Cello
 

Admission 20 TL. Sales at the Museum will begin on the day of the concert. Friends of Pera Museum have a 50% discount. Places are limited.

Soothsayer Serenades I Beautiful People by Sarp Dakni

Soothsayer Serenades I Beautiful People by Sarp Dakni

Today we are thrilled to present the second playlist of Amrita Hepi’s Soothsayer Serenades series as part of the Notes for Tomorrow exhibition. 

Paris Without End (1959-1965)

Paris Without End (1959-1965)

In the 60s, Alberto Giacometti paid homage to Paris, the city where he lived, by drawing its streets, cafés, and more private places like his studio and the apartment of his wife, Annette. These drawings would make up his last book, Paris sans fin (Paris Without End). 

Midnight Stories: The Soul <br> Aşkın Güngör

Midnight Stories: The Soul
Aşkın Güngör

The wind blows, rubbing against my legs made of layers of metal and wires, swaying the leaves of grass that have shot up from the cracks in the tarmac, and going off to the windows that look like the eyes of dead children in the wrecked buildings that seem to be everywhere as far as the eye can see.