Turkish author Orhan Pamuk once wrote: ‘The Middle East and Europe look at each other as if in a mirror and have constantly influenced each other, without either side wanting to acknowledge it.’ Inspired by the accounts of explorers, renowned kemenche player Emine Bostancı embarks on a musical journey from Europe to the Ottoman Empire and Persia – and back again.
Bostancı is making this journey together with the Turkish, Iranian, and Dutch musicians of the Dareyn Ensemble. They use historical texts, a unique Ottoman kemenche, and ultra-modern 4D sound. What makes this performance unique is that the performers take the audience on a journey through time and to different locations. You will experience what music sounded like in the 15th century at six ancient sites in Vienna, Istanbul, and Isfahan.
Program
Works by Dimitrie Cantemir, Wojciech Bobowski, and other composers
Musicians
Dareyn Ensemble
Emine Bostancı kemenche
Bekir Ünlüataer voice
Hossein Baharbin voice
Nizar Rohana oud
Khorshid Dadbeh tanbur, tar
Zeynep Yıldız Abbasoğlu qanûn
Vinsent Planjer percussion
Holland Baroque:
Judith Steenbrink baroque violin
Tineke Steenbrink harpsichord, organ