Patrick Hahn, 25-year-old young Austrian conductor, will be the permanent guest conductor of the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra for the next two seasons. We talked to Patrick Hahn about his experiences in the world of classical music, what he expects from this role, and his…
Lalalar is a striking, surprising, acrid, vibrant combination of a trio that each has a very special place in the Turkish music scene with their individual careers. The group has gathered a meaningful audience with their interdisciplinary productions. Ali Güçlü Şimşek, Barlas Tan Özemek, and…
AZRA DENİZ OKYAY/ Director What did you think about your first feature film, Ghosts, and its success in terms of both the audience and the festivals? Our film was discovered by the Venice Film Festival in April 2020, during the pandemic. We did not send…
KIDS is an album that features perspectives from different generations all at the same time. Israeli electro-pop musician Noga Erez questions her relationships, fears, and renews her belief in art and music with this new work that she put the final touches on during the…
Micheal League is one of the people that you are having trouble deciding where to start talking about him. He is a musician, an owner of a record company and a music festival and also a producer who works with pioneers of jazz, rock and…
The day after his performance at Sonar Istanbul, I set off for Karaköy to meet Ben Frost. When I come to the tiny park across from the Tophane tram stop, I find him sitting on a bench all by himself, enjoying this first sunshine of…
Interest towards theatre is pretty increased in Turkey over the recent years. The transformation in this area is observable in many ways. One by one, new theatre halls are opening in different neighborhoods of Istanbul. Theatre companies which are brave enough to perform various plays are…
Bartu Küçükçağlayan is a special person who carries every job he has undertaken to a very high level of standards, and makes it seem very easy in spite of all the challenges behind the scene/camera. His performances in theater plays which he is awarded (Kumarbazın…
Kalben is an independent woman who has strength, is talented enough to turn her joys and traumas into creative products, at peace with herself and her past, able to see the problems of the society she lives in and beyond, has a few things to…
What would happen if you were to put Radiohead’s guitarist Jonny Greenwood, Indian band The Rajathan Express and Israeli musician Shye Ben Tzur in the Mehrangarh Fort in India for three weeks? The answer is Junun. The trio collective’s eponymous album recorded in the spring of 2015 strangely blends the music of the West and the East. Performing in many European cities this year, Shye Ben Tzur and The Rajathan Express will also visit Istanbul as part of Istanbul Jazz Film Festival organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. We talked to Shye Ben Tzur before his concert at Kundra, Beykoz on July 7.