Listening to Istanbul

In this video the New Music pianist Seda Röder introduces her project Listening to Istanbul: An Encounter with Turkish Contemporary Music. If you would like to be informed about the upcoming CD and concerts simply sign up for our newsletter. [ Javascript required to view QuickTime movie, please turn it on and refresh this page [...]

In this video Tolga Tüzün speaks about the compositional process that underlies his solo piano piece “Permance.” [ Javascript required to view QuickTime movie, please turn it on and refresh this page ]

This episode of Listening to Istanbul features a video interview with the Turkish composer Zeynep Gedizlioğlu. In this video we talk about Zeynep’s music and her expectations from an audience. We hope you enjoy this video. Please let us know if you have any questions or comments. Thanks for watching us! Part 1 [ Javascript [...]

Welcome to the second episode of Listening to Istanbul. This episode features a video of a conversation I made with the composer Tolga Tüzün in January 2010 in Istanbul. In this video we talk about his music and his life in Istanbul. As always, we would be more than happy to hear your comments. If [...]

Welcome to the first episode of Listening to Istanbul. Listening to Istanbul is a Special Edition of my podcast series Blackbox and it will accompany the different stages of the Listening to Istanbul Project. This first special episode features a conversation with the Turkish composer Tolga Yayalar about his newest solo piano composition in the [...]