Past Events in 2000

Art shows, concerts, cultural events, and conventions by artists and scholars from Turkey and by Turkish Americans that you may have missed :-(

Istanbul Orchestra Concert - at Rebar, 127 8th Ave (corner of 8th Ave & 16th St.), New York City
December 18, 2000 at 8 pm
Featuring master kanun player Tamer Pinarbasi, percussionist Gilad from Israel, and saxophonist Dan Jordan. Musical director Atilla Engin
Anatolian - World Music Concert with renowned Turkish recording artists - master Saz players Arif Sag, Erdal Erzincan and Atilla Engin's The Istanbul Orchestra - at SYMPHONY SPACE, 2537 Broadway at 95th St., New York City.
December 3, 2000 7:30 PM
Tickets: $25 - $30 - $45 at the Box Office: 212 - 864 5400 or online
Screening of films by Omer Kavur - at the Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Ave (at 2nd St.) , NYC
November 2 to November 7, 2000
For schedule call Anthology Film Archives (212) 505-5181
No advance ticket sale.

"A 14 piece Ethnic - World Jazz Big Band" The New York premiere of
THE ISTANBUL ORCHESTRA, composer, performer-conductor Atilla Engin
Monday, the 14th of August, 2000 at DEANNA'S Jazz Club at
107 Rivington Str. East Village (Betw. Essex & Ludlow). SOON Productions (212) 674 4694 E-mail: info@soonpr.com; Istanbul Records Inc. (973)268-2949 E-mail:istanbulrecords@aol.com
New York MayFest -- many cultural events including art exhibits, dance, art studio visits, films and plays, concerts
May 5 through May 31, 2000
For Tickets and Info - (212) 218-7665
"Bir Garip Orhan Veli" one-man play by Musfik Kenter - at Florence Gould Hall, 55 East 59th Street (Between Park and Madison Ave.) New York City
May 7, 2000 at 7.30pm
Tickets: $35 - $40 from Soon Productions - (212) 674 4694
Film screening of "Degirmen" - at the Graduate Student Lounge at Dudley House, (Lehman Hall, in Harvard yard, across from Au Bon Pain in Harvard SquareMA), Harvard University, Cambridge,

April 14, 2000 at 5:30 pm

Free, snacks and drinks will be provided.

Directed by Atif Yilmaz (1986), starring Sener Sen
(no English subtitles) For more info visit

Turkish Film Series - at GSU Conference Auditorium, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA.

March 13, 2000: Everything's Gonna Be Great (Her Sey Cok Guzel Olacak)
March 20: Mr. Muhsin (Muhsin Bey)
March 27: Somersault in a Coffin (Tabutta Rovasata)
April 3 : Cholera Street (Agir Roman)
April 10: The Wound (Yara)

All films start at 7:30pm
Free Admission to all films. For more information

Barbaros Erkose Ensemble March 2000 North American Tour -

Highly regarded for his work with the famed Erköse Brothers, other Turkish
musicians and musicians from around the world, clarinet virtuoso Barbaros
Erköse is a celebrated master of Turkey's traditional fasil Roman (Gypsy)
music. The passion, finesse, and subtlety of his work never fail to move
audiences.

In this tour, the Barbaros Erköse Ensemble will present an array of Turkish
light classical fasil and urban music in the driving and fluid
improvisational style found among Roman urban musicians of Turkey. These
concerts will portray a captivating and exciting range of musical colors
from the Turkish urban landscape.

TOUR SCHEDULE

March 17, 2000 Friday
New York, NY
World Music Institute
Symphony Space, Broadway at 95th St., New York
(212) 545-7536
http://www.heartheworld.org/concerts/index.html

March 18, 2000 Saturday
Boston, MA
Somerville Theatre
55 Davis Sq., Somerville
World Music
Telephone: (617) 876-4275
Fax: (617) 876-9170
Http://www.worldmusic.org

March 19, 2000 Sunday
Minneapolis, MN
Cedar Cultural Center

March 21, 2000 Tuesday at 7:30 PM
Madison, WI
University of Wisconsin
Memorial Union, Great Hall
The Village Dance House
http://pages.prodigy.net/dcode/vdh/
Info: (608) 233-5322

March 22, 2000 Wednesday at 7:00 PM
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington Street
Preston Bradley Hall (3rd floor)
For more information: (312) 744-6630

March 24, 2000 Friday
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
CMC Theatre
Canadian Museum of Civilization
100 Laurier Street
P. O. Box 3100, Station B
Hull, Quebec J8X 4H2
Telephone: (819) 776-7181
Fax: (819) 776-8279
http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/cmceng/live4eng.html#Barbaros
Presented in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in
Ottawa, Canada

March 26, 2000 Sunday
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
du Maurier Theatre Centre
231 Queens Quay West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 973-4000
For Information:
Alan Davis
e-mail: smlwrld@interlog.com
Small World Music
Telephone: (416) 536-4769
http://www.smallworldmusic.com

To celebrate the Barbaros Erköse Ensemble's U.S. debut tour, Golden Horn
Records is releasing a brand new recording with the Ensemble. Titled "Lingo
Lingo", this album was recorded in November 1999 in Istanbul. The album's
North American release date is March 14, 2000.

"Mediterranean Music" by Musica Mundana Chamber Music Society - at The Harvard Club, Harvard Hall 27, West 44th Street, New York City
March 28, 2000 at 7:30 p.m.
RSVP: (212) 674-4694 Suggested donation: $40
Musica Mundana is founded and directed by Aysegul Durakoglu, who will perform works by Ekrem Zeki Un, Cemal Resit Rey, and other French, Greek, Italian, Sephardic, and Spanish composers, along with musicians Anna Bartos, Patricai Kacmarczyk, San San Kletzien, Peter Prosser and Virginia Luque.
"Songs of Peace" Zulfu Livaneli & Maria Farandouri concert - The Town Hall, 123 W. 43rd Street, New York City
March 17, 2000 at ? pm
Tickets : $30, $35, $40. Information: Soon Productions: (212) 674 4694
This Concert will bring together Turkish and Greekaudiences for the first time in the USA to promote Turkish-Greek friendship. With Uli Moritz , Ferhat Livaneli, Erdal Akkay , Stafen Dohanetz, Martin Rainer Lillich , Halil Karaduman, Kemal Goksun Cavdar , Pascal Ernst Henning Schmied & guest musicians.

Past Events in 1999

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