Turkish Music Now

Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, accompanied by Erberk Eryılmaz on traditional percussion, presents a diverse range of music from Turkey and the former Ottoman Empire featuring mehter (Ottoman Janissary band) music, court music, folk music, Sufi music, and more

Festival soloists Shawn Conley, Del Sol String Quartet and Hoppa Project perform works by award winning Turkish composers from all over the world including Zeynep Gedizlioğlu (Berlin), Özkan Manav (Istanbul), Yiğit Kolat (Seattle), Ali Can Püskülcü (New York City), Mehmet Ali Şanlıkol (Boston), and Erberk Eryılmaz (Houston)