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Das Istanbuler Label Kalan Müzik portraitiert Türken, Armenier, Kurden, Juden, Griechen, Assyrer, Aramäer und Yeziden.

Musikethnologische Aufnahmen werden meistens im Westen produziert. Kalan Müzik macht hier eine Ausnahme. Das unabhängige Istanbuler Label legt auf seinen aufwendig produzierten CDs die kulturellen Wurzeln der Türkei frei und portraitiert die Musik der im Lande lebenden Armenier, Kurden, Juden, Griechen, Assyrer, Aramäer und Yeziden.

Sprecher*innen: Cécile Olshausen (DRS2), Kjell Keller (DRS2)

Mit den Musiker*innen: Hadass Pal-Yarden, Asik Veysel, Roza Eskenazi, Knar, Nizamettin Aric, Aynur, Birol Topaloglu & Ngoluri Didalepe, Hazan Aaron, Kohen Yasak, International Italian Quartet.

Biography

Thomas Burkhalter, PhD, is an anthropologist, multidisciplinary artist, and writer from Bern, Switzerland. He is the founder and director of Norient and the Norient Festival. Burkhalter has co-directed documentary films, including Contradict (Berner Filmpreis 2020, Al-Jazeera Witness), and created AV/theatre performances. He is the author and co-editor of several books, such as Local Music Scenes and Globalization: Transnational Platforms in Beirut (Routledge) and The Arab Avant Garde: Musical Innovation in the Middle East (Wesleyan University Press). His experimental radio feature, Gqom Edits – A Durban Visit, was nominated for the Prix Europa in 2017. Burkhalter teaches regularly at universities, leads workshops for arts institutions, and, since 2022, has produced the Norient Mixtape for Swiss National Radio SRF3. Currently, Burkhalter's focus lies on his new music/AV duo, Melodies In My Head, and the podcast Long Take: Life as an Artist. Burkhalter’s work combines personal and global perspectives, often in close collaboration with artists and thinkers from across the world. Follow him on Instagram, Research Gate, Academia.edu, Bandcamp, Spotify, or Meta.

Biography

Simon Grab, the co-founder of ganzerplatz soundstudios has been an active musician and producer in a wide range of musical contexts. As a composer and sound artist he produces music & sounddesign for feature films, documentaries, theatre and radio. In live performances and installations he uses the venue as an acoustic playground. He likes exploring new grounds by negating existing borders. Follow him on Youtube, Instagram, or BandCamp.

Published on October 21, 2010

Last updated on May 01, 2024

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