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Foreword

Based in Istanbul, Hezarfen is an ensemble of internationally recognized musicians dedicated to the highest standards of contemporary performance and the proliferation of contemporary music originating both from Turkey and abroad. Through its performances, lectures and workshops, the ensemble aims to energize the contemporary music scene in Istanbul,   providing an

Hezarfen Ensemble

 international platform on which Turkish composers can have their music performed at the highest level, and one on which the most important contemporary international composers have their works introduced to Turkey. Hezarfen works with projects that facilitate intercultural exchange and encourage diverse artistic and musical encounters. Together with its long-term commitment to raising levels of awareness and accessibility of contemporary musical art for audiences in Turkey, it provides advanced training for the best of the new generation of musicians through workshops and collaborations with internationally known conductors and members of Ensemble Modern, MusikFabrik Cologne and other partner international elite musicians and ensembles. Hezarfen Ensemble is in residence at MIAM Center for Advanced Studies of Music, Istanbul Technical University.

HEZARFEN CONCERTS

SAMIR ODEH-TAMIMI & HEZARFEN ENSEMBLE

25 Apr 2012

Samir Odeh-Tamimi Almanya’da yaşıyor ve yapıtlarında bugünkü Avrupalı çevresini ve çocukluğunu ve gençliğini belirlemiş olan islami-doğulu...

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Samir Odeh-Tamimi & Hezarfen Ensemble

BüYüKSEHIR BELEDIYESI CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS

02 Apr 2012

Hezarfen Ensemble explores the work of Köksal, Dusapin, Piazzolla and Manav. Füsün Koksal’s String Quartet

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Büyüksehir Belediyesi Chamber Music Concerts

FRENCH CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

15 Feb 2012

Hezarfen discovers the works of French masters.

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FRENCH CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

BORUSAN NEW SERIES

18 Nov 2011

The soloists from the Ensemble Adapter based in Berlin and Hezarfen Ensemble based in Istanbul are getting together for the first concert of the Borusan New Series at Borusan Müzik Evi

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BORUSAN NEW SERIES

WORKS FOR STRING QUARTET BY WOMEN COMPOSERS

04 May 2011

ZEYNEP GEDİZLİOĞLU - LERA AUERBACH - FÜSUN KÖKSAL - FRANGHEZ ALİ-ZADEH

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WORKS FOR STRING QUARTET by WOMEN COMPOSERS

LERA AUERBACH & OSVALDO GOLIJOV

03 Feb 2011

Argentinian-American Jewish composer Osvaldo Golijov passionately explores multiple layers of his roots in The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind, an epic work for clarinet, using techniques of Klezmer Music--and String Quartet.

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Lera Auerbach & Osvaldo Golijov

HEZARFEN IN CAPPADOCIA

17 Aug 2010

Hezarfen Ensemble works with graduate-level string players on contemporary techniques, crossover projects and improvisation. Daily composers workshops, readings of works by emerging Turkish composers.

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Hezarfen in Cappadocia

SCORDATURA

28 Apr 2010

Hezarfen Ensemble retunes its instruments in search of new sounds in a program focused on microtonal music by young Istanbul-based composers.

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Scordatura

GRAMMAR OF DREAMS

06 Sep 2011

Joined by the luminous voices of soprano Christie Finn and mezzo-soprano Arlene Rolph, Hezarfen Ensemble invites audiences on a journey into the Grammar of Dreams.

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GRAMMAR OF DREAMS

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Guest Musicians

2010-2011

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