Turkish Music Concerts
“Refik Fersan”

Concert

April 26, 2015 / 15:30

Pera Museum continues the Turkish Music Concerts series with a program celebrating the composer Refik Fersan. Programmed by consultant Prof. Dr. Alâeddin Yavaşca and coordinated by Sinan Sipahi, the Turkish Music Concerts highlight great composers and their works, underlining the different periods of Turkish music from the historical, cultural, traditional, sociological, anthropological, philosophical, and literary aspects. 

Guest Solist
  
Çiğdem Yarkın

Musicians   
Osman Nuri Özpekel - Lute  
Taner Sayacıoğlu – Kanun (Zither)  
Lütfiye Özer – Kemençe  
Volkan Yılmaz – Reedflute  
Volkan Ertem – Cello  

Admission 20 TL. Sales at the Museum will begin on the day of the concert. Friends of Pera Museum have a 50% discount. Places are limited.

Midnight Horror Stories:  The Moon Pool <br> Işın Beril Tetik

Midnight Horror Stories: The Moon Pool
Işın Beril Tetik

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An Ottoman Ambassador and a French Bulldog at Covent Garden

An Ottoman Ambassador and a French Bulldog at Covent Garden

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The First Nudes

The First Nudes

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