The music and opera projects are driven by criteria such as the European dimension, cities and urbanity, cultural diversity and dialogue, education and development. Therefore, the various projects aim at strengthening modern cultural phenomenon in Turkey by creating incentives for national and European artists to collaborate, spreading the extent of art across the city and encouraging the mobility and activity of culture sector workers.



All Music & Opera Projects

A Story of the City Constantinople-İstanbul “A Story of the City Constantinople-İstanbul” is an original music project which is realized by taking into consideration basic criteria prescribed by the Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency.

Peace concert at Brussels: "Music Beyond the Conflicts” A Peace Concert by Turkish, Greek, Cypriot, Armenian, Jewish, Iranian, Egyptian and American pianists with an emphasis on similarities rather than diversities.

Tales of Future 'Tales of Future' is a multimedia activity that combines music and technology in an innovative approach by including an installation project and the music album "Tales of Future" by Sinan Bökesoy.

Classical Turkish Music Projects

2010 the year of Ali Ufkî (Ali Ufkî is 400 years old) Known by the name Ali Ufkî in our cultural history, Albert Bobowski was an important name in Ottoman state history due to his musical work as well as political assignments.

Turkish Music Instruments This project is to fill a great gap with a rich content of music instruments which are still used, rarely used or forgotten in Classical Turkish Music, Turkish folk music and the Mehter (military/Janissary) music.

Music of Istanbul’s Architecture Through this project, the Turkish Music Foundation aims to establish time/place/music interaction by performing period music at 9 different locations in Istanbul.

Yorgo Bacanos Istanbul International Ud Festival This project is named after Yorgo Bacanos, one of the greatest udists of our music history, as a tribute to his 110th anniversary.

Fieldwork in Istanbul’s Environs A great cultural treasure which has remained unknown until today is now coming out as an Istanbul 2010 ECOC event.

A forgotten Istanbul Ritual: Teravih-i Enderun and Public Muezzinship This musical ritual will be registered on an album to point out a forgotten tradition and help raise new practitioners.

Dârülelhan Compilation This project is comprised of 4 DVDs and a “Dârüelhan Compilation” that has been converted into today’s note system.

The Memory of Turkish Music Culture Turkish music repertory is getting compiled entirely for the first time to form a tremendously rich resource of 70 thousand pieces.

Terirem / Terennüm Words “terirem” and “terennüm” mean the same thing in Greek and in Turkish; and they refer to meaningless lyrics with which vocal artists join in instrumental music.

Münirİstanbul Songs of Münir Nurettin Selçuk are now voiced by a great team within a modern frame but without compromising respect to his classical style.

Two ancient sounds of Istanbul: Ney and Tambur The project aims at inviting “ney” and tambur” virtuosos of different styles to embark on a joint musical thought about Istanbul.

Turkish Music Makam Guide “Turkish Music Makam Guide” is a book and endorsed CD to introduce the most used 60 makams in Classical Turkish Music.