Letter from Istanbul by Derya Türkan and Sokratis Sinopoulos
Presented by the World Music Institute
Co-sponsored by the Moon and Stars Project

Sunday, April 30, 2006
7:00 p.m.

Peter Jay Sharp Theatre (PJST)
Peter Norton Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th Street
New York, New York 10025

Tickets $ 26, $ 22 (Symphony Space Friends)

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The Moon and Stars Project is proud to co-sponsor Letter from Istanbul, a Turkish/Greek music concert that is a celebration of the traditional music of Western Anatolia and the Aegean Islands, presented by the World Music Institute.

Grown out of the longtime musical friendship of Derya Türkan and Sokratis Sinopoulos, Letter from Istanbul is a sophisticated melding of traditional Turkish and Greek folk forms such as zeybek and sirtos. The ensemble includes Derya Türkan on kemençe (three-stringed fiddle), Sokratis Sinopoulos on kemençe and lavta (short-necked lute), Ugur Isik on violoncello, Hakan Gungor on kanun, Perikles Papapetropoulos also on lavta, and the Yarkin brothers, Fahreddin and Ferruh, on percussions. Master Derya Türkan is dedicated to continuing the style of his teacher Ihsan Özgen and of Tanburi Cemil Bey, whereas Sokratis Sinopoulos established his artistic roots while playing in Ross Daly’s Labyrinth Ensemble, with Greek demotika and rebetika groups, as well as in Byzantine music and western jazz ensembles.

Our special thanks to Ates Temeltas, Golden Horn Productions, and Isabel Soffer, World Music Institute.