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Aşina – The Sounds of Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia, situated between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, is home to one of the world’s oldest soundscapes. The region’s numerous civilizations share a common musical heritage. In this concert, ancient modes, folk melodies, and improvisations come together, uniting different languages and rhythms into a shared pulse. Turkish, Syrian, Kurdish, and Persian sounds invite not a journey into the past, but an encounter with a living tradition.About our new series Unexpectedly familiar – “aşina” is a word of Persian origin that describes something familiar to us, even if we do not fully understand it: a sense of closeness that needs no explanation. The concert series of the same name stands for a new way of listening that recognizes the familiar in the supposedly foreign and brings it closer to us. Aşina connects not through culture, but through shared sensibilities. Internationally renowned musicians come to Berlin for the series, some of them after a long absence, specifically for these concerts. Time-honoured traditions, artists from the urban scene, and musical forms of expression rarely heard in concert halls come together on stage, giving voice to the music of our time. At the same time, the audience brings together worlds that often merely coexist in everyday life.

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Aşina – The Sounds of Mesopotamia

  • Dilek Türkan

    Dilek Türkan

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  • Derya Türkan

    Derya Türkan

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Mesopotamia, situated between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, is home to one of the world’s oldest soundscapes. The region’s numerous civilizations share a common musical heritage. In this concert, ancient modes, folk melodies, and improvisations come together, uniting different languages and rhythms into a shared pulse. Turkish, Syrian, Kurdish, and Persian sounds invite not a journey into the past, but an encounter with a living tradition.About our new series Unexpectedly familiar – “aşina” is a word of Persian origin that describes something familiar to us, even if we do not fully understand it: a sense of closeness that needs no explanation. The concert series of the same name stands for a new way of listening that recognizes the familiar in the supposedly foreign and brings it closer to us. Aşina connects not through culture, but through shared sensibilities. Internationally renowned musicians come to Berlin for the series, some of them after a long absence, specifically for these concerts. Time-honoured traditions, artists from the urban scene, and musical forms of expression rarely heard in concert halls come together on stage, giving voice to the music of our time. At the same time, the audience brings together worlds that often merely coexist in everyday life.

Überlieferte Melodien und Improvisationen zwischen Euphrat und Tigris

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Artists/Collaborators: Derya Türkan (Kemençe & Kuration), Dilek Türkan (Gesang), Serkan Halili (Kanun), Shahab Azinmehr (Setar & Gesang), İbrahim Muslimani (Perkussion & Gesang), Efrén López (Oud), Sedef Erçetin (Violoncello)

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