HASRET\u0130M (“My longing”) is a musical search for cultural identity.<\/p>\n
In 2010, guitarist and composer Marc Sinan embarked on an unusual journey. The route led from the Black Sea, his grandparents’ homeland, to the border of Armenia.<\/p>\n
For weeks, he and his fellow travelers find and film traditional musicians, try to penetrate their art and perhaps find the last musical documents of another present. As everywhere else, traditional music is a dying art. The tradition of oral tradition is breaking down. The former Asiklar Kahvesis, clubs for singer-songwriters, are now simple teahouses. It is rare to come across young musicians such as kemen\u00e7e player Mesut Kurt from Trabzon or singer Asiye G\u00f6l from Ordu. Very few of them make a living from music, but they play with great ease and virtuosity. Their music is characterized by restlessness and temperament and bears the traces of Anatolia’s cultural and ethnic richness in its diversity. In HASRET\u0130M, the musical finds and video recordings of Marc Sinan’s journey meet his own contemporary music.<\/p>\n
The revival ten years after the premiere is imperative in times of escalating geopolitical crises and wars in the region. Even more than in 2010, ethnic minorities and opposition forces in Turkey are under pressure. HASRET\u0130M remains an important artistic plea for the strength of cultural diversity and the unifying power of music and art.<\/p>\n
The new arrangement of HASRET\u0130M is for an international ensemble of eight musicians. Awarded the special “World Horizon” prize by the German UNESCO Commission in 2011.<\/p>\n
An event as part of the “Studio Bosporus” festival in cooperation with the SPREEHALLE Berlin<\/p>\n
Marc Sinan \/\/ Composition<\/p>\n
Andrea Molino \/\/ Musical arrangement<\/p>\n
Marc Sinan, Markus Rindt \/\/ Idea, concept and production<\/p>\n
O\u011fuz B\u00fcy\u00fckberber \/\/ Clarinet<\/p>\n
Daniel Eichholz \/\/ Drums<\/p>\n
Gunnhildur Einarsd\u00f3ttir \/\/ Harp<\/p>\n
Anil Eraslan \/\/ Cello<\/p>\n
Miako Klein \/\/ violin, recorders<\/p>\n
Meinrad Kneer \/\/ Double bass<\/p>\n
Marc Sinan \/\/ Guitar<\/p>\n
Derya Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m \/\/ Ba\u011flama, vocals<\/p>\n
Hans-Peter Eckardt, Markus Rindt, Filip Zorzor \/\/ Camera<\/p>\n
Fabian Knecht, Filip Zorzor, Lonni Wong \/\/ Video<\/p>\n
Released on August 23, 2013 on CD\/DVD by ECM Records HASRET\u0130M was premiered in 2010 and was created in cooperation with the Dresdner Sinfoniker, HELLERAU – Europ\u00e4isches Zentrum der K\u00fcnste Dresden and YMUSIC.<\/p>\n
An event as part of the “Studio Bosporus” festival in cooperation with SPREEHALLE Berlin “Studio Bosporus” is an event organized by Kulturakademie Tarabya in cooperation with Kunstraum Kreuzberg\/Bethanien with the kind support of Stiftung Mercator and LOTTO-Stiftung Berlin. The Kulturakademie Tarabya is run by the German Embassy in Ankara, while the Goethe-Institut Istanbul is responsible for the curatorial work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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