Istanbul - Between Orient & Occident

Turkish music. Istanbul is the interface between orient and occident. The noises and urban sounds in connection with Turkish, Armenian, Kurdish and Macedonian songs as well as nomad chants belong to the culture of Istanbul like the centuries old architecture which made a great impression on the Swiss architect le corbusier one hunderd years ago. The blind accordion player Muammer Ketencoglu and the classical Turkish kanun player Serkan Mesut halili open a

musical treasure box.