Rice University presents Performing Asia - Music of Turkey with Hoppa Project, a Turkish music festival. The main events of the festival will take place September 15th-16th and will include two concerts. Lectures will also be held September 15th - October 20th. Preceding the festival, a library exhibition featuring Turkish music scores and instruments will be held at Fondren Library starting on August 26th and will be open to the public through the end of September. The festival will feature music from the Ottoman Empire, Folk Music, and contemporary music of Turkey.
Music will be performed by Hoppa Project, an ensemble dedicated to promoting music of Eastern Europe and the Middle East, with guest artists clarinetist Ismail Lumanovski, pianist Ayşe Taşpınar. The events will also include premieres by composers Kamran İnce, Önder Özkoç and Erberk Eryılmaz.
There will be several lectures on Turkish music history and other aspects that surround the music of Turkey, such as Ataturk’s cultural contributions, Turkish history, and Rumi and religion. Speakers will include Dr. David Cook and Dr. Melissa Marschall, Rice University, Dr. Cengiz Şişman, University of Houston Clear Lake, Dr. Kamran İnce, University of Memphis, and Dr. Ayşe Taşpınar.
We are excited to present the music and culture of Turkey with our city, Houston. We hope to contribute to the rich cultural diversity by sharing this exciting music from the other side of the world.
We would like to give a huge thank you to our sponsoring organizations Asia Society Texas and
ATA-Houston (American Turkish Association - Houston), as well as Özlem Adra, Mary Brower, and Dr. Shih-Hui Chen for making this festival happen!
Laura Krentzman and Erberk Eryılmaz
co-directors of Hoppa Project
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
All festival events held at Rice University are free of charge
Concert at Asia Society Texas is $20 for general public and $15 for Asia Society members
Concerts
Turkish Music of the Past
Friday, September 15
6:30 pm Part I: Music from the Ottoman Empire
Historical introduction by Dr. Cengiz Şişman
Pianist Dr. Ayşe Taşpınar presents solo piano and cello-piano works by Sultan Abdülmecid, Edgar Manas, Vardapet Komitas, Tigran Tchouhadjian, Khalifah Abdülmecid Efendi, and Cemil Arif Bey
7:15 pm Reception featuring Turkish cuisine
8:00 pm Part II: Folk Music and Music from the Republic of Turkey
Variety of Turkish folk music performed by clarinetist Ismail Lumanovski accompanied by Turkish folk percussion
Hoppa Project performs piano and violin-piano works by Ahmed Adnan Saygun and Piano Quintet by Ulvi Cemal Erkin
Asia Society of Texas
1370 Southmore Blvd, Houston, TX 77004
http://asiasociety.org/texas/events/performing-asia-music-turkey-hoppa-project
Turkish Music Now
Saturday, September 16 at 8 pm
Clarinet concertos by Erberk Eryılmaz and Önder Özkoç featuring clarinet soloist Ismail Lumanovski, and piano quartet by Kamran İnce performed by Hoppa Project.
Rice University, Alice Pratt Brown Hall, Stude Hall
6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005
Lectures
Thursday, September 7
2:30 – 3:45 pm Dr. Cengiz Şişman: The Last Empire: The Fall of the Ottomans and the Rise of the Turkish Republic
3:45 – 5:00 pm Erberk Eryılmaz: Introduction to Turkish Music
Rice University, Alice Pratt Brown Hall, Room 1402
Thursday, September 14
2:30 – 5:00 pm Dr. David Cook: Rumi and Sufism
Rice University, Alice Pratt Brown Hall, Room 1402
Friday, September 15
2:00 – 3:20 pm Kamran İnce: The works and career of Turkish composer Kamran İnce
Rice University, Alice Pratt Brown Hall, Room 1402
Saturday, September 16
1:00 – 1:50 pm Dr. Melissa Marschall: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the development of the Turkish Republic and his state building project
2:00 – 3:50 pm Erberk Eryılmaz: Introduction to Turkey’s recent generations of composers
Rice University, Alice Pratt Brown Hall, Room 1131
Exhibition
Friday, September 15 - 4 pm Opening reception
Music from Turkey: Classical, Contemporary, and Cross-Cultural Asian Music. Lecture and exhibition of Turkish music scores, recordings, and instruments.
Open during library hours. For more information: https://library.rice.edu
Exhibition runs from September 15 through October 20.
Rice University, Fondren Library
