Hoppa Project's
Houston 4th Annual Turkish Music Festival
September 17-19, 2021
in partnership with Asia Society Texas Center and Ankara Music and Fine Arts University,
and sponsored by ATA-Houston
Hoppa Project at Asia Society Texas Center
Friday September 17 at 7 P.M. - 1370 Southmore Boulevard, Houston, Texas
Hoppa Project presents the Fourth Annual Turkish Music Festival featuring fantastic clarinetist Ismail Lumanovski of NY Gypsy All-Stars and Secret Trio, alongside Hoppa Project musicians, as well as recorded performances from Ankara Music and Fine Arts University's traditional music masters. The program will take you on a cultural tour of Turkey with music from the Mediterranean Coast to Black Sea Coast, the Georgian Border to the Bulgarian Border, and music during the Ottoman Empire to the voices of the composers of our time. Please join us to experience a night of festive and energizing Turkish traditional and contemporary music.
Ismail Lumanovski, clarinet - festival soloist
Hoppa Project (directed by Erberk Eryılmaz and Laura Krentzman)
Evie Chen, violin
Gökberk Eryılmaz, clarinet
Erberk Eryılmaz, davul
with recordings featuring
Serda Türkel Oter, voice
Emrah Hatipoğlu, ney
Kibele Kıvılcım Çiftçi, kanun
Tolga Oter, ud
Sinan Ayyıldız, üçtelli bağlama
Atakan Turaç, bağlama
Buğra Kutbay, zurna
Tevfik Amaç, davul
Raif Demirci, dem zurna
Laura Krentzman, viola
Alican Öztan, drum set
Evren Şen, bass
Erberk Eryılmaz, piano
free online events:
Traditional Music of Turkey
Saturday September 18 at 7 P.M.
Ankara Music and Fine Arts University's traditional music masters perform masterworks of Ottoman classical music, and folk music repertoire from all around Turkey performed on Turkish folk music’s primary instruments, Zurna and Davul.
Serda Türkel Oter, voice
Emrah Hatipoğlu, ney
Kibele Kıvılcım Çiftçi, kanun
Tolga Oter, ud
and
Buğra Kutbay, zurna
Tevfik Amaç, davul
Raif Demirci, dem zurna
Turkish Music Now
Sunday September 19 at 7 P.M.
Hoppa Project premieres works by
Baran Doğaç Ünal, Berkay Şirin, Orhan Veli Özbayrak,
Zeynep Çınar, Uğur Kılıç and Esat Utku Acar
Hoppa Project
Laura Krentzman, viola
Gökberk Eryılmaz, clarinet
Önder Özkoç, bağlama
Erberk Eryılmaz, piano and davul
Past Festivals:
for videos from previous festivals, please visit our Youtube playlist:
1st Annual Turkish Music Festival 2nd Annual Turkish Music Festival