Mircan - Concert : A World Music Summit In Istanbul

May 23, 2012 - PRLog -- Mircan invites you to a musical journey in time and space with her concert  she will give with worldwide masters of music from east and west.
She will bring together British musicians like MATTHEW BARLEY who is one of World's finest cellists , ALCYONA MICK on the piano, JON WYGENS on the guitar and worldly acclaimed musicians from Turkey like GOKSEL BAKTAGIR on the kanun, YURDAL TOKCAN on the oud, ISMET KIZIL on the percussion along with young musicians like AYDIN CAN KUTLUAY on the flamenco guitar who has been making music in the US for a long time, CAN OMER UYGAN on the trumpet, ADEM TEMIZ on the accordion, KURTULUS CENGIZ on the kemenche and ERCAN CAN on the percussion and will take you to a journey towards multiverse with a performance combining a wide variety of musical pieces belonging to different eras and locations and her own songs.

Cello is the most important instrument in Mircan's award winning music and Matthew Barley who will take satage with Mircan is one world's most finest cellist.

Cello playing is at the centre of Matthew Barley’s career, while his musical world has virtually no geographical, social or stylistic boundaries.

Music Director of BBC2 TV’s Classical Star programme, Matthew Barley is passionate about education, improvisation, cross-disciplinary projects, composition, and pioneering community programmes. He is also a world-renowned cellist, who has performed in over 50 countries, including concertos with the BBC Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony, London Sinfonietta, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Royal Scottish National, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Athens Camerata, Zagreb Solosits, Czech Philharmonic, and Melbourne and New Zealand Symphonies.

Matthew Barley’s non-classical collaborations include Amjad Ali Khan, Davud Azad, Talvin Singh, Sultan Khan and Ross Daly, appearing in venues ranging from Ronnie Scotts and the WOMAD festivals to London’s Southbank Centre. Matthew’s new music group, Between The Notes, has undertaken over 60 creative projects with young musicians and orchestral players around the world.

Recent engagements have included Tan Dun’s The Map at the Launaudière Festival in Canada, performances with the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra and Metropole Jazz Orchestra, a residency at Kings Place in London, and a new project with Viktoria Mullova called The Peasant Girl.

Constant Filter (John Metcalfe’s music for cello and electronics) has just been released following the five-star success of The Dance of the Three Legged Elephants with jazz pianist Julian Joseph.
Future plans include performances at London’s Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and the Vienna Konzerthaus, concerts with the Kremerata Baltica, BBC Scottish and Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, tours in Europe, Mexico and Siberia, and the inaugural concert at the Barefoot Concert Hall in the Maldives.

The concert is like a summit of virtuosos from east and west to create a universal sound.

The concert "Around Space and Time with Masters" will take place at ENKA Istanbul on 6th July 2012 starting at 21:15.