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Exposition Turkey A RENEWED ACQUAINTANCE Turkey is the link between East and West. Its geogrphical location has always made this region a conduit for a wide range of cultures. At the present time, no less than 72 cultural communities live side by side in Turkey. It is a country where tradition and democracy go hand in hand. To give one example, Turkish women have had the right to vote since 1934 - that is fourteen years prior to their Belgian sisters. In recent years Turkey has openly had its eye on the EU. The debate on the pros and cons of entry is extremely heated. The Centre for Fine Arts does not get involved in politics, only in culture. We are turning the spotlight on Turkey's diversity in an exhibition of cultural history, a multi-arts festival and a colloquium. A pleasant renewal of the acquaintance, with an eye to the finer points. There lies our commitment as a European house of culture. Paul Dujardin Director-General of the Centre for Fine Arts 14.10.2004 - 20:00 SEZEN AKSU Both a diva and a pop star, she is the biggest and most famous Turkish star at the moment. Apart from her irresistible voice, stage presence and performance, she writes the lyrics and music for her songs. 15.10.2004 - 20:30 Eglise Notre-Dame de la Chapelle LITURGICAL VOCAL MUSIC FROM ISTANBUL For Orientals the Byzantine civilisation is the key to the West; for Westerners it is the key to the East. This culture combines eastern and western influences. It was heir to the Greeks and Romans, the Assyrians and Persians. On top of this was added the Arabic influence and the spread of Islam. This led ultimately to the Ottoman Empire. With muezzins and Byzantine singers. 28.10.2004 - 20:00 ERKAN OGUR & İSMAİL DEMIRCIOGLU Erkan Ogur is an inspired, erudite musician, who is passionate about popular music, he likes to reinvent the laws of the genre, devise new instruments and seek out unexpected crossovers. He has recorded with Philippe Catherine. 30.10.2004 - 20:00 KARDEŞ TÜRKÜLER The name of the group could be translated as "Turkish fraternity". Boys and girls who are the heirs and wit nesses of the immense artistic heritage of greater Turkey. All kinds of music and traditions (even minority) are performed, gathered each year from every corner of the country. 11.11.2004 - 20:00 İSTANBUL MUSIC SEMA GROUP & DERVISHES Devoted to the religious and ritual music of Sufism, the group also aims to spread the values of humanism, love, fraternity and tolerance. 20.11.2004 - 20:00 CANDAN ERÇETİN A television star, but also a producer, singer and composer, she holds the Chair of Music at the Lycée de Galata-saray. She loves French music and had a great success with "Ne me quitte pas" by Jacques Brel ! 21.11.2004 - 17:00 HAREM GROUP Did you know this? The music of the harems was a re-invention of art music by highly cultured women in the "secret" places which became forums for creativity. This is borne out by the talent of the Harem Group, set up in 1992, and made up entirely of women. 26.11.2004 - 20:00 NEŞET ERTAŞ & GÜLSEN KUTLU The product of a musical dynasty, nurtured on tradition and established in Germany, Neşet Ertaş is the bard of immigration par excellence, adored by Turks for his poetry and sensitivity Translation available 28.11.2004 - 11:00 TAHİR AYDOĞDU Tahir Aydoğdu is the kanun player par excellence. He is musical councellor at Radio Ankara and also an exceptional performer who plays both jazz and classics, a talent that has taken him all over the world. He is accompanied by percussion, ney (flute) and kemence (violin). 03.12.2004 - 20:00 (19:30 Intro Nedim Gürsel) AKIŞ ENSEMBLE Under the direction of the undisputed master of classical Turkish music, Mustafa Doğan Dikmen, the group finds inspiration in the texts of Yunus Emre, a great Sufi poet of the 13th century, who was a tolerant humanist. 04.12.2004 - 15:00 Part of Klaradag MUAMMER KETENCİOĞLU & ENSEMBLE The accordionist Muammer Ketencioğlu and his ensemble excel in the rebetiko - a mixture of Greek and Turkish music - and the popular repertoire of Anatolia. Their music brings enjoyment to the whole of Europe. 10.12.2004 - 20:00 (19:30 Intro Jérome Cler) TURHALALEVY On the margins of "official" Sunni Islam, the community of Alevi ("child of Ali") practises its own ritual (Cem), with music and dance comprising the main functions. The Turhal Alevi group has skilfully and with discernment adapted the essential parts of this ritual for the stage. 20.12.2004 - 20:00 FAZIL SAY & SERTAB ERENER One of the great pianists of his (youthful) generation, and also a composer, together with the very glamorous winner of Eurovision 2003 decided to come together for an extraordinary concert, alternating the classical repertoire and improvisation! 13.01.2004 - 20:00 Conservatoire FERHAN EN FARZAN ÖNDER These talented twin sisters combine the east, where they come from, with the west, where they were trained: this becomes subtly clear during their concert which covers Stravinski, Borodine, Rachmaninov and Balakirev (as well as Islamey, of course!). BOZAR THEATRE 26.01.2005 - 20:30 STUDIO OYUNCULARI (STUDIO PLAYERS) ŞAHIKA TEKAND OIDIPUS SÜRGÜNDE (OEDIPUS IN EXILE) Şahika Tekand heads the experimental theatre group Studio Oyuncuları in Istanbul. In 2000 she had an overwhelming success with her Oedipus Rex based on Sophocles. The International Istanbul Theatre Festival and the Athens Olympic Games 2004 has now commissioned her to rewrite Oedipus in Kolonos. This Oidipus Sürgünde is conceived as a process. The main characters - Oedipus, Kreon, Theseus, Ismene, Antigone and Polyneikes - present a stunning elucidation of the essence of this Greek tragedy. And every one of them is captivated by a single question: why was Oedipus banished? Fifteen actors (the chorus) chant their lines rhythmically and in crescendo, thereby pressing home their defence. The spectator willingly or unwilling takes up a position. BOZAR LITERATURE 12.2004 > 01.2005 TURKISH WOMEN WRITERS IN EUROPE 'There is no such thing as a homogeneous European literature,' suggests the Turkish writer Nedim Gürsel, 'You can at the very most talk of European literatures, in the plural. The East and West meet in Istanbul. Not so as to clash with each other, but in order to fullfil a dream. Those on the periphery also belong in the dream of a plural ethnic and multicultural Europe.' While European leaders consider Turkey's entry into the EU, Bozar Literature is hosting five women writers in addition to Nedim Gürsel (b. 1951). On three Thursday evenings, Asli Erdogan (b.1967), Elif Şafak (b. 1971), Sema Kaygusuz (b. 1972), the poetesses Bejan Matur (b. 1968) and Melisa Gurpinar (1941) and Nedim Gürsel will talk about their work, their Turkish roots, European literatures and the intellectual rise of women in Turkey.