DATE AND VENUE

19 July 2011, 21:00, Harbiye Cemil Topuzlu Open Air Theatre

PAUL SIMON

Paul Simon
Mark Stewart guitar, horns, vocals
Vincent Nguini guitar, vocals
Bakithi Kumalo bas, vokal bass, vocals
Anthony Cedras keyboards, accordion, horns
Jamey Haddad percussions
Jim Oblon drums, guitar, vocals
Mick Rossi keyboards, accordion,horns
Andrew Snitzer saxophone, keyboards, vocals

One of the pioneers of the singer-songwriter tradition, famous American folk singer Paul Simon is in Istanbul for the first time! Hailed as one of the biggest music legends, the artist has enjoyed a dazzling solo career involving masterpieces he wrote as part of the iconic duo Simon and Garfunkel and his classics such as “You Can Call me Al”, “Graceland”, “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” and “Late in the Evening.” Listed by the Time Magazine among the “100 People Who Shape Our World” in 2006, Paul Simon joins the festival as part of his European tour of his new solo album So Beautiful or So What released in the spring of 2011.