DATE AND VENUE
13 July 2016, 21:30, Salon İKSV
EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB
Volkan Topakoğlu
Jazz bassist and composer Volkan Topakoğlu began his adventures in music playing the guitar and then went on to study piano and cello. Successful musician will realise the first European Jazz Club concert.
DATE AND VENUE
13 July 2016, 21:30,
EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB
European Jazz Club concert series continues at Salon İKSV to bring together jazz masters from Turkey and Europe.
DATE AND VENUE
14 July 2016, 21:30, Salon İKSV
EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB
Ercüment Orkut “Low Profile” feat. Marius Neset
Ercüment Orkut began his jazz training with Aydın Esen and has received many awards for his compositions and performances. Performing together with Orkut will be Marius Neset, one of the top saxophonists and composers of Nordic jazz. Neset worked for many years with renowned British pianist Django Bates, and is often compared to legendary Norwegian jazz saxophonist Jan Garbarek.
DATE AND VENUE
15 July 2016, 22:00, Salon İKSV
EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB
Big Beats Big Times feat. Gunnar Halle, Erland Dahlen
Big Beats Big Times is known for its series of improvisational concerts in which Berke Can Özcan brought together drummers from around the world. After releasing a studio album entitled Full Moon Theory, the group-formed of Erland Dahlen on drums and percussion, Gunnar Halle on trumpet, Berke Can Özcan on drums, Burak Irmak on synth and Rhodes, Feryin Kaya on bass, and Can Güngör on guitar, synth and percussion-will come together to give their first live performance of songs from the album.
DATE AND VENUE
16 July 2016, 21:30, Salon İKSV
EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB
Çağıl Kaya Band feat. Airelle Besson
Çağıl Kaya, a musician who further developed her natural talent through studies in musicology, includes theatrical elements and surprising vocal improvisations during her concerts. Kaya’s repertoire features the songs of groups and musicians such as Duman, Mor ve Ötesi and Sevinç Tevs as well as her own compositions, and her Istanbul Jazz Festival concert will bring her together on stage with French musician Airelle Besson. Beginning her musical career with the violin before learning to play the trumpet, Besson has worked with musicians such as Hugh Coltman, Riccardo Del Fra and Metronomy, and in 2015 she received the Django Reinhardt award for best French jazz musician.
DATE AND VENUE
20 July 2016, 21:30, Salon İKSV
EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB
Program değişikliği - Bulut Gülen Quintet feat. Yuri Honing
At previous editions of the Istanbul Jazz Festival Bulut Gülen has shared a stage with Dianna Reeves and Kurt Elling as part of the Istanbul Superband conducted by Aycan Teztel. Together with the Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra Gülen has played in concerts with top musicians such as McCoy, Tyner Benny Golson and Steve Smith, and in this year’s festival concert he will join Dutch saxophonist Yuri Honing. One of the leading musicians of the world of jazz, Honing has performed with musicians such as Pat Metheny, Charlie Haden, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Ibrahim Maalouf, Craig Taborn and Paul Bley, and has been awarded the Boy Edgar Prize, one of the most prestigious awards in the field of jazz in the Netherlands.
* Yuri Honing will not be able to participate.
DATE AND VENUE
22 July 2016, 21:30, Salon İKSV
EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB
Eylem Pelit Band / Treeoo
Eylem Pelit has performed at many events, including the Istanbul Jazz Festival, the Akbank Jazz Festival and the Şimdi Stuttgart festival. A talented bass guitarist and music arranger, Pelit has contributed to the albums of musicians such as Sarp Maden, Ayhan Sicimoğlu and Şenay Lambaoğlu. After having released an album entitled Yedi Uyuyanlar in 2015, Pelit will play for jazz lovers at this year’s festival. Before Eylem Pelit, Austrian band Treeoo will warm up the stage.
* Treeoo will not be able to participate.
