Turkish Recital

Klarnetin kanatlarında Anadolu’dan Balkanlar’a

Hollanda’da yaşayan, Amsterdam Konservatuvarı’nda ders veren Emirhan Tuğa, çocukluk hayalini gerçekleştirdi. Türk bestecilerin piyano eşlikli klarnet eserlerini kendi imkânlarıyla kaydetti, CD’si Hollanda’da yayımlandı. Saygun ve Akses’ten Evrim Demirel’e farklı kuşaklardan dokuz bestecinin eserlerini seslendirdiği ‘Turkish Recital’a piyanist Edzo Bos’un ısrarıyla kendi bestesini de ekledi. Tuğa, “Dileğim bestecilerimizin klarnet için daha çok eser yazması” diyor.

Turk music at Slovakian festival

BRATISLAVA - Turkey's etno-jazz orchestra "Okay Temiz and Doğu Rüzgarı (Oriental Wind)" gave an open-air concert at the Hlavne Namestie Square in the Slovakian capital of Bratislava on Saturday at a traditional music festival.

61 points to burn the rim

ISTANBUL - Chris Lofton, playing for the Mersin Municipality team in the Beko Turkish Basketball League, or TBL, shattered modern-day division records scoring 61 points on Saturday.

Fethiye’s literary son remembered

FETHİYE - In honor of the village’s homegrown writer and newspaper founder, Fethiye will hold the second Yunus Nadi cultural festival from April 27 to May 1.

Anatolian music to echo in the Armenian capital

ISTANBUL - Turkey will send a message of peace and friendship to the Armenian capital of Yerevan through the common traditions of melody and dance. Armenia will welcome its first Turkish soloist in the form of violin virtuoso Cihat Aşkın

GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON MAY 15

These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in the Turkish press on May 15, 2008. Hurriyet English does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON MAY 15

These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in the Turkish press on May 15, 2008. Hurriyet English does not verify these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.