"Balkan Jazz" project is participated by Yıldız İbrahimova, the strong voice of Balkan Jazz, and Serkan Çağrı, an innovative name in Turkish clarinet world, aims to reveal the cultural colorfulness that spans from Anatolia to Balkans.
Repertoire, mainly consisting of jazz adaptations of authentic Balkan music pieces, is knitted with improvisations on ethnic rhythm structure. Moreover, some examples of İbrahimova's several-year long researches on Anatolian music is also featured.
A major part of the performance is based on improvisations of Serkan Çağrı, Yıldız İbrahimova and other musicians, where they present their virtuosity presented in Balkan and jazz music mixed together. Using their creativity at peek level, they take the audience to vivid and energetic moments and sentimental minutes between times.
Concert, where the repertoire is from gypsy romances to anonym Anatolian folk songs is also noteworthy with some surprises in it: Serkan Çağrı also shows his virtuosity on "Chalumeau", a baroque era instrument defined as the ancestor of clarinet; he will find a meeting place of familiar emotions coming from far lands.
Applauded for minutes standing during their Germany concerts at 2007 and featured by German press with great praise, the duo drawn a great plaudit with their harmony and creativity.
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Rasim Baybars
Booking & Private Events
For your request in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, please don't hesitate to write us or call us. We are very happy, if we can provide you some demo-material or answer any question you might have....
Mr. Rasim Baybars
Tel. (49) 030 - 470 36 707
Fax (49) 030 - 473 79 107
E-Mail: booking[at]oriental-media.de
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"Balkan Jazz" project is participated by Yıldız İbrahimova, the strong voice of Balkan Jazz, and Serkan Çağrı, an innovative name in Turkish clarinet world, aims to reveal the cultural colorfulness that spans from Anatolia to Balkans.
Repertoire, mainly consisting of jazz adaptations of authentic Balkan music pieces, is knitted with improvisations on ethnic rhythm structure. Moreover, some examples of İbrahimova's several-year long researches on Anatolian music is also featured.
A major part of the performance is based on improvisations of Serkan Çağrı, Yıldız İbrahimova and other musicians, where they present their virtuosity presented in Balkan and jazz music mixed together. Using their creativity at peek level, they take the audience to vivid and energetic moments and sentimental minutes between times.
Concert, where the repertoire is from gypsy romances to anonym Anatolian folk songs is also noteworthy with some surprises in it: Serkan Çağrı also shows his virtuosity on "Chalumeau", a baroque era instrument defined as the ancestor of clarinet; he will find a meeting place of familiar emotions coming from far lands.
Applauded for minutes standing during their Germany concerts at 2007 and featured by German press with great praise, the duo drawn a great plaudit with their harmony and creativity.
BOOKING
Rasim Baybars
Booking & Private Events
For your request in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, please don't hesitate to write us or call us. We are very happy, if we can provide you some demo-material or answer any question you might have....
Mr. Rasim Baybars
Tel. (49) 030 - 470 36 707
Fax (49) 030 - 473 79 107
E-Mail: booking[at]oriental-media.de
Watch Hijazz Project playin' Birol Yaylas composition "Bab-I Esrar" This video was recorded at the CRR concert in Istanbul. Contact: hijazz@oriental-media.de
This video is taken from the concert at the Istanbul International Jazz Festival 2006.
Hijazz Project is a gathering place of the most famous musicians in Turkey. Each one individually has his own bands and personal projects, plays in different festivals, working in different productions. Hijazz Project for them, is a way to surrender their togetherness in this music of synthesis they make hand in hand, without any ego, matching to the idea of Mevlana and Sufism. They play from Hamamizade Ismail Dede Efendi to W.A. Mozart... from Hasselman to Nayi Osman Dede.. from J.S. Bach to Tamburi Cemil Bey.. mixed with the jazzy mood. HiJazz Project's first concert was supported by Turkiye Is Bankasi in 2003. In 2007 the band is supported by Arif Mardin (R.I.P), who had great effort for Hijazz Project to perform in the Istanbul Jazz Festival. He made it but passed away on the concert day. So we dedicate our 2007 Istanbul Jazz Festival performance to his loving memory. He was the only music producer in the world who made the world a better place.