That any musician, old cat, young lion, or apprentice anywhere, endeavors in jazz is amazing enough, given the elusiveness of "success." That is even more true in Istanbul, Turkey: not a conventional ...

This year’s Istanbul Music Festival, which will mark the 250th birthday of classical music maestro Ludwig van Beethoven, will be held online, the organizers announced on Wednesday. “The 48th Istanbul ...

The 52nd Istanbul Music Festival held at the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art witnessed a wandering cat during the orchestra performance of Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony No. 6 by Festival Strings Lucerne ...

They will be held on August 28, September 5, with the chorus Chromas; and on September 12, with Aureum Saxophone Quartet. For a month starting in mid-August, Istanbulites will be able to enjoy ...

Next week, on June 5, one of my favorite music festivals begins when the 37th International Istanbul Music festival makes its debut to a worldwide audience, which has the opportunity to hear classical ...

According to the writings of Turkish and foreign music historian from the conquest of Istanbul in 1453, within the time period until the end of the Ottoman Empire was the most important musical center ...

It would be easy to get breathless, even giddy, about the range and schedule of cultural events organized by İKSV, the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (in Turkish: İstanbul Kültür Sanat Vakfı ...