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15-01-08, 03:20
Tarkan to put mark on Turkish year in Russia
Pop singers Tarkan, Sertab Erener and Şebnem Ferah and classical pianist İdil Biret will put their mark on cultural activities that will be held in connection with the Year of Turkish Culture in Russia.
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Under a schedule prepared by the Turkish Ministry for Culture and Tourism in an attempt to promote Turkey in Russia, which declared 2008 the Year of Turkish Culture, a number of activities will be held in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan and Sochi. According to the report by the Anatolia news agency, the Year of Turkish Culture will officially start with a concert by the Presidential Symphony Orchestra at Moscow's International Music Hall on April 8. Tarkan, a popular singer well known in Russia, will also take part in the activities for Turkish culture year.
Officials from the Russian Federation's Culture and Cinema Federal Agency (Roskultura), the institution responsible for organizing the events, reportedly indicated that Tarkan's participation in the project will make a substantial contribution to Turkey's promotion in Russia. The exact schedule for Tarkan's concert will be finalized soon.
Erener will also take part in the events. Erener will perform Turkish folk songs with a jazz rendition in her concert. Ferah will take the stage with a rock group to entertain rock-lovers in Russia. Other Turkish artists who will contribute to the project include jazz singer Ayşe Tütüncü. Chef Emre Aracı will give a concert to be accompanied by the renowned Russian artist Yuri Bashmet. The "Taxim Trio," formed with the participation of clarinetist Hüsnü Şenlendirici, İsmail Tunçbilek and Aytaç Doğan, will give a concert of traditional Turkish tunes for the Russians in Moscow. The activities also include a dance performance and a photo exhibition on Russia and İstanbul, featuring renowned Turkish photographer Ara Güler.
Conferences and panel discussions will also be held in Moscow, which will host an exhibition that will feature contemporary examples from Turkish art in the second half of the year. Turkish culture year activities will also feature at a Moscow book fair in September. The fair will host a number of renowned Turkish writers and artists who will promote their works at the venue.
Russians will also have the opportunity to sample Turkish food with special dishes to be prepared by renowned Turkish chefs, served at a special event in Moscow.
The Moscow Film Festival is expected to focus more on Turkish productions this year. "Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalım" (The Girl with the Red Scarf), a 1970s classic Turkish movie adapted from the novel by Chinghiz Aitmatov, will be screened at the festival, to which the film's leading actors, Kadir İnanır and Türkan Şoray, will also be invited.
The activities in St. Petersburg will include concerts by famous pop star Tarkan and renowned pianist Biret, and live performance by clarinet master Selim Sesler.
Jazz pianist and composer Kerem Görsev will take to the stage for a concert accompanied by the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Mercan Dede will also give a concert in the city. Meanwhile, an exhibition to promote classical Turkish paper marbling art ebru will be held in St. Petersburg, where another exhibition will feature historical artifacts currently preserved at the Topkapı Palace to promote Turkish culture in Russia.
Source: Today's Zaman (http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=131633)
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Pop singers Tarkan, Sertab Erener and Şebnem Ferah and classical pianist İdil Biret will put their mark on cultural activities that will be held in connection with the Year of Turkish Culture in Russia.
http://medya.todayszaman.com/todayszaman/2008/01/15/tarkan.jpg
Under a schedule prepared by the Turkish Ministry for Culture and Tourism in an attempt to promote Turkey in Russia, which declared 2008 the Year of Turkish Culture, a number of activities will be held in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan and Sochi. According to the report by the Anatolia news agency, the Year of Turkish Culture will officially start with a concert by the Presidential Symphony Orchestra at Moscow's International Music Hall on April 8. Tarkan, a popular singer well known in Russia, will also take part in the activities for Turkish culture year.
Officials from the Russian Federation's Culture and Cinema Federal Agency (Roskultura), the institution responsible for organizing the events, reportedly indicated that Tarkan's participation in the project will make a substantial contribution to Turkey's promotion in Russia. The exact schedule for Tarkan's concert will be finalized soon.
Erener will also take part in the events. Erener will perform Turkish folk songs with a jazz rendition in her concert. Ferah will take the stage with a rock group to entertain rock-lovers in Russia. Other Turkish artists who will contribute to the project include jazz singer Ayşe Tütüncü. Chef Emre Aracı will give a concert to be accompanied by the renowned Russian artist Yuri Bashmet. The "Taxim Trio," formed with the participation of clarinetist Hüsnü Şenlendirici, İsmail Tunçbilek and Aytaç Doğan, will give a concert of traditional Turkish tunes for the Russians in Moscow. The activities also include a dance performance and a photo exhibition on Russia and İstanbul, featuring renowned Turkish photographer Ara Güler.
Conferences and panel discussions will also be held in Moscow, which will host an exhibition that will feature contemporary examples from Turkish art in the second half of the year. Turkish culture year activities will also feature at a Moscow book fair in September. The fair will host a number of renowned Turkish writers and artists who will promote their works at the venue.
Russians will also have the opportunity to sample Turkish food with special dishes to be prepared by renowned Turkish chefs, served at a special event in Moscow.
The Moscow Film Festival is expected to focus more on Turkish productions this year. "Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalım" (The Girl with the Red Scarf), a 1970s classic Turkish movie adapted from the novel by Chinghiz Aitmatov, will be screened at the festival, to which the film's leading actors, Kadir İnanır and Türkan Şoray, will also be invited.
The activities in St. Petersburg will include concerts by famous pop star Tarkan and renowned pianist Biret, and live performance by clarinet master Selim Sesler.
Jazz pianist and composer Kerem Görsev will take to the stage for a concert accompanied by the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Mercan Dede will also give a concert in the city. Meanwhile, an exhibition to promote classical Turkish paper marbling art ebru will be held in St. Petersburg, where another exhibition will feature historical artifacts currently preserved at the Topkapı Palace to promote Turkish culture in Russia.
Source: Today's Zaman (http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=131633)
For the Turkish section click here (http://www.tarkancoll.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6443)