Asia Society kicks off a weekend of Turkish music concerts and lectures in collaboration with the Shepherd School of Music, Rice University with world-renowned Turkish clarinetist Ismail Lumanovski, pianist Ayşe Taşpınar and Hoppa Project. They will present works by Turkish composers Onder Ozkoc, Erberk Eryilmaz, Yigit Kolat and Kamran İnce.

Asia Society is proud to present, for the third year, cross-cultural Asian music in collaboration with the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. The partnership features a full weekend of programming focusing on the music of Turkey with workshops, lectures, a library exhibition, and two concerts by international, national and local guest musicians and scholars. Programs on September 16 and 17 will take place at Rice University.

Schedule

6:30 pm | Part I: Music from the Ottoman Empire

Historical introduction by Dr. Cengiz Şişman
Pianist Dr. Ayşe Taşpınar presents solo piano and cello-piano works by Sultan Abdülmecid, Edgar Manas, Vardapet Komitas, Tigran Tchouhadjian, Khalifah Abdülmecid Efendi, and Cemil Arif Bey
7:15 pm | Reception featuring Turkish cuisine

8:00 pm | Performance, Part II

Variety of Turkish folk music performed by clarinetist Ismail Lumanovski accompanied by Turkish folk percussion
Hoppa Project performs piano and violin-piano works by Ahmed Adnan Saygun and Piano Quintet by Ulvi Cemal Erkin