The Bilkent Faculty of Music and Performing Arts is hosting the neophon ensemble for “Welcoming Maqam,” a two-day residency and series of events at the FMPA building on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 27-28. All are welcome to attend the events, which are free of charge (including the concert); all spoken events are in English.
Schedule of Presenters/Events
– Dr. Stefan Pohlit, guest composer and music theoretician
Colloquium talk: “Form, Seyir, and Just Intonation in Sufi Music: Julien Jalâl Ed-Dine Weiss’s ‘Spiritual Journey’”
Tuesday, September 27,
10:40 a.m., Studio 250
– Composition classes
Tuesday and Wednesday, September 27-28,
Studio 251
– Dr. Osman Öksüzoğlu, guest performer and percussionist
Workshop talk: “Ottoman Percussion”
Tuesday, September 27, 6 p.m.,
Studio 242
– neophon ensemble/Konstantin Heuer, artistic director
Workshop talks by Joshua Löhrer, Theo Dan and Clemens Gottschling: “New Performance Practices and Microtonality: Some Thoughts and Experiences”
Tuesday, September 27, 8 p.m.,
Studio 242
– Reading sessions: Young performers’ atelier for young composers’ works
Wednesday, September 28,
12 p.m., Studio 242
– Public dress rehearsal with short introduction: “Aleppo Dialogues”
Wednesday, September 28, 3 p.m.,
Bilkent Concert Hall
– Concert performance: “Aleppo Dialogues”
Wednesday, September 28, 8 p.m.,
Bilkent Concert Hall
For additional details and updates, see: www.neophon.eu
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