Folk Songs "From Tabriz to the Taurus" Echo at BAU

Bahçeşehir University was filled with excitement yesterday with a concert by Feryal Öney and Cavit Murtezaoğlu. At the concert titled "From Tabriz to the Taurus," the audience met the melodies of two peoples.

 

Feryal Öney, soloist of the Kardeş Türküler group, and Azerbaijani-born artist Cavit Murtezaoğlu took the stage at Bahçeşehir University with their project "From Tabriz to the Taurus." Tracing the paths of two geographies, the artists gave the audience a magnificent evening with both their instruments and their words.

 

The parables Murtezaoğlu told from Nesimi, Rumi and Fuzuli added a different flavor to the evening. In the project, built around time and place, instruments blended with words, and laughter met tears.

 

At the concert organized by BUART (Bahçeşehir University Art Events Unit), the artists were accompanied by Selda Öztürk on percussion and vocals, Arslan Hazreti on kamancheh, Can Hazreti on tanbur and keyboard, Volkan Kaplan on bağlama and tar, and Emrah Karataş on bass guitar.

 

Applauded for minutes after the concert, Öney and Murtezaoğlu's delight at the great interest they received was written on their faces. Öney said: "We have always loved meeting students, but there is a different atmosphere here," noting that she liked BAU very much. Murtezaoğlu said that he would like to meet Bahçeşehir students again with a new concert as soon as possible.

 

Built around time and place, the "From Tabriz to the Taurus" project traces the thinkers of this geography from Tabriz to the Taurus Mountains. In the project, which spans from Shams to Rumi, from Nesimi to Fuzuli, from Shah Ismail Khatai to Yunus Emre, from Pir Sultan to Çekiç Ali, from Balım Sultan to Ali Ekber Çiçek, and from Neşet Ertaş to Aşık Mahzuni, it is possible to hear the powerful melodies of this geography while also seeing the intellectual climate that nourished them.