ISTANBULIVE II:
The Sounds and Colors of Turkey
Saturday, July 3 - Free Admission
2:00pm to 7:00pm at Central Park SummerStage
A Celebration of Turkish Music featuring performances from
KENAN DOĞULU
DUMAN
ILHAN ERŞAHIN´S ISTANBUL SESSIONS
With special guests ŞÜKRIYE TUTKUN, DJ OZAN DOĞULU, EMRAH KANISICAK and COLLAGE DANCE ENSEMBLE
Presented by Serdar Ilhan and Mehmet Dede
Supported by the Turkish Ministry of Culture & Tourism
Nearly 7,000 fans attended 2009's Istanbulive at SummerStage, making it one of the top-attended Central Park shows of the year. How best to improve on that success? According to event producers Serdar Ilhan and Mehmet Dede, by gearing the festival more toward the casual listener. Ilhan says, "The first Istanbulive featured artists that were instantly recognizable to their indigenous audience: MFÖ, Painted on Water with Sertab Erener & Demir Demirkan and Hüsnü Şenlendirici. Each of these are incredible performers, but they all draw from a uniquely Turkish musical experience that may have been less accessible to an American crowd." Continues Dede, "For our encore, we've focused on musicians who make up Turkey's most daring artists, encompassing myriad East-meets-West sounds from Turkish rock to jazz, dance, global pop and folk. With this eclectic, contemporary and cohesive selection of artists, Istanbulive II aims to engage both first-time listeners and Turkish expats alike."
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The second annual Istanbulive concert coincides with the city of Istanbul being officially hailed as 2010's European Capital of Culture. Accenting this prestigious honor, Istanbulive II will take place at New York's Rumsey Playfield in Central Park, as part of SummerStage on Saturday, July 3 from 2pm to 7pm. For five hours, several of Turkey's best and brightest artists will perform a free-to-the-public show presented by Serdar Ilhan and Mehmet Dede, with support from the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Istanbulive II is dedicated to the life and work of the gifted, multi-Grammy Award winning producer, songwriter, and musician Arif Mardin (1932 - 2006). Considered one of the greatest producers of the 20th century, Mr. Mardin helped shape the careers of a long list of superstars including Bette Midler, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, the Bee Gees, Norah Jones, Willie Nelson, to name a few. His last recording All My Friends Are Here, co-produced by himself and his son Joe Mardin, gathers a "life´s work" of songs that are sung by his world-famous artist friends and fittingly comes out two weeks before the SummerStage concert.
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