On October 15 I made my way to Beyoğlu for the opening of an exhibition of paintings by the artist Rahşan Düren entitled Verwegenheit, a word which I believe means ‘audacity’ or ‘boldness’ in German.

The curtain rose to reveal an enormous sculpture of a horse’s head, equalling the height of the theatre and encased in a cube of LED-lit scaffolding. This was the opening night of Handel’s Tamerlano, ...

On October 15 I made my way to Beyoğlu in the evening rush hour, braving the traffic on Refik Saydam Caddesi, the road between Taksim Square and Şişhane that passes below the wall of the British ...

Tickets from Biletix.com. Price: 600TL. Important note: The gates to the church courtyard will be closed at 20:30, and no audience members will be admitted after that time.

All four of the performers at this concert have extensive experience of playing improvised music. In my blog on a concert at the Bova Club on February 18, I said the following: ‘As the ...

Saturday 02 November, 16:00 / Wednesday 06 November, 20:00 Tickets from Biletinial. Prices: 170TL, 240TL, 315TL, 470TL, 635TL. Atatürk Cultural Centre (Atatürk ...

Cornucopia’s choice: Turkey with a twist – the best current shows in Istanbul and around the world ...

To say that Aleksandar Serdar’s recital on November 13 will be a challenging one would be an understatement. He will need wrists of iron for this one. I wish him Kolay gelsin! Aleksandar Serdar is a ...

Tickets from Biletix.com. Prices: 618.75 TL, 742.50 TL, 1031.25 TL, 1320 TL. Atatürk Cultural Centre (Atatürk Kültür Merkezi, or AKM), Gümüşsuyu Mah., Mete Cad ...

Dirimart Dolapdere welcomes Peter Zimmermann’s sixth solo exhibition at the gallery. ‘Contact’ emphasizes the relationship between sight, touch, and digital abstraction aesthetics. His work is digital ...

This recital is to be given by pianist Ferhat Can Büyük, trained in Istanbul and Poland, who in 2020 won first prize in the solo piano category of the ‘Musica Classica’ Festival in Moscow, an event ...

Tickets from Biletinial: Sold out. Atatürk Cultural Centre (Atatürk Kültür Merkezi, or AKM), Gümüşsuyu Mah., Mete Cad. No 2 (i.e., Taksim Square), Beyoğlu, 34437 Istanbul This concert is part of the ...