Thursday, March 18, 2010

Tülin Uyanıker - Turkish traditional music singer at Stevens Institute of Technology

"An Evening of Turkish Music"

Tulin Uyaniker, Turkey's most prominent Turkish traditional music singer

By Carly Baldwin

November 08, 2008, 10:16AM / 8 KASIM 2008


Tulin Uyaniker, a well-known Turkish singer, will join others in a concert of Turkish music tonight at Stevens.

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The DeBaun Center's Library Series presents "An Evening of Turkish Music" tonight.

The concert is entitled "From Monophony to Polyphony" and is a combination lecture/recital exploring the evolution of Turkish music.

Directed by Stevens professor Aysegul Kus Durakoglu, it will start at 8 p.m. at the Samuel C. Williams Library on the Stevens campus.

Durakoglu will take the audience on a musical journey through Turkey's culture and history. Durakoglu who has been performing as a pianist nationally and internationally, has presented many lectures and concerts on Turkish music.

The other performing artists will include Alexandria Sultan von Bruseldorff, Azerbaijani-born soprano and Turkish and Azeri music expert; Judith Davidoff, cellist and director of New York Consort of Viols; Aysegul Kus Durakoglu, Turkish pianist and lecturer; Tulin Uyaniker, Turkey's most prominent Turkish traditional music singer; and Carlos Alomar, guitarist and Stevens faculty member.

http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2008/11/an_evening_of_turkish_music_to.html