DUTCH MUSIC AUTUMN IN ISTANBUL

In collaboration with the acclaimed Istanbul music venues Babylon, Akbank Jazz Festival, Ghetto and Borusan Music House this year’s autumn will be filled with Dutch music, especially Dutch jazz. From September through December more than twenty different Dutch music acts will perform at these and other Istanbul venues.  Many of these acts will also travel to other cities such as Ankara, Eskisehir, Bodrum, Gaziantep and Izmir. 

In September and October acts such as Amsterdam Klezmer Band, The Ex, Giovanca, Guus Janssen & Oguz Buyukberber, Michael Borstlap, Rembrandt Frerichs Trio, Talking Cows, DJ Maestro, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble & Barana performed in Istanbul and beyond.  In November and December the following acts will follow: Jasper Blom, Yuri Honing, Meliha Dogoduyal, Saskia Laroo, Ralph van Raat and Artvark.  Also two nights filled with many Dutch DJ’s and VJ’s are in the works at two popular clubs in Istanbul, with “Pink Amsterdam” at The Hall (October 20) and “Plastic Dreams XL” at Indigo (November 2).

A large Turkish delegation of programmers & bookers attended the Dutch Jazz & World Meeting 2012 and prospects look good for continuing Dutch music programming in 2013. For more information click here.