Accordion Days
Program in Swedish TV about New Tango Orquesta's concert in Diyarbakır
The "Accordion Days", which took place in the Babylon Club in Istanbul, in Malatya, Diyarbakir, Kars and Kayseri in 2004 and 2005 were a first in the history of Turkey.
We organized this event together with various European cultural institutes and Pozitif. Altogether 13 groups and artists from ten different countries took part, the musicians having international reputation. Turkish music lovers met the best of jazz, avantgarde and world music accordions, danced to Balkan tunes and tango.
Both festivals were covered by the Turkish press, CNN-Türk, NTV and SVT (Swedish TV) featured the project.
The accordion has an interesting place in the recent cultural heritage of Turkey. It is a symbol for both the vanishing non-Muslim minorities like the Greeks, Armenians and Jews and also for the Western culture introduced by Atatürk in the 20's and 30's. The Republic Day in Turkey is usually celebrated with a tango ball.
Accordion Days in the Press
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