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DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Ulkar A.\nMusicians: Murat Keyder\n\nI'm looking forw
 ard to hosting Murat Keyder and Eren Erdogan who will play as a duo\, with
  Murat on Oud and Eren on Ney/Kaval. They will be playing a medley of trad
 itional tunes from Turkey and surrounding regions mixed in with their own 
 improvisations.\n\nDoors open at 7 pm\, music will start around 7:30 pm.\n
 \nMy apartment is a spacious studio in Central Harlem\, with plenty of com
 fy floor pillows and chairs. I will also provide light refreshments. This 
 is a no-shoes apartment\, please take your shoes off upon entering.\n\nCan
 't wait to see you all and enjoy amazing music together!\n\n______________
 _________________________________________________\nPerformers' bios:\n\nMu
 rat Keyder is a Turkish-American musician living in NYC. He started playin
 g guitar and oud when he was a teenager. He has a deep love of traditional
  music from Turkey and the surrounding regions\, which he plays on the oud
 . He also writes original music on both instruments that mixes various typ
 es of Turkish and Western music. He released his first solo album of origi
 nal music called "Ruya" in 2019 which can be heard on all streaming platfo
 rms\, and he is currently working on more recordings of both original musi
 c and interpretations of traditional music on the Oud. He performs regular
 ly throughout the NYC area and teaches students on both instruments.\n\nEr
 en Erdogan was born in Turkey in a family of musicians. He started playing
  Kaval at the age of 11. He completed his master's degree in Instrument Ed
 ucation and Master's degree at Istanbul Haliç University Traditional Turk
 ish Music Conservatory. In 2009\, he released his first solo album\, Kaval
  Name\, together with pianist and composer Ali Akacca. In this album\, cla
 ssical music songs were played with Kaval for the first time in Turkey and
  published by Universal Music. In 2011\, he won The Hollywood Music in Med
 ia Awards with his Turkish musician friends in Los Angeles and performed l
 ive music. In 2016\, he performed with Deborah Carter and Linley Marthe at
  the Azerbaijan Baku Jazz Festival. He gave many performances at the Istan
 bul Akbank Jazz Festival. Between 2006 and 2014\, he performed as an instr
 umentalist in folk dance festivals in Turkey and all over Europe. He has b
 een accompanying Kaval\, Ney\, Kawala\, Zurna\, Balaban and other ethnic w
 ind instruments in the albums\, movie soundtracks and studio recordings of
  many artists since 2008. In 2019\, he made woodwind sound samples for Spl
 ice Music Company as a sound creator.
LOCATION:Central Harlem
SUMMARY:Voices from the East: Turkish oud and ney
URL:https://www.groupmuse.com/events/13159-voices-from-the-east-turkish-oud
 -and-ney
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