Ahmet Kaya ile Kardeş Türküler

Ahmet Kaya and Kardeş Türküler

AHMET KAYA AND KARDEŞ TÜRKÜLER ON STAGE!
 

Kardeş Türküler will meet audiences in Turkey and abroad with Ahmet Kaya’s songs and voice, marking the 40th year of his artistic career and the 25th anniversary of his passing.
 

At the concerts, which will bring together Ahmet Kaya’s stance embracing every segment of society with Kardeş Türküler’s understanding of living together with our differences, the repertoire will consist primarily of songs reflecting “human stories.” The concerts will reflect Ahmet Kaya’s courage to cross cultural boundaries and the distinctive sound he created while blending different musical traditions, as well as Kardeş Türküler’s culturally pluralistic approach, which gives space to the different voices and languages of this geography. There will also be special surprises.


Kardeş Türküler draws attention to the multilayered heritage in Ahmet Kaya’s music, saying: “His works bring together a wide variety of musical elements, from the fine-string-instrument tradition of the Malatya/Elazığ region to Azerbaijani music, Abdal music, the Kurdish dengbêj tradition, arabesque, alaturka, and rock. We, too, will embrace this richness with our polyphonic structure, shaped by a culturally pluralistic approach. We will reinterpret the different cultural elements in his songs, emphasizing them—sometimes with traditional instruments and sometimes with original arrangements. Our aim is to make the musical bridge he created even more visible and to always bring the songs together with peace and fraternity.”