Petra Nachtmanova – who fell in love with the haunting sound of the Saz in the Turkish-populated suburbs of Berlin – has traced its journey from Central Asia to the Balkans in a documentary film. The ...

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Early in his life Mukhammad Tairov, an Ahiska Turk, discovered he needed more than food to strengthen himself against the forces of oppression; he needed music - the music that came from a ...

An Israeli musician who plays Turkish folk songs on the streets of Tel Aviv dreams of one day playing with famed Turkish singer-songwriter Selda Bagcan. Tom Kaplinsky, a member of the music group We ...

The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) is holding a two-day festival to showcase rare Indian classic musical instruments like the vichitra veena and esraj. The Saz-e-Bahar: Festival of ...

It was their love for music that made Malabika Brahma and Sanjay Khyapa, both from Kolkata, West Bengal, develop a bond with Emre Gultekin who belongs to Turkey. (From left) Emre Gultekin and Malabika ...