The Bonding Sounds Concert Series brings together sixteen improvisers from Berlin’s music scene and international Turkish musicians. The concerts, spanning two weekends on October 10, 11, 17, and
18, will take place at two Berlin venues. The concerts are free of charge.
The series takes place at Alte Feuerwache Projektraum in Friedrichshain and the Humboldt Forum Ethnological Museum, featuring twelve experimental performances that present a meeting of traditional instruments and electronics. The concerts highlight the musicians’ diverse approaches to improvisation, emphasizing graphic notation as a tool for free improvisation and exploring ‘oneness with others’ through creative synchronization.
On October 10 at Alte Feuerwache Projektraum, the evening will open with a duo performance by Korhan Erel (electronics) and Elif Canfeza Gündüz (classical kemenche), followed by a second duo featuring Ufuk Elik (bağlama) and Zeynep Ayşe Hatipoğlu (cello). On October 11, the venue will host a duo set by Melis Çom (harp) and Mikail Yakut (accordion), alongside Ruşen Can Acet (kabak kemane) and Nick Dunston (double bass).
The concerts continues on October 17 at the Humboldt Forum Ethnological Museum, Klangwerkstatt, with a performance by Anıl Eraslan (cello) and Taner Akyol (bağlama), followed by Ulrike Ruf (cello) and Michael Thieke (clarinet). The final day, October 18, will present two duo sets: Merve Salgar (tanbur) with Gizem Oruç (electro bağlama and electronics), and Marina Cyrino (amplified flutes) with Fulya Uçanok (electronics and objects).
Each evening, after the duos, the four artists will perform a collective improvisation. The Bonding Sounds Concert Series provides a platform for intercultural musical practices and emphasizes an aural bonding experience, with many musicians collaborating for the first time.
The concert series is funded by Musikfonds E.V. and held in cooperation with the Humboldt Forum Ethnological Museum and Alte Feuerwache Friedrichshain and media collaboration with Digital Berlin.
https://www.digitalinberlin.de/tag/the-bonding-sounds/
Project management, Graphic Score by: Zeynep Ayşe Hatipoğlu
Project management assistance by: Merve Salgar
Poster Design by: Tolga Balcı