Istanbul’s Music Festival splendidly celebrates nature and Sufi tradition in Karademir’s ‘Strings of Love’

TurkeyTurkey Istanbul Music Festival 2025 [1] – ‘Strings of Love’: Coşkun Karademir (lute, baglama), Derya Türkan (Istanbul kemenche), Ibrahim Babayev (lyre), Murat Süngü (cello), Burak Çakir (percussion). Sakip Sabanci Museum, Fistikli Terrace, Istanbul. 23.6.2025. (GT)

‘Strings of Love’ at the Istanbul Music Festival  2025

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Unforgettable Thaxted recital: place, music, Chance and Carr in perfect congruence

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Thaxted Festival 2025 [2] – Love and Loss: Music for Countertenor & Lute: Songs by Dowland, Danyel, Rosseter, Campion, Purcell, Blow and Cynthia Harper. Alexander Chance (countertenor), Toby Carr (lute). Thaxted Parish Church, 22.6.2025. (CC)

Toby Carr (lute) and Alexander Chance (countertenor)

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