A BENEFIT CONCERT TO SUPPORT THE EARTHQUAKE RELIEF EFFORTS IN TURKEY

DÜNYA Ensemble directed by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol performs classical Turkish music, Turkish Sufi music and Turkish music influenced Jazz

Friday, February 10, 8:00pm, First Church in Cambridge – 11 Garden Street, Cambridge (the funds collected at the concert were distributed evenly between the Bridge to Türkiye and Turkish Philanthropy Funds organizations)

Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol & Whatsnext? 

celebrating their new release “Turkish Hipster”

September 28, 2023, 8:00 pm, Crystal Ballroom, Somerville Theatre – presented by Global Arts Live

October 1, 2023, 5:30 pm, Birdland Jazz Club

Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol & the DÜNYA Ensemble

CELEBRATING OUR 20th YEAR

performing classical Ottoman/Turkish music selections as well as Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol‘scompositions written in a variety of styles including jazz and concert music.

with

Mal Barsamian, clarinet, oud, Yandi Chen, piano,

Beth Bahia Cohen, bowed tanbur, violin, Rick DiMuzio, soprano saxophone,

Burcu Bradford Güleç, voice, percussion, James Heazlewood-Dale, bass,

Bertram Lehmann, percussion, George Lernis, drums, percussion, Dan Meyers, sackbut,

Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, piano, rebab, oud, voice, Sophia Szokolay, violin, 

and Mark Tipton, trumpet, flugelhorn

November 16, 2023, 7:30 pm, Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, FREE