Past events

2015

March 10, 2015 2015, Local Series

FALL 2015 ELVEDA (Farewell) A CONCERT OF REMEMBRANCE dedicated to Dr. Hüseyin Parkan Sanlıkol (1/21/1944-9/12/2015), father of Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol; and in memory of our colleague Tom Zajac (10/1/1956-8/31/2015) as well as all those departed and dear to […]

2014

April 12, 2014 2014, Local Series

FALL 2014 DÜNYA’s Documentary Film Screenings* WHAT A WORLD with Robert Labaree Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol Cem Mutlu Brenna MacCrimmon Phaedon Sinis and Mal Barsamian including special appearances from Cemal Kafadar What A World offers a captivating look […]

2013

January 30, 2013 2013, Local Series

FALL 2013 From the “jazz” of Istanbul to the “blues” of Anatolia This concert will include folk, religious and popular music from Anatolia, interwoven with classical Ottoman music and urban popular music from different centuries. […]

DÜNYA on NPR

February 6, 2012 DÜNYA on NPR, Press

Listen to this episode of New Sounds where the host, John Schaefer, presents An Afro Semai from Resolution by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol & Whatsnext? Listen to this episode of New Sounds where the host, John Schaefer, presents DÜNYA’s A Story of the City: Constantinople, […]

Online

February 2, 2012 Online, Press

Cultures mingle in new coffeehouse opera in Rockport this weekend by Gail McCarthy Gloucester Times, June 8, 2016 Worlds collide in a coffeehouse opera this weekend that weaves a tale inspired by William Shakespeare’s tragedy “Othello” […]

2012

January 1, 2012 2012, Local Series

FALL 2012 A BILINGUAL MEVLID: Süleyman Çelebi’s masterpiece in Greek and Turkish Recognized as a classic of Turkish literature, Vesilet’ün Necat, or more commonly known as Mevlid-i Şerif is a long poem commemorating the birth of the Prophet […]

Why are we called a Musicians’ Collective?

July 29, 2011 All Posts

At the core of DÜNYA, even before musicianship, lies friendship. DÜNYA’s many ensembles are nothing but friends of DÜNYA coming together to make music. Some of DÜNYA’s friends will tend to appear in more productions […]

Print Media

July 27, 2011 Uncategorized

Playing for the Planet unites activist musicians by Andrew Gilbert The Boston Globe, November 11, 2011 Mehmet Ali Sanlikol is one of the musicians performing at the Playing for the Planet concert. Warren Senders figures that a […]

TOURING

July 26, 2011 Touring

Highlights from DÜNYA’s numerous appearances outside of New England Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol & Whatsnext? toured Boston, Istanbul, Bursa and Cyprus during the month of July in 2017 Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol led a very successful […]

2011

July 24, 2011 2011, Local Series

FALL 2011 A SPECIAL CD RELEASE CONCERT program photos This exciting concert will celebrate the release of DÜNYA’s A Story of the City: Constantinople, Istanbul double CD which is currently submitted for a Grammy award. The […]