Concert in Istanbul

Last Friday, June 21st, I gave my first solo concert in Istanbul. It had been 4 years since the last time I played alone on a stage (last time was in Cali, Colombia, seems like a lifetime ago). Actually, it wasn’t a full «solo» concert, because on the second part of the show I was joined on stage by my…

The Conference of Birds

The Conference of Birds

This year I was invited to participate in The Conference of Birds, a gathering of artists and explorers of the soul in the south of Turkey. The organizers asked me to come as a musician and to lead the circles of Dances of Universal peace, along with new Turkish dance leaders in training. This was a beautiful experience, sharing one…

Music in Istanbul

Music in Istanbul

I met Carlos in Atlántida, Colombia, and we came across each other in a totally unplanned way in Armutlu, Turkey, 2 years later. I met Marian in Termal, Turkey, in an Iranian music workshop. The three of us got together to play, without previous rehearsal, in an open microphone event in Istanbul, Turkey, and this was the result: