Playing in London for the first time, Meltem Trio will perform Middle Eastern masterpieces, traditional tunes, improvisations, Rebetika, Greek & Turkish songs, with guest singer Cigdem Aslan whose album "Mortissa" has been met with rave reviews.
MELTEM Trio is made up of Michalis Kouloumis on violin, Alexandros Papadimitrakis on oud & lavta and Ruven Ruppik on percussion. These outstanding musicians are based in different cities in Europe so this is a rare opportunity to hear this exciting collaboration.
Çiğdem Aslan’s second album, A Thousand Cranes, was published just a few weeks ago by Asphalt Tango and will be launched at Kings Place in London the 23rd of November. We thought that no one could introduce us to the work better than its main interpreter and “engineer”. So we had…
Artists: Cigdem Aslan
The Michalis Kouloumis Trio is led by the inspirational Cypriot violinist alongside brothers Nikos and Thodoris Ziarkas from the island of Rhodes. After only few years in the UK the band is already making its mark here with instrumental music inspired by their rich cultural heritage. With the impressive Senate House…
Artists: Michalis Kouloumis
Çigdem Aslan is a rising star in the revival of Rebetiko, the ‘Blues of the Aegean’, originally sung in the cafés and music houses of Athens, Piraeus and Istanbul of the turbulent 1920s. A music culture shared by Greeks and Turks, Rebetiko was famously outlawed in both countries as a…
Artists: Cigdem Aslan
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