“Now listen to the reed as it is grieving,” sang Hossein Omoumi, sitting cross-legged on a carpet at Meany Hall, dressed in white, loose-fitting pants and shirt. “Since they cut me from the bed of ...

Amid the bombed-out wreckage of a site that once hosted dozens of Mosul’s traditional maqam players, Iraqi musician Saad Rajab Bacha plays his ney flute to remember the city’s glorious days before it ...

From rhythmic village dances in Anatolia and lively street music in İstanbul to whirling dervish performances as a ney flute plays, Türkiye diverse musical landscape is truly captivating. For visitors ...

Alice Dade learns from Rifat Varo about how the Turkish reed flute gets made. Alice Dade learns from master reed flute maker Rifat Varo about how the Turkish ney gets made.

Alice Dade learns from master reed flute maker Rifat Varo about how the Turkish ney gets made. Turkish Court Music and the Kanun Scott Yoo learns about the kanun and Turkish court music. This is good ...