Patricia Kopatchinskaja and More @ İş Sanat
This season has been one of the finest and most bountiful of classical music Istanbul has ever witnessed. Over the course of the past...
A Day Inside the World of Comikon Istanbul 2017
Last weekend I joined the Comikon Istanbul Manga Fest 2017 and here is a brief review of the biggest event for manga and anime...
Escapist: Real Escape Room Fun for English Speakers in Istanbul
I'd be hard pressed to think of a more wholesome group activity I've taken part in these last few years, than when a group...
Review: Balthazar @ ROXY Club
Brussels, March 26, 2006. Backstage at the Ancienne Belgique concert venue, ten beginning bands are trying to keep calm. One of them will win...
Masters of Movement: Limón Dance Company
As a fan of classical music and any high quality performance of fine arts, dance, and drama, I try to get a hold of a...
Bifo Regiuvenates with Tchumburizde and Magma Philharmonic
A fresh breeze graced the Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Center last week as BIFO took stage for its November program, this time...
Star-studded Chamber Music with Kopatchinskaja, Gabetta, Leschenko
Among all the fine music and impressive artists that are and have been part of the 43rd IKSV Music Festival this month, there was...
Telling Stories Through Glass: The Mosaics of Ravenna @ Istanbul Archaeological...
Mosaics, which are created from either glass, stone or shards of pottery, represent some of the earliest forms of human art from the Roman...
Exploring the Princes’ Islands: The Kınalıada Mosque
The Princes' Islands (Adalar) are a chain of nine small islands in the Sea of Marmara, about 20 km east of the center of...
Review: A Seductive Evening with Rhye @ Salon IKSV
The early 2010s were a genuinely great period for sexy indie albums. The XX's xx (2010), Bon Iver's Bon Iver, Bon Iver (2011) and How to Dress...
Review: Gaye Su Akyol @ Babylon Bomonti
A snowy Saturday night in Istanbul couldn't be spent any better than with 200-something fellow music lovers at a Gaye Su Akyol concert, courtesy of Babylon Bomonti....
Celebrating Beethoven with Buchbinder (and some Mozart on the side)
Many of us might not have known about pianist Rudolf Buchbinder earlier. However, we all learned his name well last month: He was the...
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble feat. MF Doom and Mos Def
Saturday night belonged to the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. The thought of a brass ensemble generally conjures up, at least for me, an image of...
Recap of the Istanbul Marathon
At least it wasn't too hot. That's what I was thinking to myself as I lined up for the 15 km run this past...
Seven of the Hottest Summer Music Festivals in Istanbul 2019
The summer heat is upon us, which means that our favorite part of the season also draws near... music festivals! Every year in Istanbul,...
Review: The Bastard of Istanbul @ Zorlu PSM Drama Sahnesi
I can't think of a better way of reconnecting with the city after a few days of roadtripping among the nature of the Eagen region than by...
Top Five Reasons to Watch Med Cezir, the Turkish O.C.
If you were alive in the 2000s, you probably watched "The O.C.". I was in university during part of its four-season run, and I’m...
The Exhibition: Theatre Puts A Spotlight on Community
The year is 1874. In Paris’ Café Guerbois, gathering place of artists, writers and their admirers, a group of six painters meet on the...
Enchanting Trio: Mozart, Fazıl Say, and the Heybeliada Monastery
Among the most acclaimed and anticipated segment of this year's IKSV Music Festival was the Mozart Marathon with Fazıl Say. The former, a legend...
Review: Wye Oak @ Salon IKSV
If you’re curious about Wye Oak’s impression of Istanbul: “I feel like we’ve been tricked into being on some reality TV show where they...
Review: Chet Faker @ Volkswagen Arena
I have a theory about Chet Faker: he is not really a musician but instead a ninja in disguise. And during last Saturday's concert...
Review: Iron & Wine @ Babylon Bomonti
The southern United States is quite a distance from Istanbul, but that didn’t prevent Sam Beam, better known by his stage name “Iron &...
Summertime and the Livin’ is Easy: Review of Babylon’s Soundgarden
Two of our contributors, Erin West and Will Dawson, had an epic day at Babylon’s Soundgarden on Saturday. Things got so crazy they even...
Jazz it Up with the 25th Istanbul Jazz Festival
It’s that time of the year again when the countdown to the Istanbul Jazz Festival begins and our anticipation heightens as the promised day...