A choir of foreigners gave a Turkish Folk Music concert in Italy

ROME (AA) – Foreigners who participated in choir activities at Yunus Emre Institute (YEE) Rome Turkish Cultural Center gave a Turkish Folk Music concert. Foreigners, who have been participating in the Turkish Folk Music choir activities at YEE in Rome, the capital of Italy, since March, took the stage for the end-of-term concert in an event held for the first time at the center this evening. In her speech before the concert, YEE Rome Turkish Cultural Center Director Beyza Uzun Kutlay stated that they were before their guests with a special project today, and that the choir, which was born as a small idea a few months ago, was on stage today for the end of term concert.

The choir, trained and directed by Selen Çapacı, a young Turkish musician living in Italy, gave a Turkish Folk Music concert accompanied by Italian musicians Federico Pascucci (clarinet and flute), Valerio Mileto (ud and saz), Pier Sante Falconi (darbuka, bendir and drums). The choir sang “I Travel Mountain Mountains”, “Ramizem”, “Seedless Pomegranates Come From Izmir”, “Infront of Their Houses Are Inns”, “Fly Birds, Fly Towards Izmir”, “I Passed Through Those Mountains at Night”, “My Guldaniyem”, “Ah Bir Ataş Ver”, “Esma” and “Monastery Folk Song” and gave information about the songs.

While the choir’s performance and solo performances were watched with great interest, the concert received great admiration from the audience and received intense applause. – Foreigners are very happy to join the choir. Argentinian Nico Aranovich, who lives in Italy and participated in choir activities at YEE, said to the AA correspondent after the concert that he enjoyed being a part of such an event and team. Aranovich stated that he sang traditional Latin American music in Argentina and said, “It is a great privilege to learn traditional Turkish music from Selen.

I enjoyed it very much, especially since it is a very different type of music and you can learn a lot.” he said. Aranovich noted that his favorite piece in today’s repertoire is “The Inn in Front of Their Houses”, some of which he sang solo. Hugo Rebeyrol also said, “I wanted to join this group because I am very interested in Turkish culture, especially music, especially folk music. It was a good opportunity to discover traditional songs.

I also liked being able to learn the language a little better thanks to these lessons and this opportunity.” he said. Explaining that the works they sang are a part of Turkish culture, Rebeyrol said that he loved the songs “In the middle of Monastir” and “Esma”. Paolo Giannotta, who performed the song “Seedless Pomegranate Comes from Izmir” at the concert, said, “I already had a passion for Turkey and Turkish culture.

I had taken a Turkish course in the past, but one of my passions in life was singing and music. That’s why when I discovered this course on social media, I combined my two passions: Turkish and music. The concert was of course very beautiful and emotional. It was wonderful.” he said. – The academician brought his students to the concert as a lesson. Assoc. Prof. teaches cultural marketing at the NABA Academy of Fine Arts in Rome.

Barbara Marcotulli also said, “It is perfect to be able to watch this concert. Because it gives students an incredible opportunity to understand how one country presents itself in another. I asked the students to analyze everything they will see here tonight. The show, the performances, the artists, the audience, as well as the organization that organizes this event… Because it is important to learn to read the different levels and interpretations of culture and its marketing presented.” he said.

– Thank you from Çapacı to YEE Selen Çapacı, who trained the choir and conducted the concert, stated that they learned and practiced a new piece every week during the choir practices at YEE Rome, and that they prepared a repertoire consisting of works from Rumelia and Izmir for this concert. Explaining that they chose works from Izmir and Rumelia for the first concert because he is from Izmir and has been working on Balkan music for years, Çapacı said, “Since Rumelia melodies are a little closer to the Italians, both rhythmically and musically, and a little closer to Europe, we started from there and slowly went down.

I wanted to take them to my home. That’s why we stopped in Izmir. For now, we have prepared a repertoire of 10 pieces in 3 months. Then, we will start in September.” he said. Çapacı stated that they established a friend relationship rather than an instructor-student relationship in the choir and said: “Of course, this is not only because of me, but also because of the warm environment of this institute. They hosted us very well for 3 months.

They really made us feel at home. When people feel at home, they behave as if they were at home.” That’s why everyone embraced it with all their hearts and as everyone saw at this concert, a great result was achieved.”