Asia Society Texas's Encore Series brings you the very best of our in-person programs — in bite-size form. Revisit highlights from events you've enjoyed live, or sample exciting new performances, all ...

This is a 500-year-old song that carries both Turkish and Arabic elements. UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: (Singing in non-English language). CHANG: It's being taught in southern Turkey by Syrian classical ...

GAZIANTEP, Turkey — When the powerful earthquake rocked her home in early February, 18-year-old Sidra Mohammed Ali woke up and thought of one thing: her music school — was it OK? The next day, as ...

Scott Yoo learns about the Turkish kanun and about what court music in the country sounded like. Kanun, yes, Turkish musical instrument. Okay. And do you change the tuning with those — Yes. These are ...

Grammy-nominated composer and multi-instrumentalist Mehmet Ali Sanlikol and his jazz orchestra, Whatsnext? are celebrating the release of their newest album “Turkish Hipster: Tales From Swing To ...

The Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) held a Turkish music concert for Palestinians on Thursday in Jerusalem. A group called Istanbul ...

Middle Eastern instrumentation, modes and rhythms have long served as source material for jazz musicians wishing to extend their musical boundaries. In the early days of jazz, an "oriental tinge was ...

Founded by refugee musicians, a music institute in Southern Turkey tries to revive forgotten Syrian classics and integrate Turkish and Syrian cultures with music the two have shared for centuries.