Aşina: Erkan Oğur & İsmail Hakkı Demircioğlu

Erkan Oğur is one of the defining musical figures of Anatolian music. With his mastery of the kopuz, he blends traditional soundscapes with improvisational openness. In this duet with singer İsmail Hakkı Demircioğlu – a significant voice in Alevite music – he interprets songs and poems from the Anatolian folk and Sufi traditions. Voice and instrument engage in a calm, concentrated dialogue that brings Anatolia's musical memory into the present. This performance is part of the new series "Unerwartet vertraut" (Unexpectedly Familiar). The title "Aşina," a word of Persian origin, describes something familiar even if not fully known: a sense of closeness that requires no explanation. The concert series stands for a new way of listening that recognizes the familiar in the seemingly foreign, connecting audiences through shared emotions rather than culture alone. Renowned international musicians come to Berlin for these events, where traditional music and urban artists meet on the stage of Berlin's concert halls.