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 Music
The music of Turkey includes diverse elements ranging from Central Asian folk music and music from Ottoman Empire dominions such as Persian music, Balkan music and ancient Byzantine music, as well as more modern European and American popular music influences. In turn, it has influenced these cultures through the Ottoman Empire.[1] Turkey is a country on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, and is a crossroad of cultures from across Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, the Caucasus and South and Central Asia.
The roots of traditional music in Turkey spans across centuries to a time when the Seljuk Turks colonized Anatolia and Persia in the 11th century and contains elements of both Turkic and pre-Turkic influences. Much of its modern popular music can trace its roots to the emergence in the early 1930s drive for Westernization.[2]
With the absorbance of immigrants from various regions the diversity of musical genres and musical instrumentation also expanded. Turkey has also seen documented folk music and recorded popular music produced in the ethnic styles of Armenian, Greek, Polish, Azeri and Jewish communities, among others.[1] Many Turkish cities and towns have vibrant local music scenes which, in turn, support a number of regional musical styles.
Kamran Hasanli to participate in the Turkic Cultures and Children’s Festival
During the Turkic
Cultures and Children's Festival, Houston
will host many great artists from different Turkic countries such as Turkey , Azerbaijan ,
Uzbekistan , Turkmenistan ,
and Kirghizistan.
Among these artists, Kamran
Hasanli , Azerbaijan
has been known as a great showman, director of highly rated show programs, and
also a loved singer. His songs dedicated to different themes find way to his admirers' heart
very easily at once.
To meet this great Azerbaijani artist, you just need to stop by Turkic
Cultures and Children's Festival on September 8-9, 2007 between
1-10pm.
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