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Concert by Gulay Hacer Toruk and Spyridon Halaris
“Sacred and unholy songs, from the East to the West, from Turkey to Greece” Concert by Gulay Hacer Toruk and Spyridon Halaris, programmed by Alain Weber (head of world music at the Philharmonie de Paris).
Address
Riva Sette Martiri, Venice, Italy
Gülay Hacer Toruk
Gülay Hacer Toruk, like her native Istanbul, has her heart turned towards both East and West. She performs secular and sacred poetry that has traversed Anatolia, the palaces of Constantinople, the Ottoman courts, and the Greek and Latin Mediterranean. The delicacy, elegance, and conviction of her singing make it universal and natural. Her repertoire is diverse, ranging from Turkish folk traditions to early music, performing with ensembles such as Canticum Novum and Doulce Mémoire.
Spyros Halaris
A multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and player of the kanun and various lutes, Spyros Halaris began his musical training in Byzantine chant with Nikos Konstantinopoulos and continued his studies with Spyros Pavlakis at the Athens National Conservatory. There, he also studied the kanun with Panos Dimitrakopoulos and taught himself to play the oud and the Constantinople lute (lavta). It was alongside his father, the composer and musicologist Christodoulos Halaris, that he furthered his research into ancient Greek and Byzantine music.
