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  • Events
    • Future Events
    • Past Events
    • News
    • Calendar
  • Learn Turkish
    • Turkish Speaks Here workshops
    • Academic Calendar
    • Spring Term Timetable
    • Turkish Course A1
    • Turkish Course A2
    • Turkish Course B1
    • Turkish Course B2
    • Turkish Course C1
    • Turkish Course C2
    • Turkish Course for Advanced Level
    • Conversation Club (B2-C1-C2)
  • Short Courses
    • New Short Courses
    • Past Short Courses
  • Exhibitions
    • Turkish Community Art Exhibition
      • 1st Turkish Community Art Exhibition
      • 2nd Turkish Community Art Exhibition
      • 3rd Turkish Community Art Exhibition
  • Projects
    • Cut Short, Live Long
    • London Craft Week
    • Istanbul Art Trip 2019
    • Istanbul Art Trip 2018
    • Karagöz & Hacivat
    • A Pinch of Anatolia
    • Turkish Film Week
      • 2nd London Turkish Film Week
      • Calendar and Bookings
Baha Yetkin

Baha Yetkin

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Turkish oud artist and composer Baha Yetkin grew up in Istanbul, the meeting point of two continents, and the prolific melting pot of European and Middle Eastern musical cultures. So, not very surprisingly, he was able to shape a very unique artistic style which embraced both Istanbul music and Middle Eastern music; which in return, paved the way for fruitful collaborations with Turkish and European masters of music like Mustafa Keser, İnci Çayırlı, Melihat Gülses, Petros Klampanis, Michalis Kouloumis and Çiğdem Aslan.

Yetkin also garnered attention as the first ever Turkish oud artist to be invited to play flamenco in Spain, and to give a solo recital at Royal Albert Hall. Furthermore, these milestone events were preceded and followed by performances at prominent concert venues in Turkey and Europe, such as Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall, Lütfi Kırdar Meeting and Performance Hall and Zorlu Performing Arts Center in Istanbul; Gongora Theatre in Cordoba; and Vortex Jazz Club and Green Note in London. He also performed in festivals like Alamar World Music Fest in Almeria, Yeldeğirmeni Spring Jazz Festival in Istanbul and Rebetiko Carnaval in London. He performed at Royal Shakespeare Company. He has also done some Oud and Makam Music workshops in Istanbul, London and Madrid.

Now based in London, Baha Yetkin builds up his performances with his meticulously written compositions which are an amalgamation of out-of-the-box improvisational thinking based on Istanbul music, complex rhythmic structures of Middle Eastern music, emotional dynamics, meditation, spirituality and wisdom.

His first album "The Pearl” was released on 24th March 2019, his second album “Shine Again” was released on the 11th September 2020. They are on all digital platforms. He continues performing in the UK, Europe and Turkey.

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(Turkish: Yunus Emre Enstitüsü) was established as a foundation in 2007 with a specific aim to promote the history, culture and language of Turkey.  It was named after the famous 14th century Poet Yunus Emre.

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