MayFest 2008

Treasures of Anatolia: Guitar in Turkey with Cem Duruöz

Presented by Tutti Music Production, co-sponsored by the Moon and Stars Project

$32 (Members $28)

Sun, May 4 8:30pm

Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall 881

Seventh Avenue (corner of 57th Street), New York, NY 10019

Turkish American guitarist Cem Duruöz will return to Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall after his 2004 debut in a recital featuring guitar music from Turkey.

Paintings by Tumay Gunaydin FREE Opening

Reception: Tue, May 6 6:00pm-8:00pm

The Gallery at The Marmara-Manhattan

Wed, May 7-Fri, Jun 6 11:00am-7:00pm

The Gallery at The Marmara-Manhattan

301 East 94th Street (at Second Ave), New York, NY 10128

Tümay Günaydin's paintings have been developed from a series of portraits. Dark, eroded, and brooding while carrying the potential of hope, the characters in the paintings emerge from a certain past to look at the viewer through the mists of time.

Ismail Lumanovski and NY Gypsy All-Stars Band $20 (Members $18)

Thu, May 8 9:30pm

Drom

85 Avenue A (between 5th and 6th Streets), New York, NY 10009

The young Macedonian/Turkish clarinet virtuoso Ismail Lumanovski and the NY Gypsy All-Stars Band will perform an unforgettable night of jazz-inflected Turkish, Balkan and Mediterranean Romani (Gypsy) songs with a guest performer. With members from Turkey, Greece, Macedonia and U.S.A; the band takes pride in getting its musical references from their cross-cultural backgrounds as well as from the city of New York, which is the ultimate crossroads of several cultures and musicians and thus essentially a Gypsy city at heart.

Tribute to Baris Manço: Kurtalan Ekspres in Concert $40 (Members $36) Sat,

May 17 8:00pm and 10:00pm

Drom

85 Avenue A (between 5th and 6th Streets), New York, NY 10009

The program will be comprised of Kurtalan Ekspres' own repertoire as well as several of Manço's greatest hits that made a huge impact in the Turkish music scene for much of the 1970s through 1990s.

May Fest 2008 Closing Party

Fri, May 30 10:00pm

Touch

240 W 52nd Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue), New York, NY 10019

Please join the Moon and Stars Project team to celebrate the 10th year anniversary of MayFest at Touch in a fun night with Turkish music and a raffle with special prizes including Moon and Stars Project event passes.

Latif Bolat presented by Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concert Series

A Program of The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall Citi Global Encounters:

The Music of Turkey

FREE

Sat, May 31 2:00 pm

LaGuardia Performing Arts Center

LaGuardia Community College,

31-10 Thomson Avenue (between 31st and Van Dam Streets) Long Island City, New York 11101

One of the most renowned Turkish musicians in the U.S., Latif Bolat has garnered worldwide acclaim and interest for his original performances of ancient Turkish mystic-devotional music. Informed by his expertise in the genre, Bolat weaves unique tales of Turkish folk and mystic music into his performances, ultimately forging a narrative that reveals the sociopolitical and cultural conditions that underlie these traditions.