Dear SoH Festian
The 2024 Panel Discussions were free to attend and took place at Arter’s Auditorium in English. Festival Pass holders could join without prior subscription.
Moderator:
Melih Fereli Türkiye
Founding director emeritus, Arter
Art and culture consultant of Vehbi Koç Foundation, lecturer at the Center for Advanced Studies in Music (MIAM), general manager of Istanbul Foundation for Culture & Arts (1993-2001), board of directors member of Philharmonia Chorus, London (1985-1992)
Panelists:
Anders Hagberg Sweden
Musician, Woodwinds player and Pedagogue
Professor of Musical Performance and Improvisation at the University of Gothenburg (Academy of Music & Drama)
Artistic director for Connecting Worlds
Alper Maral Türkiye
Composer, Woodwinds player and musicologist
Co-founder of Ankara Music and Fine Arts University’s Faculty of Musical Sciences and Technologies, Faculty member at YTU and Istanbul Bilgi University
Golfam Khayam Iran
Musician, Composer and Guitar player
Lecturer at the Copenhagen Royal Academy, Aarhus Royal Academy, Geneva Music University and the Tehran Art University, Artist in residence (Arvo Pärt Centre, 2023)
Yeşim Pekiner Türkiye
Vocalist and Teacher
Director of Bahçeşehir University Jazz School, Director of the BAU Jazz Academy, Recipient of “Leading Woman Award in the Field of Art” by the Turkish Association of University Women (2016)
Moderator:
Francesco Martinelli Italy
Jazz historian, Concert promoter, Journalist
Teacher at Siena Jazz University, author of the book “History of European Jazz”, director of “Arrigo Polillo” Jazz Center Studies, co-organizer of Pisa International Jazz Festival (1976-1982)
Panelists:
Şevket Akıncı Türkiye
Guitarist and Composer
Professor at Bahçeşehir University, Lecturer at Bilgi University,
Yıldız Technical University and Sabancı University Music Department
Selen Gülün Türkiye
Composer, Pianist and Vocalist
Recipient of Charles Mingus Composition Award (1998), British Council Visiting Arts, Creative Collaboration in Music (2003), Donne in Musica’s Artist in Residence Award (2011)
Tord Gustavsen Norway
Composer and Pianist
Recipient Spellemannsprisen, Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, CHOC critical awards, Bell Award, NOPAs Musikkpris, author of the essay «The Dialectical Erotism of Improvisation»
Yuri Honing the Netherlands
Saxophone player and Composer
Three-time Dutch Edison and Boy Edgar award winner, Winterreise in Paradiso special concert series organizer
Moderator:
Ramin Sadighi
Founder and Director of Show Of Hands Festival
Founder and CEO of Hermes Records, Grammy nominated producer (2006), WOMEX Professional Excellence Award winner (2015), mentor in Arts Management at Columbia College Chicago (2007-2010), co-founder of “Culture & Music” magazine.
Panelists:
Annie Reed England
Founder of Annie Reed Music Publishing
WOMAD/Real World/Peter Gabriel
Fairwood Music (UK) Ltd/David Bowie catalogue
Tansu Özyurt Türkiye
Label Manager & Sales Director
A.K. Müzik and Opus3a
Christine Semba Germany
Music Curator
Head of WOMEX Academy, Special Projects Manager at WOMEX and Piranha Arts AG