EMRE ARACI (director) He is founder-director of the London Academy of Ottoman Court Music, a specialist ensemble performing European music composed in or about Ottoman Turkey. His two Kalan CDs with this ensemble - European Music at the Ottoman Court and War and Peace: Crimea 1853-56 - plus a third with the Prague Symphony Chamber Orchestra and Cihat Askin, Bosphorus by Moonlight, have been acclaimed critically in Turkey and abroad, with excerpts broadcast by many world radio networks including the BBC. His most recent CD, Istanbul to London, was also recorded in Prague by the Pragu… read more
EMRE ARACI (director) He is founder-director of the London Academy of Ottoman Court Music, a specialist ensemble performing European music composed in or about Ottoman Turkey. His two Kalan CDs with this ensemble - European Music at the Ottoman Court and War and Peace: Crimea 1853-56 - plus a… read more
EMRE ARACI (director) He is founder-director of the London Academy of Ottoman Court Music, a specialist ensemble performing European music composed in or about Ottoman Turkey. His two Kalan CDs with this ensemble - European Music at the Ottoman Court and War and Peace: Crimea 1853-56 - plus a third with the Prague Symphony Chamber Orchestra and Cihat Askin, Bosph… read more