Duygu Alkan and Julia Tavit combine the heritage of timeless traditions
stemming from the broad world of maqam and traditional music from Anatolia.
Duygu Alkan and Julia Tavit blend colourful soundscapes from Asia Minor
and Anatolia. They will perform traditional and classical tunes from
Turkey, Greece, Anatolia and some tunes from Duygu Alkan’s album My
Garden’s Perennials.

Duygu Alkanis a Turkish artist and researcher based in Netherlands and a
master alumni of Codarts from World music department. In her musical
career which spans over 10 years and include one solo album as well as
three prestigious Award nominations, Duygu Alkan is of the world music
singers in international stage today.
Throughout her musical career, Duygu has been performing in established
venues in
Europe and Middle East and has shared an EP album with prominent musicians.

Born in 1999, Julia Tavit started her piano studies with Maretta
Khacaturyan, at age of 11 was
admitted to the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts State Conservatory.  In 2018, she
was awarded second prize in the New York Golden Classical Music Awards
International Piano Competition and she was invited to perform a Solo
Piano Recital at Carnegie Hall, USA. Currently, Julia Tavit is studying
at Codarts University with Stephan de May.

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