Aynur ist zweifellos die bekannteste kurdische Sängerin unserer Zeit und steht für eine moderne kurdische Folk Music. Sie repräsentiert in ihrem Wirken das reiche kurdische Musikerbe als globales Genre und bringt es kreativ in die internationale Musikwelt ein. Ihre Musik wird allenthalben von international bedeutenden Künstlerkollegen überschwänglich gelobt. Sie hat mit...

Soma is the debut album of the Soma trio Peppe Frana (oud, Afghan Robab), Masih Karimi (tanbur, daf) and Ciro Montanari (tabla, percussion). The album includes original compositions and arrangements of traditional melodies. Iranian Masih Karimi is a virtuoso of the Kurdish tanbur and daf.

These three international art masters will take you to a distant world where everything is soft and quiet, a country with flowers as its national emblem: jasmine in China, cherry blossoms in Japan, and lotus in Vietnam. A trio performing traditional or popular songs from these three countries: Guo Gan's legendary erhu, Huong Thanh's beautiful voice and the enchanting sound...

Derya Turkan has been the worlds most influential Istanbul kemenesi performer for almost three decades now. He has performed world wide and recorded as a leader or in collaboration with prominent international musicians in a variety of musical styles, from classical to contemporary improvisation. With Istanbul Kemenesi vol. II, Derya Turkan presents his second album...

Maluf System, a duo of Tunisian musician and multi-instrumentalist Marzouk Mejri and Neapolitan musician and ethnomusicologist Salvatore Morra. The album presents itself as a true anthology of the maluf repertoire - one of the most complex traditional music genres of Tunisia - thoroughly exploring its revival in migratory contexts, along with the changes and new modes of...