Description
Compositions by Petros Peloponnesios (ca. 1735-1778), Tanbûrî Angeli (1610?-1690), Ioannis Zografos Keivelis, Kemençecı Usta Yianni (XIX century).
About Ottoman classical music, Kudsi Erguner, artistic director of the project writes: “Unfortunately, because of a misconception, today this legacy is still called ‘Turkish classical music’. But it is actually the classical music of many different peoples who shared a common history within the Ottoman Empire. This music was not made to be appreciated according to an individual sense of belonging but according to the taste of a common culture, just like Western classical music.