CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS
Neighborhood Concert: Dunya Ensemble

Brooklyn Borough Hall
Friday, April 18th, 2008 at 6:30 PM

Dunya Ensemble

Generously supported by the New York City Council and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; and by the New York State Council on the Arts.

Additional support is provided by The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation.

Dunya Ensemble
Original compositions for instruments and voices combine the idioms of Ottoman traditional music with contemporary media and methods. Mehter (Janissary music), sema (Sufi devotional music), and ince saz müzigi (instrumental music) are explored, producing striking new pieces that carry on and extend their traditional models.