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Kudsi Erguner

Sufism · Ney Master of the Mevlevi Tradition

Turkish ney master who plays the Mevlevi sema music that accompanies the ceremony of the whirling dervishes.

SufismTurkey
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Kudsi Erguner

Kudsi Erguner is a master of the ney, the reed flute at the heart of Ottoman and Mevlevi music. What he plays is the sema music: the sound that carries the ceremony of the whirling dervishes.

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14 min
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Taksim in Hüseynî

A taksim, the unmeasured improvisation that opens a piece of Ottoman music, in the Hüseynî mode.

75 min
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Sacred Songs with the Bîrûn Ensemble

A full evening of Ottoman classical music with the Bîrûn Ensemble, the group he trains each year in Venice.

43 min
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YOL: Sufî

A concert in the YOL series at the Weimar conservatory, with Kudsi Erguner on the ney in the Ottoman Sufi repertoire.

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