Transatlantic Concert at Carnegie Hall

Transatlantic Concert at Carnegie Hall for 900 Students in New York and Istanbul

December 5, 2007

The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall connected 400 students in New York City with 500 students in Istanbul, Turkey, through a distance learning concert and cross-cultural exchange, broadcast live on Wednesday, December 5, 2007.  The live event began with Consul General Sharon Wiener's remarks to an enthusiastic crowd.

This event culminates a segment of the Citi Global Encounters exchange between eight high school classrooms in New York City and eight classrooms in Istanbul. Featured world-class musicians include Turkish clarinetist Hüsnü Şenlendirici, who went to New York to perform with The New York Gypsy All-Stars, and The Claudia Quintet, led by percussionist John Hollenbeck, who came to Istanbul.  They focused on the shared elements of traditional Turkish music and American jazz.  The students had an opportunity to ask questions of their transatlantic peers at the program which took place at Boğaziçi University's Garanti Cultural Center. For further information please see the Press Release.

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