Fri 29 Oct 20:00 – From Inanna to Layla: Songs of women in eight languages by Samiye Demir Band

Samiye Demir is a  Turkish musician and a scientist. With her music project, she emphasises the change in the status of women in society from the Sumerian Goddess Inanna to the present.
She performs ethnic songs in Turkish, Armenian, Greek, Kurdish, Persian, Arabic, Assyrian and Lazuri telling the stories of women.

Collaborating with Turkish, Serbian, Swedish and Chinese musicians, she takes the audience on a journey through time and space.

Line up:

Samiye Demir
Zeynel Demir: Baglama, Bouzouki, Lute
Alper Kekeç: Percussion
Jelena Popovic: Piano
Henrik Holm: Double Bass
Zheng Sun: Erhu