Mozart’s opera The Abduction from the Seraglio, K 384 (original German name Die Entführung aus dem Serail) was first performed in Vienna in July 1782 with the composer himself conducting. The plot ...

On October 15 I made my way to Beyoğlu for the opening of an exhibition of paintings by the artist Rahşan Düren entitled Verwegenheit, a word which I believe means ‘audacity’ or ‘boldness’ in German.

The curtain rose to reveal an enormous sculpture of a horse’s head, equalling the height of the theatre and encased in a cube of LED-lit scaffolding. This was the opening night of Handel’s Tamerlano, ...

On October 15 I made my way to Beyoğlu in the evening rush hour, braving the traffic on Refik Saydam Caddesi, the road between Taksim Square and Şişhane that passes below the wall of the British ...

Tickets from Biletix.com. Price: 600TL. Important note: The gates to the church courtyard will be closed at 20:30, and no audience members will be admitted after that time.

Cornucopia’s choice: Turkey with a twist – the best current shows in Istanbul and around the world ...

Saturday 02 November, 16:00 / Wednesday 06 November, 20:00 Tickets from Biletinial. Prices: 170TL, 240TL, 315TL, 470TL, 635TL. Atatürk Cultural Centre (Atatürk ...

All four of the performers at this concert have extensive experience of playing improvised music. In my blog on a concert at the Bova Club on February 18, I said the following: ‘As the ...

Behind the painter Fausto Zonaro stood an extraordinary photographer, Elisa Zonaro, whose visual record of the Ottoman capital between 1890 and 1910 is brought together here for the first time.

Cornucopia’s choice: the pick of cultural events in Istanbul and around the world ...

Dirimart Dolapdere welcomes Peter Zimmermann’s sixth solo exhibition at the gallery. ‘Contact’ emphasizes the relationship between sight, touch, and digital abstraction aesthetics. His work is digital ...

Guitarist Bora Çeliker began his musical career playing blues, turning to jazz in 1999. He currently plays with a number of leading jazz musicians including Sarp Maden, Nilüfer Verdi, Neşet Ruacan, ...