Beyond East and West: Developing and Documenting an Evolving Transcultural Musical Practice

Project Information

Integrating Turkish

Grant agreement ID: 648810

DOI 10.3030/648810

Project closed

EC signature date 27 May 2015

Start date 1 September 2015

End date 31 July 2023

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 2 000 000,00

EU contribution € 2 000 000,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
United Kingdom

Publications

Other (6)

Binbogalar Efsanesi - Legend of a Thousand Bulls

Author(s): Michael Ellison, composer, Simon Jones, adaptation, Evrim Akyay, Ting Huang, Yasar Kemal
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Composer

Deniz Müziği (2015) (Sea Music)

Author(s): Michael Ellison
Published in: 2015
Publisher: Koç University, Late Antiquities and Byzantine Center

Light into Shadows (2016)

Author(s): Michael Ellison
Published in: 2016
Publisher: Prémiered Grenoble, France. Detours de Babel, April 7, 2016

Trommelsprachen - Languages of Drums (2017) Transcultural collaborative project with compositional contributions by V. Suresh, Fresco Zohar, Mısırlı Ahmet, Christian Thomé, Mariana Sodovska together with PI. Based on drum languages of India, Turkey and the Middle East, merged into a contemporary music context. For four percussion soloists and voice, with mixed cross-cultural ensemble. Premie

Author(s): Michael Ellison, Zohar Fresco et al
Published in: Acht Brücken Festival, 2017
Publisher: Acht Brücken Festival

Derivations (2018) for viola and kemençe (also cello-kemençe version).

Author(s): Michael Ellison
Published in: 2018
Publisher: ERC Research Music Conference

Deniz Küstü - The Sea-Crossed Fisherman (2016) Total Music Theatre in four scenes

Author(s): Michael Ellison, Composition. Simon Jones, Libretto/director. Zeynep Tanbay, choreography. NOHlab, video performance. Premiered June 11, 2016, Istanbul Music Festival, Hezarfen Ensemble, Gwion Thomas, Robyn Allegra Parton, Damian Thantrey, Louise Innes, Adam Green, Michael Rafferty, conductor. Including ney, kanun and kemençe, and Turkish percussion, with Hezarfen and Western voices. Based on
Published in: Istanbul Music Festival, 2017, Page(s) 339 p.
Publisher: Istanbul Music Festival

Peer reviewed articles (1)

Gesture in poetry, movement and music: Approaching the total artwork through Sufism in Say I am You and Deniz Küstü (The Sea-Crossed Fisherman)

Author(s): Michael Ellison
Published in: Dance, Movement & Spiritualities, Issue 3/3, 2016, Page(s) 217-241, ISSN 2051-7076
Publisher: Intellect, Ltd.
DOI: 10.1386/dmas.3.3.217_1