“A night of Turkish Sufi Mystic Music, Poetry and Images”. Latif Bolat & Rodrigo Parejo

“A night of Turkish Sufi Mystic Music, Poetry and Images”. (Latif Bolat & Rodrigo Parejo)

Latif Bolat: voice/baglama
Rodrigo Parejo: flute/voice

Guests
Poet + Sufi Whirling Dervish dancers
Wardrobe: Rory Wardana

Live @SIPA (Solo International Performing Arts Festival). Surakarta, (Indonesia). Sep.2022

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LATIF BOLAT
Turkish Singer, Composer and Scholar of Turkish Music and Folklore

Latif Bolat is a native of the Turkish Mediterranean town of Mersin. After receiving his degree in folklore and music at Gazi University in Ankara, Turkey, he taught traditional music throughout the country. He then went on to manage Ankara People’s Theater, a musical theater company, which performed traditional musical plays. Mr.Bolat also received further degrees in Turkish History and Middle East Religion and Politics from Ankara University and an MBA from San Francisco State University.

His recent performance and teaching engagements include:

Educational concerts-lectures at Carnegie Hall in NYC.
Soundtrack music for George Lucas Studios TV series "Young Indiana Jones".
PBS documentary “Mohammed: Legacy of a Prophet”.

Released 5 successful CDs in the US and Turkey, Co-authored the Turkish mystic Sufi poetry translations and anthology book: “Quarreling with God: Mystic Rebel Sufi Poems of the Dervishes of Turkey”.

Festivals, concerts and conferences at many institutions including, the United Nations, Oxford University, SOAS-London, Stanford University, University of Chicago, Brigham Young University, Monash University in Australia, Leeds University, University of California at Berkeley, London Sufi Music Festival, All-India Mystic Ruhaniyat Festival, Urkult Festival in Sweden, Monterey World Music Festival in California, Singapore Esplanade Music Festival, Varna World Music Conference Festival in Bulgaria, National Festival in Canberra/Australia, Middle East Spirituality Festival in Edinburgh/UK, Boulder World Music Festival in Colorado, and many other respectable universities, concert halls and Festivals all around the world.

The California Art Council rewarded Mr.Bolat with a grant for his contributions to the preservation of Turkish traditional music. Turkish Ministry of Culture sponsored his Turkish Sufi poetry translations project titled “Quarreling with God”. He also leads educational Cultural tours to Turkey for the past 12 years. Please visit his web site below for music, press reviews and other information. WWW.LATIFBOLAT.COM

   • Latif Bolat Makam concert in Washington, USA   (Ensemble)
   • Latif Bolat, Istanbul song 5   (Solo)
   • Latif Bolat - Turkish musician and Saz vir...   (TV Interview in India on Turkish Sufism and Music)
   • Latif Bolat Visits Our Lady of the Lake Un...   (Interview-Concert)
   • Latif Bolat   (Garden Concert in India)
   • Lot Lorien- A ballad for the lost   (Collaboration with Lot Lorien of Bulgaria)
   • Music & Dance Festival: On the Wings of Ec...   (Bahamas Festival-Nassau)
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RODRIGO PAREJO
Musician, Composer, Educator, Researcher

Rodrigo Parejo is an adventurous multifaceted creative Spanish jazz musician, improviser, researcher, composer and educator, constantly in movement between Europe and Asia contributing regularly in the different music scenes of Jazz, World, Contemporary Dance, Wellness and Experimental Improvised Music, performing a broad range of styles: from minimalistic meditative solo performances to explosive free-jazz orchestras, contemporary ensembles, ethnic music folk groups, flamenco dance companies, contemporary dance performances, classical, rock, latin or meditation music.

He has worked and collaborated with a diverse number of projects and renowned international artists such as: Phil Woods, Norma Winstone, London Improvisers Orchestra, The Hague Ethospheric Orchestra, Hank Bennink, Michael Moore, Saray Muñoz, Israel Cerreduela, Bunghar Khan Company (India), Lazara López Cachao, Rianto, Peni Candrarini, Mao Arata, Steve Thornton, Lewis Pragasam, etc. appearing in major international festivals as: North Sea Jazz Festival (The Netherlands) Steve Reich Festival (Amsterdam), Bratislava Jazz Day (Slovakia), Flamenco Festival Vienna (Austria), Bimhuis (Amsterdam), Esplanade Theatre Singapore, Rainforest World-Music Festival (Malaysia), MURFEST (Malaysia), Margaret Graham Theater (Canada), or Viktoria Jazzscene (Oslo, Norway).

www.rodrigoparejo.com

   • Rodrigo Parejo 'RITUALS'. Javanese Contemp...   Rodrigo Parejo "RITUALS"
   • Rodrigo Parejo 'THE JAVA SPRING' (feat. Pe...   The Java Spring (feat. PeniCandrarini)
   • 'AIR' - Rodrigo Parejo ‘THE JAVA SPRING’ @...   The Java Spring "AIR" (Los Barruecos)
   • RODRIGO PAREJO QUARTET (short) Live. Jakar...   Rodrigo Parejo Quartet (Indonesia)
   • AsGuests @ Bratislava Jazz Days 2014   Bratislava Jazz Days Festival (Slovakia TV).
   • MUSIC FROM THE DESERT - Rodrigo Parejo ('W...   MUSIC FROM THE DESERT. Racism Int. Day 2021

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