Transborder Concert

28 May 2008, Istanbul, Swissotel

Swissôtel the Bosphorus, Istanbul
19:30 Wednesday May 28 2008.
Mory Kante, Arto Tuncboyaciyan, Ragnhild Furebotten & the Arctic Subcircle Orchestra.

You are cordially invited to the opening concert of the European Foundation Center’s international conference “Fostering Creativity”. The concert features the living West African legend Mory Kanté, the BBC-awarded Turkish-Armenian musician Arto Tuncboyaciyan, the Grammy-nominated Norwegian fiddle player Ragnhild Furebotten and the Arctic Subcircle Orchestra. The concert is preceded by a presentation of border-crossing art practices in the Barents Region and Caucasus by Pikene på Broen and Anadolu Kültür. The project is a co-operation between Festival of North Norway, Pikene på Broen, Anadolu Kültür and Institusjonen Fritt ord, Oslo.