Lighting up mid-conversation, Murat Erginol sat at a coffee shop in the breezy, open-air halls of Atatürk Culture Center, Istanbul’s premier performing arts complex. Erginol, wispily bearded and quick to smile, is, among other accolades, first violinist of the Gedik Philharmonic Orchestra, one of Turkey’s many privately sponsored ensembles. Then rehearsing “The Four Seasons” by […]
Author Archives: Matt Hanson
Born in Massachusetts and now based in Turkey, Matt Hanson is Istanbul desk editor for ArtAsiaPacific, and an editor for the news agency ANKA.