The extraordinary Bendis Ensemble aims to build a bridge between Western Classical Music and Turkish Music. The members of the ensemble work as solo musicians in Türkiye and abroad, and work towards popularizing music with young people as academics. Presenting intriguing and in

The second English language film by Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos after The Lobster, The Killing of a Sacred Deer invites audiences to yet another uncanny, playful and meticulously crafted Lanthimos universe. The film revolves around a successful surgeon and an adolescent who

Soloist Özgecan Gençer of the İstanbul State Opera and Ballet and harp player Ferda Vural of the Mimar Sinan State Conservatory will be meeting the Koç University audience with an enchanting repertoire comprising a broad spectrum of works from the Classical to the Romantic peri

In 2018, Şahika Tekand and Studio Oyuncuları continue the adventure they set out on with Samuel Beckett in 1990 with Waiting for Godot, among the writer’s most important theatrical texts. The director uses the method of performative staging and acting, and sets up a game model

Born in Vienna in 1985, Lukas Lauermann works as a live and studio musician, arranger and composer, collaborating with such bands and artists as Donauwellenreiter, Ritornell, Soap&Skin, ALASAC, Mimu Merz and Der Nino aus Wien. The range of his activities also includes theater a

A collaboration between the TORK Dance Company, Four Dimension Spatial Dance Company (China) , KUASIA and SGKM, Under Skin takes shape through the notions of “memory” and “identity”. Having made its premiere at the Macau T-Theater on 26-27 August 2017, the project aims to creat

Why would someone like Leyla go to a dinner meeting with her high school friends? She has never attended a high school meeting for twenty five years. And the trip involves a 16 hour train journey! Why is Canan, a final year student of nursing, on the train? She wants to be an a

Tango is a genre of dance which started in Argentina and Uruguay in the second half of the 19th century and spread to the whole world, similarly to jazz music. It has enjoyed a revival of interest during the 2000s, and you can find a tango school or group in every major city ar

On Body and Soul, winner of many awards at the Berlin Film Festival, portrays the extraordinary, funny and epic love of the idiosyncratic Endre and Maria, who know nothing about one another, involving their dreams as well. The life of the not very talkative Endre, who works as

Having first crossed paths with their duet on the song “Kimseye Anlatmadım” almost 10 years ago, the duo of Bülent Ortaçgil and Birsen Tezer will present a special musical feast for the new year at SGKM!

The young Karl Marx is sent on exile with his wife. In 1844 in Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels, the son of an industrialist, who has witnessed the birth of the English proletariat. The fragile and mild-mannered Engels fills in the missing piece in the puzzle of Marx’s new outl

Not bound to a single tradition, The Secret Trio consists of İsmail Lumanovski (Clarinet) , Tamer Pınarbaşı (Kanun) and Ara Dinkjian (Ud) performs a collection of original pieces and traditional melodies that fuses the microtonal modes and improvisation of the Middle East, dan