Latif Bolat

The musical traditions of Turkey have already been brought to america by Berkeley, California-based multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and folklorist Latif Bolat. A instructor in the Mendocino Middle Eastern Music camp and Honolulu Music And Dance Camp, Bolat may be the movie director from the Latif Bolat Turkish Music Outfit of SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA as well as the musical movie director from the Mevlevi Association Of America, a Sufi business the produces general public shows of dance and Turkish traditional music. Bolat was noticed around the soundtrack from the George Lucas-produced tv series, “Youthful Indiana Jones”. Bolat, who keeps a qualification in folklore and music from your University or college of Ankara, was mixed up in music of Turkey before emigrating to america. Furthermore to teaching traditional music in Eastern Anatolia, he offered as supervisor of Ankara Halk Tiyatrosu, a musical theatre company that is an expert in traditional musical takes on. Shortly after shifting towards the U.S., Bolat received a give from your California Arts Council for his function in conserving Turkish folk music. A grasp from the baglama, a long-necked lute, Bolat in addition has followed his vocals on piano as well as the Bendir-frame drum. His shows have grown to be known for his or her “trance characteristics and mesmerizing rhythms”. Bolat’s recording, Infinite Starting: Devotional Tunes of Turkey, documented with oud, violin and pennywhistle participant Gary Haggerty and tabla participant Emam, centered on tunes from the original Sufi practice of Ziki (“remembrance”) and included lyrics by mystical poets Mevlani Jelaluddin Rumi, Yonus Emre, Pir Sultan Abdal and Niyaazi Misri.