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Bach’s Lunch Lecture: What is Makam? An Introduction to the Makam of Istanbul for the Western Listener

CCMS Recital Hall

In the lecture, Tev Stevig draws on his 20-year exploration of makam-based music to define Turkish makam and explain how the Western musical experience can both help and hinder our understanding of this music. The New York Music Daily calls Tev Stevig "one of the world's most brilliantly individualistic guitarists" and the Boston Globe says of ... Read more