Jazz Listening Club (POSTPONED) Jazz and Cinema: Unexpected Turns

25 March 2025 - This month, our Jazz Listening Club welcomes Hakan Bıçakcı, a national jury member of the 21st Akbank Short Film Festival, as our guest. Together, we will explore how jazz is used as a tension-building tool in cinema, its impact on both the audience and characters, and the role of rhythm in creating a sense of fear.

Conversation Jazz Network Panel: From Academy to Stage

Moderated by Yeşim Pekiner and with the participation of Ercüment Orkut, Ece Göksu and Mehmet Ali Şimayli, the conversation will take place at Akbank Sanat on October 6 at 13:00 as part of the 34th Akbank Jazz Festival.

Conversation fugamundi x Berke Can Özcan Jazz Listening Club

Get ready to make new discoveries at the intersection of jazz and alternative sounds in this unique musical gathering that will take place at Bant Mag. Havuz / Bina on September 29.

34th Akbank Jazz Festival

The 34th Akbank Jazz Festival, which will be held between September 28th and October 13th, will bring the leading names of jazz to music lovers with impressive performances.

Blog Overview: 34th Akbank Jazz Festival

The 34th Akbank Jazz Festival will take place from September 28 to October 13 across various neighborhoods and venues in Istanbul. Here is a selection of events from the packed Akbank Jazz Festival program that you won't want to miss, categorized under three different headings.

Jazz Listening Club Touches of Jazz in the Electronic World

25 April 2024 - For March, our guest Tan Tunçağ, a master at navigating the intersections of jazz and electronic music, will join us Our theme is "Touches of Jazz in the Electronic World"!

Jazz Listening Club Jazz Under Latin Influences: Bossa Nova

25 January 2024, 19:00 - The first guest of the Jazz Listening Club in 2024 is Nihal Saruhanlı, and our theme is "Jazz Under Latin Influences: Bossa Nova"!

Conversation Turkey Jazz Network: Understanding the Venue through Music

To study the synergy of venue and music going hand in hand, to explore the city’s foundations around these two elements, Türkiye Caz Ağı (Turkey Jazz Network) invites you to the panel “Müzik Yoluyla Mekânı Kavramak” (“Understanding the Venue through Music”).

Jazz Listening Club fugamundi x Mert Pekduraner Jazz Listening Club

In the first part, we will listen to the songs related to the theme chosen by our guest. In the second part, we will listen to the pieces chosen by the participants about the theme and talk about it. The event is on September 24th at Bant Mag. Havuz / BİNA. The event will be held in Turkish.

33. Akbank Jazz Festival

Akbank Jazz Festival, one of the longest festivals in Turkey, will light up for the 33rd time this year with the colors of jazz to be derived from the September 23 - October 8 plan.

Conversation Jazz Listening Club "Jazz Meets Dance"

14 June 2023 - This time with Ceylan Göksel, we focus on the points where dance and jazz meet and form hybrid genres.

Conversation Jazz Listening Club “Creative Guitar in Jazz from Past to Present!”

24 May 2023 - We meet at the “Jazz Listening Club” in order to establish meaningful connections with each other and share our stories. With the participation of the guest, we will listen to the songs suggested by the participants around the theme of the program and chat sometimes about music, sometimes about periods, sometimes about our memories.