Conversation Jazz Listening Club: From Script to Screen: The Journey of Film Music

30 April 2026 - On International Jazz Day, we explore the world where notes meet frames and stories are rewritten through sound. For the 15th session of the Jazz Listening Club, hosted by Akbank Sanat and fugamundi, we dive into the intersection of cinema and jazz.

Program Akbank Sanat Music Series

Conversation Jazz Listening Club: Surprises in Music - Sounds That Change Direction

25 Şubat 2026 - In this session of the Jazz Listening Club, Zeynep Oktar invites us to follow the idea of “surprise in music”. Rather than a technical music talk, this is an intimate, participatory evening shaped by what music evokes and the stories it lets us hear.

Workshop Keeping Track of the Musical Journey Workshop with Üretim Kaydı

Taking place on October 4 at Zuhal Müzik Kanyon as part of the 35th Akbank Jazz Festival, the workshop will introduce practical methods for making your creative process visible and offer a reflective space that can one day become a source of renewed inspiration.

Acting Workshop Musical Approaches in Acting Exploration

February 8, 2025 - This workshop is designed to enable actors to use music as a method in building stage actions and creating characters in terms of rhythm, melody, and ensemble. It aims to help participants understand musical dramaturgy and how to apply it in their acting journeys.

Conversation Musician Beyond His Time - İsmet Sıral and “Documentary of a Documentary”

You are invited to rediscover saxophone master İsmet Sıral, renowned for his collaborations with world-class musicians in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as the big bands he founded and his visionary approach to music.

Conversation Kreşendo x In Pursuit of the Music Journey

In Pursuit of the Music Journey, a special event organized by Kreşendo for the 34th Akbank Jazz Festival, invites the audience to listen, be inspired and create together.

Blog Music of love, compassion and faith: Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few

As the rising star of the Chicago scene prepares to perform with The Chosen Few orchestra at Babylon on October 2, as part of the 34th Akbank Jazz Festival, let's take a dive into Collier’s personal history and take a closer look at his music.

Blog With a desire to extract the rawest form of music: Vega Trails

Before the duo takes Akbank Sanat stage on October 2 as part of the 34th Akbank Jazz Festival, let us walk through their story in detail.

Concert Istanbul Encyclopedia’s Music

9 February 2024, 19:00 - The music of Ottoman Istanbul is also present in Reşat Ekrem Koçu's Istanbul Encyclopedia, a compilation of the "sad" and "strange" history of the city. Çağlar Fidan presents a selection from the notes of old Istanbul songs in the encyclopedia.

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”).

Seminar “Postgraduate Students Represent: Our Stage Music from the Tanzimat to the 1990s”

24 May 2023 / 18:30 - Speakers: İstanbul University Department of Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy Graduate Students