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At the Ottoman Bank Museum
Rebetiko: The Song of Two Cities
The series of monthly seminars, Economy and Society on Both Shores of the Aegean, organized by the Ottoman Bank Museum in collaboration with Alpha Bank and the History Department of Boğaziçi University, will be featuring a film this month. The documentary in English, Rebetiko: the Song of Two Cities, recounts the emergence of Rebetiko on both shores of the Aegean, highlighting the interaction of Greek and Turkish music which created this musical form, and showing the ways in which this interaction continues. The screening is scheduled for December 23, 2005, at 5:00 p.m. and will be followed by a discussion with the film's director Nefin Dinç, researcher and musician Muammer Ketencoğlu, and musician Stelyo Berberis.
"Rebetiko: the Song of Two Cities" explores the contribution of the great exodus of 1922 and 1923 to the evolution of Rebetiko music, and the point Rebetiko has reached in Turkey and Greece today. The documentary, shot in 2004 and 2005 in both countries, consists of interviews with musicians from immigrant families in Greece and Rebetiko experts from Greece and Turkey, and footage from both countries including songs sung together in taverns. "Rebetiko: the Song of Two Cities" is still screened today at various festivals and universities in the US, Greece, England, Spain, Italy and Turkey.
The monthly seminar series, "Economy and Society on Both Shores of the Aegean," focuses on the Greek Orthodox populations of the late Ottoman and early Republican periods. Seminar speakers provide comprehensive information on the subject and display special awareness of the delicate historical context. Admission to the seminars is free. Our next seminar will be hosting Dr. Dimitros Stamatopoulos on Friday, February 10, 2005.
ECONOMY AND SOCIETY ON BOTH SHORES OF THE AEGEAN
Rebetiko: the Song of Two Cities
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Nefin Dinç
Worked as an assistant director for various TV programs and production firms, while pursuing her studies in Economics at the University of Ankara. In 1997, she received her MA in Media and Culture from the University of Strathclyde in the UK. Her first directing experience was for the Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) production, Cumhuriyet Treni ("The Republic Train"). She has served as assistant director for various production firms, commercials and feature films in Istanbul. In 2002, she went to the US to pursue graduate studies and made the documentaries, "Rebetiko: the Song of Two Cities" and "I Named You Angel," (a documentary about the Whirling Dervishes), as part of her graduate program. Both of these documentaries are still screened at festivals and universities in the US, Turkey and other European countries today. Nefin Dinç is currently an assistant professor in the Communication Department of SUNY Fredonia. She is also actively engaged in new projects.
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Date : Friday, December 23, 2005
Time : 5:00 p.m.
Place : The Ottoman Bank Museum
Address : Bankalar (Voyvoda) Street 35/37
Contact : Aylin Beşiryan (212) 334 22 70
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