Petra Nachtmanova – who fell in love with the haunting sound of the Saz in the Turkish-populated suburbs of Berlin – has traced its journey from Central Asia to the Balkans in a documentary film. The ...

Early in his life Mukhammad Tairov, an Ahiska Turk, discovered he needed more than food to strengthen himself against the forces of oppression; he needed music - the music that came from a ...

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The National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) is holding a two-day festival to showcase rare Indian classic musical instruments like the vichitra veena and esraj. The Saz-e-Bahar: Festival of ...

A 400-450 year old Turkish musical instrument called Baglama, or "Balta Saz (Axe Saz)", which was carved by using an axe in Tunceli province, draws attention. "Baglama" is a type of plucked string ...