Aşina – The Sounds of Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia, situated between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, is home to one of the world’s oldest soundscapes. The region’s numerous civilizations share a common musical heritage. In this concert, ancient modes, folk melodies, and improvisations come together, uniting different languages and rhythms into a shared pulse. Turkish, Syrian, Kurdish, and Persian sounds invite not a journey into the past, but an encounter with a living tradition.About our new seriesUnexpectedly familiar – “aşina” is a word of Persian origin that describes something familiar to us, even if we do not fully understan