Photograph © Nilay İşlek

Melisa Yıldırım – kamancha
Jussi Reijonen – acoustic guitar, Arabic ‘ud

Melisa Yıldırım is an award-winning Anatolian Kamancha player, multi-instrumentalist and improviser from Istanbul, based between London and Helsinki. She is working with various professional artists around the world and she composes music close to traditional Anatolian music forms and is an improviser interested in hypnotic, meditative sounds. Her styles and influences range from sufi, spritual music to Anatolian folk, as well as experimental and contemporary world music.

https://melisayildirim.com