Tufan Derince at DubaiEXPO 2020 (December 18, 2021)
On Saturday, December 18, 2021, Tufan Derince (featuring Burhan Toprak, Cihan Öz, and Aliyar Kinik) performed alongside Bahraini fusion group Majaz and Somali singer Sahra Halgan at DubaiEXPO 2020.
Tufan Derince at globalFEST January 2020
On Sunday, January 12, 2020, the Tufan Derince Group, featuring Raman Dari, Kenan Can, and Murat Surucu performed at globalFEST at the Copacabana in NYC.
Press:
New York Times: “What started as a marvel of breakneck perpetual motion kept accelerating.”
Listed as one of NPR’s “Top Discoveries from globalFEST 2020.”
Tom Pryor, Songlines: “The Tufan Derince Trio literally had the place buzzing with the electrified Kurdish wedding music they call granî. Dernice originally hails from Diyarbakir in Turkey, and plays the baglama with the distortion turned up to 11. Backed only by sparse keyboard beats and vocals, the bandleader turned in a dizzying, hair-raising set, coaxing out a unique, sweet-and-sour sonic palette, punctuated by daredevil fretboard virtuosity.”
Tufan’s New York appearance was also covered by Marco Werman for PRI’s The World and by Darek Mazzone on KEXP’s Wo’Pop.
The group also played Creative Alliance in Baltimore on Thursday, January 16:
Followed on Friday, January 17 by a performance at the Arden Gild Hall in Wilmington, Delaware.
