Şeb-i Arus: Hz. Mevlana'nın Vefatının 753. Yılında "Kademden Kudüme" Konseri

About this event

"Kademden Kudüme" is a concert of Sufi music prepared for the 753rd commemoration week (ihtifal) of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi's death, known as Şeb-i Arus. It takes place on Monday 7 December 2026 at 20:00 in the Ziraat Bankası Ana Salon, the main hall of CSO Ada Ankara. According to the venue, the programme includes sections of Mevlevi rites performed with sema (the whirling ceremony), and draws on the full range of Turkish Sufi music forms: ilahi, tevşih, şuul, kaside, taksim (improvisation), peşrev (instrumental prelude) and a mehter march. The repertoire is made up of works by Mevlevi composers. The kudüm, the small paired kettledrums that are one of the core instruments of Mevlevi music, give the concert its name, and they are joined by ney (reed flute) players, frame drummers, semazens (whirling dervishes), singers, kaside reciters and instrumentalists. Twenty-five specialist performers are listed, under artistic director Ahmet Taçoğlu, with Mustafa Kelleci as speaker and soloists including Ahmet Çalışır, Ertan Bilgi, Suat Kılıç, Özgür Ulaş Doğanoğlu and İbrahim Acer. Practical notes: the venue says that recording with cameras or phones is not allowed during the concert and that recording devices are not taken into the halls. It also asks audiences to arrive early because of busy car park and hall entrances. Tickets are sold through Biletinial, linked from the CSO Ada Ankara event page.

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