In his final year as Artistic Director, Roland Peelman has chosen to open the festival with William Barton, Persian tar player Hamed Sadeghi and Belgian jazz pianist Bram De Looze, as well as Lior and Nigel Westlake’s Compassion. Guitar virtuoso Pavel Ralev, violist Florian Peelman, France’s Trio Karénine and Dudok Quartet Amsterdam all make an appearance, as do Bach Akademie Australia and Luminescence Chamber Singers, in what promises to be an exciting week in the nation’s capital.

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Typical breakfast customs in Türkiye involve tea, coffee and simit, the circular sesame-encrusted bread. All of this will on offer at the Turkish Embassy along with music by three eminent artists: acclaimed Bulgarian guitarist Pavel Ralev, the Persian virtuoso Hamed Sadeghi on tar, alongside Freedman Award winner Hilary Geddes. A highly and beautifully strung meeting of cultures.