Sedef in concert

Friday, 23th November 2007 at 9.00 pm, concert of Sedef.

Since the foundation of the band in 2004, Sedef has been focusing on the music tradition of sevdalinka. They have so far developed their own distinctive approach to arranging and playing this type of music with elements of jazz, classical music, flamenco... Sevdalinka is primarily a love song with its name originating from 'sevdah', Turkish for love, desire, longing. The intimacy and melancholy of these songs reflect the time of their origin, when contact between lovers was very limited due to strict rules within the society, and sevdalinka with its poetic lyrics and melancholy tune represented their only hope of uniting.

http://www.myspace.com/sedefsevdah