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Home Kim's CD's Kim Sanders & Friends Gigs & News Hear the Music Links Contact Kim Performing with the Istanbul State Modern Folk Music Ensemble, Istanbul, 2001 © K Sanders 2006	Kim also performs with: Silvia Entcheva Trio GengGong Kim Sanders & Friends Websites Llew Kiek Peter Kennard Linda Marr Sandy Evans Boyd and Kim is on YouTube too! Click here, or Google "kim sanders gitar cafe" Resources (When googling 'gaida' in Turkish contexts, spell it 'gayda' - that's the Turkish spelling) I have a small number of neys and kavals, one Turkish zurna and one Macedonian tapan (45 cm) for private sale, kimzgaida@hotmail.com Rifat Varol is an excellent “ney-opener” (ney-maker) in Sultanahmet, Istanbul . I have several of his neys. Rifat doesn’t speak English himself but does have a website (in English) which has some very good downloadable samples of ney taksims and useful links. Online ordering available. www.neyneva.com Email: neyneva@neyneva.com Another very good ney-opener whose neys I have also used is Hanefi Kirgiz , also in Sultanahmet, Istanbul . He speaks a little English. His website is in Turkish only: www.hanefikirgiz.com Email: info@hanefikirgiz.com Mehmet Yucel is also a reputable ney-opener, and has a very good ney site, including downloadable samples, charts (select "nota arsivi" from menu at top of homepage) and ney care hints. http://www.neyzen.com He is in the process of making an English-language version - some pages only at present. My kaval teacher Sinan Celik (one of) is the force behind Duygu Muzik, who put out some interesting CDs (not just kaval). They also sell good kavals made by Ali Acar.  Sinan has also written a Kaval Metodu (how-to-play kaval) in Turkish. www.dilsizkaval.com Email: info@dilsizkaval.com Risto Todoroski (of Bidwill, Sydney) makes good Macedonian gaidas, kavals and tapans. Tel 02 9835 4732 Oz Whistles in Leura also stock Risto Todoroski's kavals. They also sell my CD's (amongst others). Their main line is all kinds of whistles (as you might expect) and other Irish things. http://www.ozwhistles.com Ian Mackenzie (of Blackheath, NSW) makes Uillean, Spanish, Highland and Lowland pipes, kavals and other things. He made the chanter for the aardvark. simack_2000@yahoo.com Linsey Pollak makes very good gaidas, zurnas etc - but there's a bit of a waiting-list. He has also published an excellent book of Macedonian tunes he has collected during his travels. It goes from simple tunes in 2/4 right up to 25/8, and isn't full of mistakes like some "folkloric" publications! He also has a CD Kniga Tservena containing (some of) the tunes in the book. linsey@spiderweb.com.au Sabahattin Akdagcik is no longer performing, but is still teaching at his music school SASOM in Sydney . Turkish and Arabic folk and classical, vocal and instrumental, all levels. He is an excellent teacher. Tel 0419 707 743 My ney teacher Ahmet Kaya has published a how-to-play-ney book Ney Metodu (in Turkish) (including DVD). Published by Caglar Musiki Yayinlari For CDs of Turkish music, Kalan Muzik is an excellent record company. All kinds of music - excellent archival stuff as well as contemporary. Online ordering. Artists include Birol Topaloglu, Selim Sesler, Osman Aktas, Yansimalar, Engin Arslan. Site is in English and Turkish. Songül Karahasonoglu-Ata, my mey teacher (and Professor at Turkish Music State Conservatory in Istanbul ) has published a how-to-play-mey book (in Turkish): Mey ve Metodu, published by: Inkilap Kitabevi, Yayin Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., Ankara Cad. No 95, Sirkeci 34410, Istanbul .  So Music - a good record shop in King St , Newtown (Sydney). They have (or can get) a CD I made in Istanbul in 94 with Greek/Turkish group Phanari tis Anatolis: "Eleniki kai Asikiki" (MBI 10608.2). They also stock my Australian CDs. somusic@bigpond.net.au Anne Hildyard and Rob Bester (of Xenos) have published Gajda Tunes of Macedonia a book of gaida tunes they collected in Northern Greece - good stuff. www.xenosmusic.com The Boite in Melbourne have along history of promoting multicultural music, and their website has all sorts of useful links. www.boite.asn.au Café Carnivale is a concert programme in central Sydney and Campbelltown, run by Musica Viva - all kinds of music. www.cafecarnivale.com.au www.maqamworld.com Arabic music site in English including introductory explanation of maqam system A useful Australian bellydance site www.annabella.net/bellydance/music.html

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