Salgar & Eraslan Duo

Merve Salgar and Anil Eraslan are two musicians of Turkish origin who share their lives between Strasbourg, Berlin and Istanbul. Their musical practices are situated at the edge between traditional and improvised music. Merve works as well on new forms of compositions for ancient instruments (notably with SAVT or her duo with Zoe Hesselton) as with a more classical repertoire (Karmanota). As for Anil, his career as a cellist leads him from Anatolian music to free music (Fred Frith / Tom Malmendier) which flirts with the contemporary. He is currently working on a documentary about the Istanbul improv scene.