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* This workshop has reached the maximum number of participants and it is now full.
Lesson timetable (total of 12 hours)
21/2 and 22/2 16:00 - 20:00
23/2 10:00 - 14:00
The seminar is aimed at musicians who play the kanun or another instrument and are interested in approaching Greek and Turkish musical idioms through their instrument and voice.
Particular emphasis will be placed on self-accompaniment: we will work with songs and instrumental pieces, with the aim of each participant being able to support their voice or melody with their instrument and try out different roles within the ensemble.
We will not focus so much on the technical performance of the instrument, but on how we can feel and support the music through rhythm, phrasing and our function within the ensemble.
This seminar will primarily be taught in Greek. Full interpratation will not be provided.
To register in the waiting list, please send an e-mail with you name and phone number at musicalyards@gmail.com
Lesson timetable (total of 12 hours)
21/2 and 22/2 16:00 - 20:00
23/2 10:00 - 14:00
The seminar is aimed at musicians who play the kanun or another instrument and are interested in approaching Greek and Turkish musical idioms through their instrument and voice.
Particular emphasis will be placed on self-accompaniment: we will work with songs and instrumental pieces, with the aim of each participant being able to support their voice or melody with their instrument and try out different roles within the ensemble.
We will not focus so much on the technical performance of the instrument, but on how we can feel and support the music through rhythm, phrasing and our function within the ensemble.
This seminar will primarily be taught in Greek. Full interpratation will not be provided.
Biography
Asineth Fotini Kokkala was born in Athens in 1989. She graduated from the Experimental Music High School and Lyceum of Pallini (2006) and from the Department of Folk and Traditional Music of the Technical Institute of Epirus (2013). She has attended seminars at the “Labyrinth” with Ömer Erdoğdular, Göksel Baktagir, Halil Karaduman, Evgenio Voulgaris, Haris Lambrakis, Erkan Oğur, Giorgis Xylouris, Uğur Işık, Ross Daly, Derya Türkan and Socrates Sinopoulos.
Since 2010 she has lived in Istanbul, where she initially settled as an Erasmus student at Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi. The main instruments she plays are the kanunaki and the violoncello. She is a final year postgraduate student in Turkish music at Kocaeli Üniversitesi Devlet Konservatuvarı, at the University of Nicomedia.
She is a member of Sinafi Trio (since 2014) and NikoTeini (since 2020). She is mainly active in Turkey, in concerts and recordings with musicians from different musical idioms and scenes, such as Ara Dinkjian, Melike Şahin, Sanaa Moussa, Evgenios Voulgaris, Lamia Yared, Nikos Andrikos, Solon Lekkas, Apostolos Sideris, Selin Yücesoy and Gazapizm.
In 2017 she created the Istos Choir of the homonymous Greek-language publishing house in Istanbul. The choir consists mainly of Turkish-speaking amateur choirs from across the ethnic spectrum of Turkey (Turks, Alevis, Kurds, Jews, Greeks, Armenians, Levantines) and has developed a Greek-speaking repertoire, presenting concerts and participating in festivals in Greece and Turkey.
Teaching
Since 2012, she has been teaching Music at Zografeio Lyceum as an external collaborator. With the Sinafi Trio, she has held seminars in Cyprus (2018–2019) and at the Music Village (2018). During the pandemic, since 2020, she has been delivering online seminars on Greek musical idioms for kanun on the platforms “Web” and “Labyrinth Online”. She has also taught at Caravan seminars (Haifa–Weimar, 2023), in Adelaide (Australia, 2024), in Gelsenkirchen (Germany, 2024) and in Vatusa, Lesvos (2025).
Discography (contributions)
Nikos Andrikos, Motivasyon (2014), Sedef (Z Müzik, 2017), Amygdalía (Kalan, 2023) Fulya Özlem ve Akustik Kabare, Manidar Boşluk (Z Müzik, 2018)
Sinafi Trio, İho (Z Müzik, 2019)
Melike Şahin, Kara Orman (2019)
Igorrr, Spirituality and Distortion (Metal Blade Records, 2020)
Apostolos Sideris, Hane (2021)
Medz Bazaar, Insanistan (2022) Zaharyas – 18th century compositions (2022)
Aslı Aker, Opou deis dio kyparissia (2023)
Hanende Zaharia of Nichori (2023)
Giorgos Kounatidis, Memory (2024)
Electrohafız, Style is Prison (2024)
Çağlar Fidan, Intra Muros İstanbul (2024)
Selin Yücesoy, There is a well in İsfahan (2025)
Çağlar Fidan, Ezgi Köker & NikoTeini, Ada, Nısos (recording in progress / release 2025)
Since 2010 she has lived in Istanbul, where she initially settled as an Erasmus student at Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi. The main instruments she plays are the kanunaki and the violoncello. She is a final year postgraduate student in Turkish music at Kocaeli Üniversitesi Devlet Konservatuvarı, at the University of Nicomedia.
She is a member of Sinafi Trio (since 2014) and NikoTeini (since 2020). She is mainly active in Turkey, in concerts and recordings with musicians from different musical idioms and scenes, such as Ara Dinkjian, Melike Şahin, Sanaa Moussa, Evgenios Voulgaris, Lamia Yared, Nikos Andrikos, Solon Lekkas, Apostolos Sideris, Selin Yücesoy and Gazapizm.
In 2017 she created the Istos Choir of the homonymous Greek-language publishing house in Istanbul. The choir consists mainly of Turkish-speaking amateur choirs from across the ethnic spectrum of Turkey (Turks, Alevis, Kurds, Jews, Greeks, Armenians, Levantines) and has developed a Greek-speaking repertoire, presenting concerts and participating in festivals in Greece and Turkey.
Teaching
Since 2012, she has been teaching Music at Zografeio Lyceum as an external collaborator. With the Sinafi Trio, she has held seminars in Cyprus (2018–2019) and at the Music Village (2018). During the pandemic, since 2020, she has been delivering online seminars on Greek musical idioms for kanun on the platforms “Web” and “Labyrinth Online”. She has also taught at Caravan seminars (Haifa–Weimar, 2023), in Adelaide (Australia, 2024), in Gelsenkirchen (Germany, 2024) and in Vatusa, Lesvos (2025).
Discography (contributions)
Nikos Andrikos, Motivasyon (2014), Sedef (Z Müzik, 2017), Amygdalía (Kalan, 2023) Fulya Özlem ve Akustik Kabare, Manidar Boşluk (Z Müzik, 2018)
Sinafi Trio, İho (Z Müzik, 2019)
Melike Şahin, Kara Orman (2019)
Igorrr, Spirituality and Distortion (Metal Blade Records, 2020)
Apostolos Sideris, Hane (2021)
Medz Bazaar, Insanistan (2022) Zaharyas – 18th century compositions (2022)
Aslı Aker, Opou deis dio kyparissia (2023)
Hanende Zaharia of Nichori (2023)
Giorgos Kounatidis, Memory (2024)
Electrohafız, Style is Prison (2024)
Çağlar Fidan, Intra Muros İstanbul (2024)
Selin Yücesoy, There is a well in İsfahan (2025)
Çağlar Fidan, Ezgi Köker & NikoTeini, Ada, Nısos (recording in progress / release 2025)