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Hattusha Orchestral Ensemble, Exhibitions and Workshops INTRODUCTION The culture and the art of the Hittites, the first empire of the Anatolia, is a valuable resource for the world cultures. Hittites have respected the values of different cultures, such as language and religion, and during their existence they have accepted nearly thousand gods and too many various languages. While the love and the understanding of tolerance found in their world have reached to our present day as Anatolian tradition, it has also been interacted with the world cultures. Social, political, judiciary, cultural and artistic values introduced to humanity by the Hittites will be presented within this Hattusha Activity by composing a musical piece by applying historical and traditional music to a contemporary symphonic understanding and by arranging workshops and exhibitions during the activities. The Hattusha activities under preparation, based on scientific guiding and documentations, will enlighten the cultural bridges lived and continues to live on within a historical period. CONCERTS The music work produced for this activity will be performed in three different locations, Ankara and Çorum in Turkey and Evora in Portugal in 2009 during the months of September and October. The Orchestra consists of 35 musicians and 2 artists will make the presentation. The musicians replicating Hittites, with their Hittite costumes inspired and designed from the historical samples, will perform traditional and local tunes by using Hittite musical instruments. Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese and Turkish musicians participating in this activity will animate the common culture of Europe in a musical form by performing their own cultural and folkloric music. The orchestra, with polyphonic musical instruments will perform the musical work specially composed for this project by Ertuğrul Bayraktar and the lyrics written by Oğuz Elbaş. The orchestra will be conducted by Cihat Aşkın. The stage shows and presentations inspired by the Hittite cult life will be directed by the Art Director of Hattusha, Tamer Levent and Visual Director of Hattusha, Meltem Keskin Bayur. WORKSHOPS Various workshops run by a group of experts and academicians will be held in Ankara, Çorum and Evora in September and October in 2009, and in Vicenza, Budapest, Gaziantep and Kahramanmaraş in April and May 2010. In these workshops the impact of the Hittite culture on Turkey and Europe will be discussed via practical examples. PHOTOGRAPH EXHIBITION Parallel to the concerts and workshops, via photo exhibitions, interactions between the musical cultures of Hittites and Europe will be presented. RECONSTRUCTION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS The instruments used within the Hittite music, discovered by archaeological studies, e.g. stringed instruments such as Lyre, Harp and "Baglama"; wind instruments such as Pipe, Double-Pipe and Brass wind; skinned and self percussion instruments such as Drum, Goblet and Kettle drums and castanets will be hand-made for the first time by using present day technologies. The production of these instruments will be realized by taking into consideration the research made by Oğuz Elbaş. Partners: Turkey: Theatre Opera, Ballet Members Foundation - TOBAV Visit of the President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, and the Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism, Ertugrul Gunay, to the Anatolian Civilizations Museum in Ankara where the Hittite Instruments produced for Hattusha Activity were exhibited:
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Photos from the Performances at several locations:
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