Makam New York is the first in North America to create an annual Turkish Music Institute that brings makam
music's finest masters to New York City for intensive workshops and
concert at a leading performing arts center.
Makam New York, founded by internationally-renowned vocalist Ahmet Erdoǧdular in 2007 and incorporated in 2011, holds a vision of revitalizing the Ottoman artistic lineage as part of a wider movement to reclaim Turkey’s place as a leading center of cosmopolitan contemporary culture.
The Turkish Music Institute programs were successfully initiated in 2012 with a group of world’s leading practitioners in Turkish classical and modal music.