DUNYA

DÜNYA (The World) is a non-profit organization located in Boston. Its aim is to present a contemporary view of a wide range of Turkish traditions, alone and in interaction with other world traditions, through performance, publication and other educational activities.

Mehmet Ali Sanlikol

Mehmet, president of DÜNYA, came to United States in the year of 1993 when he won a scholarship to Berklee College of Music. In 1997, he founded the band AudioFact and toured Mexico, Argentina, the USA and Europe. The same year, he received Berklee College of Music's Clare Fischer Award and completed his degree in Jazz Composition and Film Scoring. In the beginning of 1998 he released the CD "Black Spot" with AudioFact. In the year 2000 he graduated from New England Conservatory of Music with a Master's Degree in Jazz Composition. In the year 2003 Mr. Sanlikol has released the second CD entitled "Asitane", with AudioFact and has taught in the theory and music history departments of New England Conservatory. In the year 2004 Mehmet completed his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Composition at the New England Conservatory.

Mr. Sanlikol has performed and toured with AudioFact, and Jazz stars such as Tiger Okoshi and Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez at numerous prestigious International Music Festivals, the Blue Note Jazz club in New York, Ryles Jazz club in Boston. Recently, he is writing a book about the organization and the music of the Ottoman Janissary Bands and is teaching at Emerson College and Tufts University.

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