TRADITIONAL SUFI MUSIC CONCERT

Meshk (meşk) is a traditional teaching method in our civilization, and it means to be trained or learning. In our history, the term has been used as "meşk etmek(to carry out meshk)" for the students who perform the musical work he learned from the teacher. Thanks to meshk, in addition to learning the art, the students also learn how the teacher behaves and also his method, gaining full awareness of the person's state of being. Therefore, this method has become a reflection of the morality of society, which is woven around the master-apprentice relationship. “There is no meshk without love.” This saying explains the approach that meshk is carried out for Allah's approval and gaining the divine love and sharing it with people who wish to have it, rather than aesthetic concern and gaining the public's appreciation. The meshk method in Turkish music has been applied in palaces, mansions, mosques and lodges throughout history and has brought different styles according to the place and style. For example, the sufi music style emerged with the meşk performed accompanied by the music in dervish lodges. In Sufi music the dervishes sometimes made enthusiastic chanting with a state of ecstasy according to their spiritual states, and sometimes immersed themselves in contemplation in the realm of meaning with a calm state. A French traveler saw a student trying to read an ilahi (hymn) in a mosque in Istanbul in 1672 with the attitude he had learned from his teacher, observed that the student imitated his teacher without looking at the notes, and declared that the Turks paid attention to the attitude of the person they were studying rather than the notes during musical performance. The method of meshk was mostly conveyed in spoken manner, making it different from the music performed at concerts because it appeals to the heart and addresses people directly. The accumulation of knowledge in this civilization has been passed on from generation to generation with the meshk tradition. The work of our ensemble, the tradition of meshk is presented to the benefit of humanity through programs carried out at home and abroad.