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Maison Lâle
2026 | video | 36min

 

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Maison Lâle is an immersive concert that premiered in June 2026 at the Süreya Opera House Istanbul as part of the 54th Istanbul Music festival. Drawing on references that span from Anatolia’s ancient seasonal rites of death and rebirth to the tulip mania that swept 17th-century Europe, the piece searches for a fleeting new home for a beauty once bound to impermanence, perhaps in the city’s most unsettling nocturnal corners. 



Composition, lyrics & musical director: Kaan Bulak
Soprano: Sarah Aristidou
Visual Direction: Theresa Maria Forthaus
Performane: Amanda Donato 

Violin: Moritz Ter-Nedden
Viola: Arianna Smith
Cello: Umut Sağlam
Contrabass: Benedek Devich
Piano & Electronics: Kaan Bulak

Comissioned by Istanbul Music Festival.
Supported by Goethe Institut Istanbul. 
Thanks to Wehrmuehle and Malte B. Oing.

Video Credits: 
Director & Editor: Theresa Maria Forthaus
Camera: Leon Frind
1AC: Marie Eberhardt
Colorist: Anna Hitova
Costume Design: into3stars