Velvele
Velvele is a duo of Turkish-born musicians, Merve Salgar (Ottoman tanbur) and Anıl Eraslan (cello), based in Strasbourg, they develop their projects in between Strasbourg, Berlin, and Istanbul.
The duo explores the tension and harmony between tradition and experimentation. Rooted in the forms of Turkish classical and folk music yet infused with contemporary sonorities, Velvele creates a crystalline bridge where listeners are invited into the space between simultaneity and agitation.
Through a dialogue of two instruments, their performance divides and reweaves the sonic field: sometimes confronting, sometimes resonating, always inhabiting the liminal threshold where contrast becomes unity.
Anil Eraslan ▷ cello/voice
Merve Salgar ▷ tanbur/voice
Upcoming
07∘03∘26 ▷ TBC ▷ Strasbourg ▷ FR
04∘04∘26 ▷ TBA ▷ Bordeaux ▷ FR
06∘04∘26 ▷ Cinéma Bel-Air (Festival Météo) ▷ Mulhouse ▷ FR
17∘04∘26 ▷ Festival Archipel ▷ Genève ▷ CH
18∘04∘26 ▷ La Fraternelle ▷ Saint-Claude ▷ FR
19∘04∘26 ▷ Bar de l'Aube ▷ Saint-Étienne ▷ FR
22∘04∘26 ▷ TBA ▷ Zürich ▷ CH
Past
2026 18∘01 Kunsthalle | Mannheim | DE — 2025 05∘12 Fragment | Metz | FR — 12∘11 Soundwatch Music Film Festival | Berlin | DE — 01∘11 Nekubi | Kavala | GR — 05∘11 F451 | Ioannina | GR — 06∘11 Green Bridge | Trikala | GR — 07∘11 KET | Athens | GR — 08∘10 Panda | Berlin | DE — 31∘10 Baobab | Thessaloniki | GR —
14∘09 Dolcedo | IT — 13∘07 Istanbul Electroacoustic Night | Berlin | DE — 18∘07 Festival Rotule | Dieppe | FR — 13∘02 GMEA Théâtre Garonne | Toulouse | FR — 2024 06∘12 Jazz à Poitiers | Poitiers | FR — 9∘11 Konzerthaus | Berlin | DE — 10∘10 Phare Citadelle | Strasbourg | FR — 21∘03 Atelier du Plateau | Paris | FR — 30∘01 Périscope | Lyon | FR — 2023 28∘07 Humboldt Forum | Berlin | DE — 09∘05 Périscope | Lyon | FR — 12∘05 TBA | Dieulefit | FR — 13∘05 L’Imprimerie | Marseille | FR — 2022 20∘11 Anagram Space (10 years of Multiversal) | Berlin | DE — 05∘02 PILS | Strasbourg | FR