Tag: Hagia Sophia

  • Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia:  More Relevant Than Ever

    Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia: More Relevant Than Ever

    This week media outlets across the world thrust Hagia Sophia into the limelight, reporting the action by current authorities to clear the way for the UNESCO World Heritage Site to be changed from a museum to a mosque. Cappella Romana’s Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia is more relevant than ever: to shine a light on Hagia…

  • Early Music America: Reveling in Byzantine Chant

    Early Music America: Reveling in Byzantine Chant

    Philippa Kiraly has published a wonderful feature including reviews and interviews with Mark Powell and Alexander Lingas in honor of our 25th Season, as well as a preview of our upcoming Hagia Sophia “Icons of Sound” recording: “Cappella Romana opened its 25th season in October in Seattle and Portland with “Icons of Sound: Byzantine Chant…

  • Smithsonian Magazine Features Icons of Sound

    Smithsonian Magazine Features Icons of Sound

    Our “Icons of Sound” concert and collaboration with Stanford University gets a fantastic feature in the Smithsonian Magazine: “Hagia Sophia, a former church and mosque, is an important part of Istanbul’s long history. Who knew its sublime sound could be transferred to Stanford? Twice in the past few years, Stanford scholars and scientists have worked…

  • Hagia Sophia: A Space In Between Heaven and Earth

    Hagia Sophia: A Space In Between Heaven and Earth

    Professor Bissera Pentcheva presents Hagia Sophia: A Space In Between Heaven and Earth at Reed College Tuesday, November 15, 2016 – 4:45pm Eliot Hall 314 Free and open to the public More Information ** This event follows Cappella Romana’s residency with Dr. Pentcheva at Stanford, where the ensemble performed medieval Byzantine chant from Hagia Sophia…

  • Icons of Sound: Hagia Sophia Reimagined – Photo Edition

    Icons of Sound: Hagia Sophia Reimagined – Photo Edition

    Enjoy photos by Theodor Dumitrescu from our Icons of Sound: Hagia Sophia Reimagined project and performance:

  • Hagia Sophia #ThrowbackThursday

    Hagia Sophia #ThrowbackThursday

    As we look forward to next weekend’s exploration of the majestic ceremonies for the cathedral of Hagia Sophia in our “Fall of Constantinople” concerts, here’s a ‪#‎ThrowbackThursday‬ look to our “Icons of Sound” Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics project! [one_half] Seattle Friday, 29 August, 2014, 8:00pm St. Joseph’s Parish [/one_half][one_half_last] Portland Saturday,…