PANDAwomen closes its 2025 edition with a vibrant night of Turkish voices — curated around the interplay of sound, gesture, memory, and reimagination. The evening begins with a warm and intimate set by musician and curator Güley Alagöz, and continues into multidisciplinary territories with İrem Nalça’s performative take on shadow and identity. Pina Berlin fuses jazz and old Turkish songs into an urban fantasy of 1990s Istanbul. Finally, ILÆY — one of the most striking new voices in avant-pop — takes the stage for a closing set that merges drama, electronics, and vocal poetics.
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PANDAwomen #7: die Türkei
Programme:
Opening SetGüley Alagöz
Singer, guitarist, and event curator Güley Alagöz opens the evening with a set rooted in jazzy and turkish melodies — drawing on classical guitar, integrating dark vocals and spheric textures into her music.
Performance
İrem Nalça
Multidisciplinary artist İrem Nalça explores the theme of shadow — both literal and metaphorical — in a piece inspired by the traditional Turkish shadow theatre Karagöz. Her performance combines movement, text, and visual cues to tell a story of presence and absence.
Music & Movement Set
Pina Berlin
“What if Norah Jones and Led Zeppelin collaborated in 1990s Istanbul?” This is the playful, poetic question behind Pina Berlin’s work — a hybrid of song, improvisation, and physical performance that bridges nostalgia and invention.
Avant-Pop Concert
ILÆY
Known for her powerful stage presence and genre-defying sound, ILÆY closes the festival with a set that merges electronic beats, expressive vocals, and theatrical storytelling. In September, she starred as Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar at the Komische Oper Berlin.
- Admission: 20 euro online | 25 euro doors
This event is part of the PANDAwomen 2025 Festival.
About PANDAwomen 2025
Seven Fridays – seven mini-festivalsSince 2018, the PANDAwomen Festival has been celebrating women's voices every autumn. In 2025, a new PANDAwomen format will be launched: seven mini-festivals on seven Fridays, each dedicated to a different country. In 2025, these will be Georgia, Iran, Estonia, Belarus, Yemen, Poland and Turkey. Traditional and experimental contemporary music will be accompanied by performances, readings, artist talks and film screenings, a rich supporting programme and culinary surprises.
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Dates
December 2025
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