Actual Program

AUTUMN/WINTER 2025 -2026

MESHK
Open music evening of classical Ottoman music

Thursdays 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Conducted by Denis E. Mete,
registration at denis(at)artmete.at

IMPRO PUR
Open music sessions

once a month, Saturdays 5:00–7:00 p.m.
Dates: 22 November 2025, 20 December 2025, 17 January 2026, 14 February 2026, further dates to follow.
We improvise mainly with music therapy instruments,
which are easy to play and sound good.
No previous musical knowledge is necessary.
conducted by: Denis E. Mete
Detailed information via email: denis(at)artmete.at

WOMEN'S CIRCLE – Breath, Music & Meshk
Singing, drumming and conversation

three times a month, on Saturdays from 4:45 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.
Dates for 2025: 8 Nov, 15 Nov, 29 Nov, 6 Dec, 13 Dec, 27 Dec
conducted by: Nurdan Yaldiz
Registration/information: nurdanyaldiz(at)gmail.com

MECLIS-i INS
Orientalist reading circle

Once a month, on Mondays from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Classical literature in reading, translation and discussion.
conducted by: Denis E. Mete
Mon 8 Dec 25, 6:30–9:00 p.m. Sufi treatises on Sama
Mon 5 Jan 26, 6:30–9:00 p.m. Ibn Sina's doctrine of the soul (ilmu l-nafs)
Mon 2 February 2026, 6:30–9:00 p.m. Health preservation (hifzu s-sihha) in ancient Islamic medical treatises
Mon 3 March 2026, 6:30–9:00 p.m. Description of Jerusalem by Islamic world travelers
Further dates to follow.
Registration: denis(at)artmete.at

MUSIC THERAPY
Individual and group therapy
Led by: Denis E. Mete
Registration/info: denis(at)artmete.at

SCHOOL PROJECT Bildungschancen Wien

The Sounding Silk Road
A musical journey from Central Asia to Istanbul

October 2025 to June 2026, programme for school grades 1–9
Funded by WienXtra
www.bildungschancen.wien/angebot/3344/

ENSEMBLE MAKAMHANE
The ensemble makamhane is dedicated to classical Ottoman music from the 16th to the 20th century, performing with original instruments such as the Ney, Oud, Rebab, Qudüm and Tanbur.

INSTRUMENT LESSONS
Individual lessons for Oud and Ney are available on an ongoing basis.
Contact: info(at)makamhane.com

PUBLICATIONS 2024-2025
by Silsile / makamhane Publishing House
www.silsile.at

Nacmu d-Dîn Kubrâ
Duft der Pracht (Fawâ’ihu l-camâl)

Irmgard Zingelmann (Schulbücher islam. Religionsunterricht)
Qur’anische Geschichten, Band 1,
Handbuch zu Band 1
Qur’anischen Geschichten für Kinderherzen

Stephanie Clasemann
Und zuletzt Buchara, Erzählung