“Keesher Bar (Night Dance)” written and performed by Ara Dinkjian, Armenian Music l Met Music

“Keesher Bar (Night Dance)”, written and performed by Ara Dinkjian. Filmed in the The Koç Family Galleries featuring Carpets, Textiles and the Greater Ottoman World and Arts of the Ottoman Court (14th–20th centuries), on August 1, 2018.

Featured instrument:
Manol (Emmanuel Venios) (Greek, active Turkey, 1838–1915/16), Ūd, 1916, Istanbul, Turkey.
Spruce, mulberry, various woods, mother-of-pearl, mastic. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Amati Gifts, 2014 (2014.522a, b)