In March Kim returned from three months in Istanbul where he did advanced studies with ney master Ahmet Kaya. He also studied Gypsy music with clarinettist Selim Sesler (the man The Guardian called “the Coltrane of the clarinet”) and continued his studies in duduk, mey and kaval.
He performed with the Turkish version of Kim Sanders & Friends, percussionist Okay Temiz, Laz singer/instrumentalist Birol Topaloglu and was Guest Soloist with the Turkish Ministry for Culture’s Istanbul State Modern Folk Music Ensemble.
