"The career of the singer Deniz Uzun, who opened the evening, sounds almost like a fairy tale. The German-Turkish artist grew up in Mannheim, where she made street music with her brother and was active in the band Alyuvar. Her great voice and huge talent were discovered and encouraged. She studied in Mannheim and in Bloomington (USA). Today she sings at the Komische Oper Berlin, previously she was a member of the ensemble of the Zurich Opera. She now comes to the Parkinsel with Jon Wassermann, a former fellow student who is actually a specialist in baroque guitar. On the Island-summer he played an electrically amplified concert guitar. Percussion was provided by Cris Gavazzoni, who, like Uzun, has performed at the National Theater Mannheim, Onur Caliskan from Istanbul plays the clarinet. Folk songs from around the Bosporus, songs of Sephardic Jews, art songs and fishermen's songs - the musical spectrum was broad. Common to all was the sonorous and touching voice of the singer, who performed each song with great intensity. She also performed poems set to music by Nazim Hikmet, the legendary innovator of Turkish poetry who was persecuted and imprisoned in his homeland.“