Marianne Faithfull delights Istanbul Modern audience with date


Award-winning English singer, songwriter and actress Marianne Faithfull fronted a multi-generational concert at Istanbul Modern on Saturday as part of the Avea Extraordinary Music Concerts series.


The concert, highlighting Faithfull’s latest album “Horses and High Heels,” also featured artists from the age of 19 to 60. Faithfull, who sang 17 songs in all, was accompanied by guitarists Doug Pettibone and Mark Krammer, along with a drummer and a female musician playing instruments such as the saxophone, clarinet, accordion, piano and harpsichord.

Taking the stage with the song “Horses and High Heels,” Faithfull continued with the other songs from her most recent albums during the first part of the concert. In the second part of the event, she performed songs from her previous albums such as “Sister Morphine,” a song by Mick Jagger, “Broken English,” “Working Class Hero” and “Strange Weather.” She also recounted the stories behind the songs.


The nearly two-hour concert held in the museum’s garden, was noted for Faithfull’s never-ending energy and strong voice.

The Avea concert series, which has featured Luz Casal, the Ara Dinkjian Quartet, Kayhan Kalhor & Erdal Erzincan and Ömer Faruk Tekbilek in a series of dates since February, will continue with Harbiye Open Air concerts in July and an Anatolian tour in August.



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