Dr Emre Aracı is a composer, conductor and musicologist, whose work elegantly intertwines music, history and diplomacy. A graduate of the University of Edinburgh’s Faculty of Music, where he read for both his BMus (Hons) and PhD, he has pursued a singularly erudite career, illuminating the European musical traditions of the Ottoman court. Through concerts, illustrated lectures, books, articles, CD recordings and documentaries, Dr Aracı resurrects the forgotten soundscapes of the nineteenth century with scholarly finesse. His abiding passions—for art, literature, historic architecture and the narratives of the past—imbue his work.