Berke & Ystavat
Diaspora Helsinki
Digital Album
18.07.2025
Diaspora Helsinki is a vibrant musical project that brings together artists from diverse cultural backgrounds through the shared language of Turkish and Greek music. Named after the city where most of the musicians met as expatriates, Diaspora Helsinki is a cross-cultural celebration rooted in tradition, shaped by migration, and voiced through a modern musical lens.
The group consists of three Turkish musicians on clarinet, darbuka, and vocals, a Greek violinist, and a Finnish artist. An Uyghur-Turkish guitarist, who contributed to Tasia and Experimental Gayda, also joins the ensemble.
Clarinet & Vocal: Berke Yiğit Satılmış
Violin & Vocal: Meri-Sofia Lakos
Piano & Vocal: Vilma Talvitie
Vocal: Yonca Ermutlu
Darbuka & Vocal: Murat Ermutlu
Gitar: Repkat Parhat
Çello: Niyazi Davut Uçkun
Studio: The Global Music Center
Mixing & Mastering: Archil Veltauri
Arangerr: Berke Yiğit Satılmış
