Rembetika expert and intermediary between the Balkans and Turkey. The amazing, blind accordeon player possesses a vast repertoire. He also introduced the old Smyrna Rembetika to a large audience. The Zeybek ensemble consists of seven musicians: The musical director, accordionist, composer and vocalist Muammer Ketencoglu; guitarist, composer and arranger Cengiz Onural; violinist and singer Mithat Arisoy, oud player and teacher Erdem Senturk, percussionist Rahmi Gocmen, vocalists Ivi Dermanci and Stelyo Berber. Carrying the common musical tradition of Western Anatolia ( Asia Minor) to stage. the ensemble performs Turkish and Greek folk songs, Izmir style rebetikos and zeybeks.
The group played in the Netherlands and Belgium from April 24 till April 28 2007.