Robert Labaree

professor, music history, New England Conservatory

Professor Labaree is an ethnomusicologist specializing in Turkish music and medieval European music. As a founding member of the EurAsia Ensemble since 1980, he has performed and taught Turkish classical music across the US. His recordings with EurAsia Ensemble include *Eski Dunya ile Sohbet* (Conversations with the Old World), *Istanbul on the Charles*, and *Boston Sema*. His solo CD *Cengnagme* appeared in Turkey in 2001 on the Kalan label. He is the director of New England Conservatory's Intercultural Institute, which he founded in 1993. He also is the co-founder of DUNYA org.