Witness the breathtaking power of 'Nasimi'— Sami Yusuf’s anthemic masterpiece — captured live at his Between Two Seas concert in Istanbul, August 2025. Before a sold-out audience of 25,000, an exceptional 80-piece orchestra from around the world joined Sami Yusuf in a performance of epic scope and emotional intensity.
With lyrics drawn from the luminous words of 14th-century luminary Imad ad-Din Nasimi — “Two worlds fit in me, yet I cannot fit in this world” — the music soars between the earthly and the eternal, uniting artistic traditions in one innovative vision. Every note, every voice, resonates with grandeur: timeless, majestic, and alive with spirit.
The outstanding Turkish vocalists heard here adding their voices to Sami Yusuf’s are İbrahim Suat Erbay, Çiğdem Gürdal, Ahmet Yağmur Kucur, and Çiğdem Yarkın.
Recorded live at Festival Park Yenikapı, Istanbul.
Nasimi From the album Between Two Seas Composed by Sami Yusuf Lyrics by Imadaddin Nasimi Recorded live in Istanbul, Türkiye
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Composer and Musical Director: Sami Yusuf
Sami Yusuf : Vocals Onur Akkuş: Oud Onur Tuncay: Kanun Yakup Selim Şenel: Turkish Tanbur Onur Erdem: Baglama Eren Turan: Baglama Burak Kurubaş: Baglama Serkan Özdemi̇r: Baglama Zaki Valiyev: Tar Tahir Amrahov Zakir: Tar Elchin Hatamli: Tar Mahyar Toreihi: Santoor Yunus Emre: Ney Magsad Azizov: Balaban/Zurna Adam Zarbaliyev: Balaban/Zurna Antoine Morinière: Guitar Classical José Manuel León: Guitar Flamenco Guo Gan: Erhu Elvin Novruzov: Kamancheh Farid Babayev: Kamancheh Sultan Nadirov: Kamancheh Tural Gadirov: Kamancheh Nuraddin Taghiyev: Kamancheh Tabriz İsabala Yusubov: Kamancheh Mehmet Ömer Aşçıoğlu: Classical Kamancheh
VOCAL SOLOISTS: Israel Moro Çiğdem Gürdal İbrahim Suat Erbay Ahmet Yağmur Kucur Çiğdem Yarkın
