OdaKoro
Lazika Koro
Founded by Emine Çolak in 2017 under SANSEV (Culture and Solidarity Association of Artists and Art Lovers), the choir decided to continue its work independently as OdaKoro. With its colorful and diverse choir members, OdaKoro unites in polyphony. While the number of choir members continues to grow, it is committed to keep its quality of being a chamber choir. OdaKoro's repertoire includes special examples of polyphony, classic choir pieces and folk music from around the world. OdaKoro, which has taken part in many national and international festivals, will continue to sing and perform together.
Lazika Koro was founded in 2016 by conductor Emine Çolak within the Laz Institute. It aims to promote Laz folk music, which holds a special place in Turkey's cultural mosaic and to contribute to polyphonic choral music with polyphonic arrangements and vocal performances of Laz songs. Lazika Choir continued its activities under the Sansev Association after 2019 and has taken part in the polyphonic choir world independently since 2023. Since the day it was founded, it has aimed to preserve and communicate cultural elements that could be lost to future generations and contribute to music with polyphonic arrangements of folk songs. Lazika Koro has performed at several festivals and has been honored with various awards.
Emine Çolak
Born in Istanbul in 1961, Emine Çolak graduated from ITU State Conservatory Basic Sciences and Istanbul University State Conservatory Choir-Singing departments. She sang as an alto in the Istanbul Radio Polyphonic Youth Choir conducted by Gökçen Koray. She worked as a music teacher in several schools and conducted polyphonic children's choirs and polyphonic chamber choirs at Nazım Hikmet Cultural Centers. In 2016, she founded the Maltepe Municipality Children and Youth Choirs and conducted them until 2024. She formed Lazika Choir in 2016 and SANSEV Chamber Choir in 2017. She has been conducting OdaKoro and Lazika Choir since 2023. The choirs under her leadership have been awarded several times for their successful performances at the festivals they have participated in.