The New Bosses 2023: Kerem Turgut, Dubai Opera
Continuing a series of interviews with the 2023 New Bosses, IQ speaks to Kerem Turgut, senior event programmer and live music booker at Dubai Opera (TU)
News By Lisa Henderson | 14 September 2023
The 16th edition of IQ Magazine’s New Bosses was published in IQ 121 this month, revealing 20 of the most promising 30-and-unders in the international live music business.
To get to know this year’s cohort a little better, IQ conducted interviews with each one of 2023’s New Bosses, discovering their greatest inspirations and pinpointing the reasons for their success.
Catch up on the previous interview with Katherina Thalerová, an artist/production manager for LaLa Slovak Music Export in Slovakia here. The series continues with Kerem Turgut, senior event programmer and live music booker at Dubai Opera (TU).
In February 2022, Kerem moved to Dubai to join the Dubai Opera as a Senior Programmer and Music Booker. There, he introduced artists like Bonobo, Jay Shetty, M83,…