About Us
“One of the finest and most entertaining British-based exponents of global music” - The Guardian
25 Years of She'Koyokh!
Formed in 2001, She'Koyokh are celebrating their 25th anniversary year.
They have enjoyed an extensive touring career to date, with highlight performances including the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Wigmore Hall and Southbank Centre in London, Madrid's Fundación Juan March, the Gasteig in Munich, WOMAD and Sziget festivals and Aldeburgh's Snape Proms.
They have toured all over the British Isles, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Denmark, Turkey, Cyprus, Serbia, Morocco, Austria, Spain, the Canary Islands and Norway, as well as making regular live appearances on BBC radio 3 and collaborating with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Aurora Orchestra, Cypriot trio Monsieur Doumani and south-Indian violinist Jyotsna Srikanth.
Meet the band
She’Koyokh’s line-up is as diverse as their music making. Their members hail from Turkey, Serbia, Spain and the UK.
Three members are graduates from London’s prestigious Royal Academy of Music, two are esteemed jazz musicians, accordionist Živorad Nikolić is one Serbia’s finest players of traditional folklore. Singer Çigdem Aslan, is a celebrity in the world of rembetiko music and Susi Evans was hailed "the Queen of klezmer clarinet" by the Clarinet & Saxophone Society of Great Britain. All seven are virtuoso musicians with two decades spent absorbing and performing the rich folk music traditions of Jewish Eastern Europe, Turkey and the Balkans.
Four globally acclaimed albums have earned She’Koyokh rave reviews in the Guardian, Evening Standard, Gramophone, Songlines fROOTS ad BBC Music Magazine. The band are currently working on their fifth studio album and looking forward to other highlights in 2026.
Performance Highlights
The World's Music at Oxford
KlezMORE Festival, Vienna
International Jazzfest, Kragujevac, Serbia
Wigmore Hall, London
Mawazine Festival, Morocco
Summer at Snape, Aldburgh
Pannonica Festival, Poland
Sacred Arts Festival, Bilbao
City Halls, Glasgow
Sound Out, Leeds
Gobéfest, Manchester
Jewish Music and Theatre Week, Dresden
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
RITMO, Budapest
Glatt & Verkehrt, Austria
In Tune, BBC Radio 3
Lakeside Arts, Nottingham
National Centre for Early Music, York
Musicport, Whitby
The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
Gasteig, Munich
Folk Art Festival, Graz
Klezmerwelten Festival, Gelsenkirchen
Dream Factory, Warwick
WOMAD, Charlton Park
Music Hall, Aberdeen
Sziget Festival, Budapest
Jazz Cafe, Camden
Fundaćion Juan March, Madrid
Jewish Culture Festival, Gelsenkirchen
Jewish Culture Festival, Dresden
LSO St Luke's, London
WOMAD Fuerteventura
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Fishguard Music Festival, Wales
Royal Academy of Music, London
St Georges' Bristol
Brighton Dome
Purcell Room, London
Kypria Festival, Cyprus
Turner Simms, Southampton
Cheltenham Festival
Buskers Bern, Switzerland
Trondheim Jewish Culture Festival, Norway
Mezrab, Amsterdam
Trafalgar Square, London
Glastonbury Festival
Jewish Culture Festival, Krakow
"One of London’s musical treasures playing the best klezmer and Balkan music in Britain” - Evening Standard