Founded in 2015 by Başak Doğan. Chromas means “colours,” is comprised of members hailing from various cities, backgrounds and walks of life. Each member is like a unique colour. This diversity is reflected in their colourful repertoire, too: a wide range of music from contemporary jazz to folk arrangements, bringing together various languages and genres. In doing this, they embody the polyphonic, diverse, and colourful culture of Eurasia. When they sing and improvise together, they experience a unique and profound peace. Chromas is always in pursuit of creating new musical and performance ideas, with the goal of increasing the interest in choral music in Turkey. Being one of the pioneers of choir music in Turkey; Chromas participated in various prestigious events such as Choralies (2016), France; World Choral Symposium (2017), Spain, Chromas continues representing Turkey internationally. Chromas also shared the stage with the legendary vocal music virtuoso Bobby McFerrin as part of PSM Jazz Festival 2019, with a 2-hour, fully-improvised set. 2019 summer saw the Europe Tour where Chromas visited 5 cities, 3 countries. The choir started off 2020 as the Turkish delegate of the United Nations for the New Year’s Resolution project. Chromas also took the stage at Sonar Istanbul 2020 with Live Choir A.V project. Turkey’s first Virtual Choir songs are created by Chromas during the lockdown days, one of them #MüzikEveSığar hosting participants from 14 different countries and 60 different cities.
