The musician Gaye Su Akyol is currently one of the most interesting artistic voices in Turkey. Her music combines influences from Middle Eastern folk music with post-punk, grunge and psychedelic surf rock to create a cosmopolitan sound. With a strong live presence and avant-garde music videos, the trained painter from Istanbul's hip Kadiköy district has gained a global following. Hymns of praise in the New York Times, among others, described her as "Turkish rock music's biggest hope", harking back to the psychedelic music of the 70s in Turkey and folk icons such as Selda Bağcan. Iggy Pop said of Akyol's music that it was "much more fulfilling than any popular music from the exhausted West today".
The Brecht Festival has invited Gaye Su Akyol to set a Brecht poem to music.

A production of the Brechtfestival with the kind support of the District of Swabia.
Streaming as part of BRECHT DIGITAL. Supported within the framework of "dive in. Program for digital interactions" of the German Federal Cultural Foundation, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) in the NEUSTART KULTUR."