BGST Organization is a booking and management agency based in Istanbul that represents numerous musicians and bands from Turkey. We work as a booking agent with various venues, festivals, and municipalities across the country.

The BGST Organization began the business by managing the music, dance, and theatre projects of the Boğaziçi Performing Arts Ensemble. Since 2012, BGST Organization has organized tours in Turkey and Europe for Kardeş Türküler (Songs of Fraternity), Kardeş Türküler and Sezen Aksu, Aynur Doğan, the joint projects of Erkan Oğur and Mikail Aslan — Çeşm-i Dil and Dört Nefes Toprak, Ahmet Aslan, New York Gypsy All Stars, Lena Chamamyan, and The Secret Trio. We also represent the theatre productions of BGST Theater.

Over the past years, we have booked and undertaken the production of the following concerts: Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra and Erdal Akkaya, Berlin Chamber Orchestra & Erdal Akkaya, The Secret Trio, Koçani Orchestra, Arto Tunçboyacıyan, New York Gypsy All Stars, Esma Redzepova, Haig Yazdjian, Onnik Dinkjian, New York Gypsy All Stars and The Secret Trio, Goran Bregovic, Buika, Ibrahim Maalouf, Avishai Cohen, Erik Truffaz, Ara Dinkjian, Haig Yazdjian, No Blues, Lisa Simone, Anouar Brahem, Le Trio Joubran, Marcel Khalife, Rabih Abou-Khalil and Elektro Deluxe, Renaud Garcia-Fons, Lena Chamamyan, Katerina Papadopoulou, Barcelona Gipsy Balkan Orchestra, Haidouti Orchestra.

Between 2016 and 2019, we also acted as the official booking agent for Nilufer Municipality’s Nilufer Music Festival. Some of the bands we have booked for this festival include Oscar and The Wolf, Kultur Shock, Modeselektor, Roosevelt, Agar Agar, La Pegatina, Maximo Park, Dubioza Kolektiv, Kadebostany, and Metronomy.

BGST Organization has also organized concerts and educational workshops in collaboration with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bonn Beethoven Orchestra, and the Goethe Institute.