The ney is a flute from the Middle East with a hypnotic, nearly mystical sound. In its long history the instrument has played a primary role in the Sufi tradition, an aid for the Sufi mystic in his search for divine inspiration.
While Kudsi Erguner is an absolute virtuoso of the ney flute and performs the authentic repertoire in a masterly fashion, he also improvises and experiments and this has resulted in his collaborating with Peter Gabriel, Maurice Béjart, Peter Brook and many others.