Category Archives: News
Activities in Sofia, Veliko Tarnovo, Utrecht, Wuppertal and Cologne
It’s been quite a while since I posted here. Got lost in existential issues and other stuff. The concerts in Bulgaria are already over, with a lovely aftertaste. The Goethe-Institut Bulgaria invited me for three concerts and an artist talk in … Continue reading
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Tagged art, audiovisual, bulgaria, classical-music, composition, concert, electroacoustic, electronic music, Free Improvisation, Germany, music, netherlands, travel, vocal ensemble
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New Duo: Neslihan Schmidt and Korhan Erel
Pianist Neslihan Schmidt and electronics player Korhan Erel are a newly formed duo. They have set out to develop a repertoire of structured improvisations on prepared piano and electronics. They will play their debut concert at Galiläakirche in Berlin on … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin, concert, duo, electroacoustic, electronic music, Free Improvisation, galiläakirche, improvisation, modular synthesizer, piano, prepared piano
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FitFot, a family business for ambient music and more since 2023
My partner Tuçe Erel and I have started our musical family business FitFot in 2023 and played two concerts in that year and then at the wonderful, bizarre club night KOOKOO, a lovechild of Mieko Suzuki and Arno Raffeiner in … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambient, ambient music, electronic music, FitFot, synth music, synthesizers
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“Wovon lebst du?” – an interview with me by Arvore Foundation (in German)
I have been extremely lucky to be an Arvore Foundation recipient since September 2022. Arvore is based in Basel and has been granting living cost supplements to musicians in Switzerland and Germany for almost a decade now. This grant has … Continue reading
Upcoming Concerts in Berlin: Klangbildung 24, Bonding Sounds, Richten25 and Super Silent
On October 4, I’ll play a concert with the amazing musicians that are Shabnam Parvaresh on clarinets/effects and Sofia Labropoulou on kanun at exploratorium’s Klangbildung 24 Festival that is also a celebration of the venue’s 20th anniversary. Check out the … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin, concert, concerts, electronic music, experimental music, improvised music, music, News, turkish-musicians
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Solo, duo and group concerts in Berlin
On Wednesday, June 26, I’ll be playing an improvised concert with Jessica Ackerley (guitar), Eli Wallace (piano), Camila Nebbia (sax) and Cansu Tanrıkulu (voice, effects) at Sowieso. This is going to be a fun evening of first encounters for me. The only … Continue reading
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Tagged ambient music, Berlin, Duisburg, electronic music, experimental music, FitFot, Free Improvisation, Germany, improvised music, Kookoo, live music, NRW, OHM, solo electronics, Sowieso, Stapeltor
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Upcoming Concerts in Berlin: Mutables and Only With You Performances
After playing two concerts on May 3rd at Istanbul’s wonderful concert venue Borusan Music House with Pep Talk and Böseblick, I stayed mostly under the radar, only going up for rehearsals and fun stuff with friends. Before my partner Tuçe … Continue reading
Pep Talk and Böseblick at Istanbul Borusan Music House
I will be bringing two bands of mine to Istanbul in May. Pep Talk, our experimental pop improvisation duo with extraordinary singer-composer Ayşe Cansu Tanrıkulu, and the electronic music quartet Böseblick with Alessandra Eramo, Kirsten Reese and Ariel Orah will … Continue reading
Ephemeral Fragments goes on tour!
The improvising trio of Ephemeral Fragments was founded in 2019 in Essen, Germany and has been playing and recording since then. It consists of cellist Emily Wittbrodt, tubax player Florian Walter and me on electronics. We released our debut album … Continue reading
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Tagged baltic, copenhagen, denmark, electroacoustic music, estonia, europe, goethe-institute, helsinki, improvised music, News, nordic, tallinn, travel
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Debut with Liudmila Siewerski at Forgotten Islands
New media artist Liudmila Siewerski and I met at Cafe Babette in October 2022 at my performance there. We stayed in contact, talked, rehearsed and will now perform at the same venue on November 16 at Forgotten Islands, an evening … Continue reading
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