Uygur Vural
Cello, Performance, Composition, Sound Artist
Uygur Vural is a Berlin-based multidisciplinary artist born in Antalya, Turkey. He is currently working as a freelance instructor, cello performer, improviser, sound artist, and composer in Berlin.
Uygur Vural majored in Music at Antalya Anatolian Fine Arts High School and then studied Cello and Composition at Ä°stanbul Bilgi University. In 2010, he received his Master of Fine Arts degree in Visual Communication Design and taught Sounds & Design at the Department of Film and Television from 2007 to 2011 at the same University. His research is mostly focused on City Soundscape, Acoustic Ecology, Sound-Architectural relations, experimental techniques in performance, and improvisation.
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Uygur Vural
Music Credentials
Education
Master of Fine Arts in Virtual Communication Design (MFA)
2007-2010
Istanbul Bilgi University, Institute for Social Sciences,
Visual Communication Design Department (http://www.vcdmfa.net)
Bachlor of Arts in Musik (BA)
2002-2006
Istanbul Bilgi University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Music Department
Cello Performance/Komposition (http://music.bilgi.edu.tr)
Higschool, Musik
1997-2001
Antalya Anatolian Fine Art School, Music (http://okulweb.meb.gov.tr/07/18/969477/)
Live Performance
2019 Punk Puppets Ritual Residency at Festival de la Poésie – Anis Gras
2019 Punk Puppets Ritual Performance at MIA (Lisbon Portugal)
2018 MIA (Lisbon Portugal)
2018 - Schipunkte Festival (Graz, Austria)
2017 - 15. Internationales Klangkunstfest Berlin
2016 / 2017 - Mirror Mirror Festival (Berlin, Germany)
2017 - Silk Road Festival (Bakü, Azerbaijan)
2016 / 2018 - Female Voice of Iran Festival, (Berlin, Germany)
2015 - ICO Berlin/Istanbul Tour (Berlin/Istanbul, XJazz Festival)
2014 - Neighbors Festival (Bern, Switzerland)
2013 - Gezi Resistance on the Road Tour in Italy (Bologna/Rome/Verona/ Milano, Italy)
2013 - Teatro Valle (Rome, Italy)
2006 - Afyon Jazz Festival (Afyon, Turkey)
2005 - Istanbul Jazz Festival (Istanbul, Turkey)
Musical Collaboration
Punk Puppets Ritual (2019-2020)
RIDMO Orchestra (Viena, 2017)
Berlin Improvisers Orchestra (Berlin 2017)
Divan der Kontinente (Bakü 2017)
Female Voice of Iran Orchestra (Berlin 2017)
Oxymoron (Zug/ Bern 2016)
Istanbul Composers Orchestra (Berlin/Istanbul 2016)
DuSubRosa 2013 - …
Monday Morning Experiment (2008-2009 Istanbul)
Monofoniks (Istanbul 2005 - 2007)