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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 İstanbul 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)

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