BIO:

Onur Dülger was born in 1980, Istanbul. He took his BAs in composition at Istanbul University
as a student of Mete Sakpınar and at the University of Music Vienna as a student of Wolfgang
Suppan. He received 2 M.A.s from instrumental composition and electroacoustic composition at
University of Music Vienna. His teachers were Michael Obst, Karlheinz Essl, Chaya Czernowin.
He took a DMA from Boston University in the class of Joshua Fineberg.

His pieces are varying from solo pieces to orchestra and ensemble pieces with or without live-
electronics, which can be seen in three different periods. The last period focuses on sound as a
developing object which can be described as post-musique concrète instrumentale. His
compositions are performed in Turkey, Italy, Austria, Germany, USA, Mexico.

Throughout his musical life, he is financially supported by various foundations, including

Fulbright, Viktor Bunzl Foundation, CYDV, Boston University, MDW Vienna.

He is teaching at the Anadolu University in Turkey since 2017.

He received prizes from the Talente-Börse Ö1 (2011), Cepromusic (2013) Auftakt (2014), Sound
Icon (2015), Francisco Escudero (2015) and Theodor Körner Prize (2017).

He is a member of Istanbul Composers Collective.!