a native of turkey, cenk ergün is a san francisco based composer + laptop performer. ergün moved to new york in 1995 to study composition at the eastman school of music, where he began composing for chamber ensembles. in 1999, he moved to california to further his studies at mills college, where he developed his software sampler for use in live laptop performance. he was the composer in residence + co-artistic director of group A from 2002-2008.

ergün has collaborated with artists including alvin curran, fred frith, pauline oliveros, joan jeanrenaud, so percussion, + alarm will sound.

ergün's music has been heard at venues including the merkin hall, symphony space, the stone (new york), babylon (istanbul), muziekgebouw (amsterdam), yerba buena gardens, recombinant media labs, theater artaud, + ODC theater (san francisco); at events such as john schaefer's new sounds live, bang on can marathon, san francisco electronic music festival, san francisco tape music festival, other minds brink series, CEAIT festival at calArts, thirteenth international symposium of electronic art (ISEA2006), gaudeamus music week 2006, + the 16th istanbul akbank jazz festival.

visit cenk here:
www.cenkergun.com