Esin
Gunduz
Composer
+Vocal performer
Improviser
photo credit Sergio Nieto
Sound starts in the body
for composer,
vocal performer,
and improviser
Esin Gunduz
(she, her) - PhD
She is interested in:
‘becoming sound’
manifesting a state of
thorough-embodiment
in her original works
and live performances.
for composer,
vocal performer,
and improviser
Esin Gunduz
(she, her) - PhD
She is interested in:
‘becoming sound’
manifesting a state of
thorough-embodiment
in her original works
and live performances.
Sense of Energy
©2018 Esin Gunduz
featuring vocalist Roopa Mahadevan on the left.
©2018 Esin Gunduz
featuring vocalist Roopa Mahadevan on the left.
Originally from Istanbul, Turkiye, Esin Gunduz (PhD) explores life’s energies as vibrations, timbre as visceral sensory experience, building landscapes from recorded-voices to surround acoustical instrumental textures at times, creating breathtaking acoustic vistas that have an unveiling quality.
Her works span mediums and diverse contexts:
acoustic / electroacoustic,
chamber music / improvisation,
installation / sound design for theatre,
music for dance / moving image,
and compositions around field-recordings.
They shine a light on the multiplicity and unity in nature, observe and imitate states of consciousness,
and capture spiritual overtones of our lives and life itself.
Dr. Gunduz had her works programmed by Music in the Round, Nonclassical, Iklectik Artlab, Woolwich Works, and Birmingham Opera Company’s Opera Lab in London (and across England), as part of Dark Music Days / Myrkir Músíkdagar at Harpa Concert Hall of Reykjavík (Iceland), as part of Kultur Sommer Wien in Vienna (Austria), at KM28 in Berlin (Germany), at Fruit Market Gallery in Edinburgh (Scotland), at Fondazione Isabella Scelsi in Rome (Italy), at Kulturakademie Tarabya Summer Festival in Istanbul (Turkiye), at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal in Quebec and Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity in Alberta (Canada), YongSiewToh Conservatory of Music (Singapore), for Fire Museum Presents in Philadelphia (United States), and others.
Her work commissioned by and in close-collaboration with London-based mezzosoprano Rosie Middleton:
En-he-du-an-na-me-en (2020),
got excellent festival reviews:
reviews & features.
Dr. Gunduz was one of the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning awardees as the composer and vocalist of her transformative duo (with Megan Kyle on oboe / English horn):
Senso di Voce.
Gunduz’s compositional work for the duo has been conceived in close collaboration with Kyle:
‘...through itself…’* (2023) is an exploration of İbn 'Arabî’s profound philosophical concepts, through sound.
*This commission has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
This work is at the core of Senso di Voce’s album:
through itself
which has been released from Sonic Transmissions Records (Norway) - Sept 12 2025.
Being originally from Istanbul, Turkiye, with Turkish immigrant ancestors from the Balkans, and having lived in the United States for two decades, Gunduz currently resides in Austin, Texas. Locally, she performs often and is a board member of the international festival of free jazz, avant-garde, and improvisational music: Sonic Transmissions. She travels for her projects near and far.
Initially,
her latest large-scale work:
‘...through itself…’ (2023) has been premiered on a shared evening with a duo of Susan Alcorn and Simone Baron at the Fire Museum Presents (Philadelphia, PA).
Senso di Voce’s tour of this new work included the venues:
Wesleyan University’s World Music Hall (Middletown, CT), Red Room (Baltimore, MD), and The Institute Library (New Haven, CT).
Its latest performance was also their ‘through itself’ album release concert programmed for Sonic Transmissions Festival and took place at dadaLab, Austin, TX. They were featured alongside Signe Emmeluth (Norway & Denmark) and a quartet of: Lisa Cameron, Joshua Thompson, Henna Chou (Atx), and Karen Ng (Canada).
Previously, Senso di Voce got their debut album of improvisations with Henry Birdsey (of Tongue Depressor): Tierceron
released from the Other Minds (OM) Records
of San Francisco (Jul 2023).
Gunduz’s prominent projects include electroacoustic works based on Sumerian tablets and a piece that turns an alchemical process into sound for the NyCity-based duo: Ultrafizz.
Her most-frequently performed work is for voice and electronics and was created in close collaboration with mezzosoprano Rosie Middleton and was commissioned for her acclaimed Voice(less) Commissioning Series:
En-he-du-an-na-me-en (2020)
is based on the text:
‘Exaltation of Inanna’
by Enheduanna
(the world’s first author known-by-name, a Sumerian high-priestess, ca. 2300 BC).
Rosie Middleton has been touring Europe with her Voice(less) program and has performed En-he-du-an-na-me-en at 10 different festival / series so far:
Iceland Dark Music Days (Myrkir Músíkdagar) programmed it before the pandemic, yet it’s later been premiered in a program by Nonclassical (UK) during Waterloo Festival in London (Jun 2021).
It had its second performance at the Iklectic Artlab, London (Jan 2022), its third performance as part of Music in the Round, Sheffield (Sept 2022) where Gunduz & Middleton were hosted in a Q&A by Tom McKinney of BBC Radio 3 —all venues in England, UK.
As a scholar at the Fondazione Isabella Scelsi, Rosie Middleton gave the work its fourth performance inside the late prolific composer Giacinto Scelsi’s living room in Rome, Italy (Oct 2022).
The fifth performance of the work took place as part of Dark Music Days / Myrkir músíkdagar at the Harpa Concert Hall of Reykjavík, Iceland (Jan 2023) where it got the review:
“A mesmerizing performance of a stunningly powerful work.”
by 5:4 (‘Five over Four’)
Dr. Simon Cummings.
Later, the sixth, seventh, and eighth performances of it were staged for Birmingham Opera Company: Opera Lab. Open to public, these took place inside the New Street Station of Birmingham.
The ninth and tenth performances happened as part of Music in the Round, this time at Guildhall (Portsmouth) and Woolwich Works (London) where Gunduz & Middleton were hosted in a Q&A along with the violinist and composer Angharad Davies (Oct 2023) .
The eleventh performance of this work took place at Kongreßpark of Wien / Vienna in Austria as part the concert series: Kultur Sommer Wien.
[Listen to an excerpts video of:
‘En-he-du-an-na-me-en’ on this page]
Gunduz’s first work around Sumerian culture,
Lights on Inanna (2016-2017)
had its stage premiere along with the premiere of Alvin Lucier’s latest work: Monteverdi Shapero (2019)
at Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity (Canada).
The first movement of
Lights on Inanna:
‘…an-zà-śè maḫ-àm…’ /
‘…as lofty as the horizon…’
has been released by Sonorous Circle
as part of: Works for Loudspeakers #28
(Oct 2024, New Zealand).
A multi-disciplinary collaborative project of Dr. Gunduz’s is with Simon Wachsmuth, Emre Koyuncuoğlu, and Yasemin Nur:
‘Medea Traveling’ *
has been staged / showcased in its several versions:
as a multidisciplinary event of performances, video art & installation, experimental sound installation, performance, and interactive theater (which had Gunduz also as an improviser), and later as a theatre play.
Her long-term multi-disciplinary collaborative project with Roosmarijn Pallandt, where Gunduz composes around field recordings / images / moving images by artist Pallandt, is in-progress.
Gunduz’s works for museum/art-spaces with Senso di Voce are multi-faceted:
Their six-channel sound installation:
Sounding Spaces (2021)
was commissioned by and showcased at Play/Ground Festival.
The second iteration of this sound installation:
Sounding Spaces: Passage (2022),
was exhibited at the Frontispace Gallery of University of Rochester.
An audio-visual output of Senso di Voce’s own curation: Sonic Impressions (2022)
was developed in close relation to the Renaissance Impressions exhibition at the Memorial Art Gallery and was streamed in a webinar format of concert and talk by the institution.
This program includes Gunduz’s short work:
Bogalele which was inspired by the throat-playing tradition of the ‘Teke’ nomads in Turkiye and cantu a tenòre tradition of Sardinia — a tradition that is listed under the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity category of Unesco. Often inspired by traditional music, Dr. Gunduz had the chance of having private workshops with two separate ensembles of cantu a tenòre in 2023: Coro Gabriel (of Tempio Pausania) and Tenore Santa Maria Otzana (of Ottana) in Sardinia.
Dr. Gunduz has presented Lights on Inanna (2016-17), her initial work that was based on Sumerian tablets, under the Music in the Cult section of the Society of Biblical Literature’s (SBL) Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX
(Nov. 2021).
A researcher of vocal performance, Esin Gunduz has offered workshops for the Indeterminacy Consulting Group & Festival (CA/USA), CS1 Curatorial Projects (USA), and Orchard of Pomegranates in Montréal (CA). Dr. Gunduz worked as an adjunct voice professor at Villa Maria College and holds a PhD in music composition from SUNY University at Buffalo.
her latest large-scale work:
‘...through itself…’ (2023) has been premiered on a shared evening with a duo of Susan Alcorn and Simone Baron at the Fire Museum Presents (Philadelphia, PA).
Senso di Voce’s tour of this new work included the venues:
Wesleyan University’s World Music Hall (Middletown, CT), Red Room (Baltimore, MD), and The Institute Library (New Haven, CT).
Its latest performance was also their ‘through itself’ album release concert programmed for Sonic Transmissions Festival and took place at dadaLab, Austin, TX. They were featured alongside Signe Emmeluth (Norway & Denmark) and a quartet of: Lisa Cameron, Joshua Thompson, Henna Chou (Atx), and Karen Ng (Canada).
Previously, Senso di Voce got their debut album of improvisations with Henry Birdsey (of Tongue Depressor): Tierceron
released from the Other Minds (OM) Records
of San Francisco (Jul 2023).
Gunduz’s prominent projects include electroacoustic works based on Sumerian tablets and a piece that turns an alchemical process into sound for the NyCity-based duo: Ultrafizz.
Her most-frequently performed work is for voice and electronics and was created in close collaboration with mezzosoprano Rosie Middleton and was commissioned for her acclaimed Voice(less) Commissioning Series:
En-he-du-an-na-me-en (2020)
is based on the text:
‘Exaltation of Inanna’
by Enheduanna
(the world’s first author known-by-name, a Sumerian high-priestess, ca. 2300 BC).
Rosie Middleton has been touring Europe with her Voice(less) program and has performed En-he-du-an-na-me-en at 10 different festival / series so far:
Iceland Dark Music Days (Myrkir Músíkdagar) programmed it before the pandemic, yet it’s later been premiered in a program by Nonclassical (UK) during Waterloo Festival in London (Jun 2021).
It had its second performance at the Iklectic Artlab, London (Jan 2022), its third performance as part of Music in the Round, Sheffield (Sept 2022) where Gunduz & Middleton were hosted in a Q&A by Tom McKinney of BBC Radio 3 —all venues in England, UK.
As a scholar at the Fondazione Isabella Scelsi, Rosie Middleton gave the work its fourth performance inside the late prolific composer Giacinto Scelsi’s living room in Rome, Italy (Oct 2022).
The fifth performance of the work took place as part of Dark Music Days / Myrkir músíkdagar at the Harpa Concert Hall of Reykjavík, Iceland (Jan 2023) where it got the review:
“A mesmerizing performance of a stunningly powerful work.”
by 5:4 (‘Five over Four’)
Dr. Simon Cummings.
Later, the sixth, seventh, and eighth performances of it were staged for Birmingham Opera Company: Opera Lab. Open to public, these took place inside the New Street Station of Birmingham.
The ninth and tenth performances happened as part of Music in the Round, this time at Guildhall (Portsmouth) and Woolwich Works (London) where Gunduz & Middleton were hosted in a Q&A along with the violinist and composer Angharad Davies (Oct 2023) .
The eleventh performance of this work took place at Kongreßpark of Wien / Vienna in Austria as part the concert series: Kultur Sommer Wien.
[Listen to an excerpts video of:
‘En-he-du-an-na-me-en’ on this page]
- The electronics for this piece were recorded at
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity,
Canada.
-Rosie Middleton’s commissioning series:
Voice(less)
was funded by:
Arts Council England
Help Musicians Fusion Fund and Transmission Fund
The Marchus Trust
The Finzi Trust
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity,
Canada.
-Rosie Middleton’s commissioning series:
Voice(less)
was funded by:
Arts Council England
Help Musicians Fusion Fund and Transmission Fund
The Marchus Trust
The Finzi Trust
Gunduz’s first work around Sumerian culture,
Lights on Inanna (2016-2017)
had its stage premiere along with the premiere of Alvin Lucier’s latest work: Monteverdi Shapero (2019)
at Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity (Canada).
The first movement of
Lights on Inanna:
‘…an-zà-śè maḫ-àm…’ /
‘…as lofty as the horizon…’
has been released by Sonorous Circle
as part of: Works for Loudspeakers #28
(Oct 2024, New Zealand).
A multi-disciplinary collaborative project of Dr. Gunduz’s is with Simon Wachsmuth, Emre Koyuncuoğlu, and Yasemin Nur:
‘Medea Traveling’ *
has been staged / showcased in its several versions:
as a multidisciplinary event of performances, video art & installation, experimental sound installation, performance, and interactive theater (which had Gunduz also as an improviser), and later as a theatre play.
*This project is being supported by Kulturakademie Tarabya / Tarabya Cultural Academy and Allianz Kulturstiftung.
Her long-term multi-disciplinary collaborative project with Roosmarijn Pallandt, where Gunduz composes around field recordings / images / moving images by artist Pallandt, is in-progress.
Gunduz’s works for museum/art-spaces with Senso di Voce are multi-faceted:
Their six-channel sound installation:
Sounding Spaces (2021)
was commissioned by and showcased at Play/Ground Festival.
The second iteration of this sound installation:
Sounding Spaces: Passage (2022),
was exhibited at the Frontispace Gallery of University of Rochester.
An audio-visual output of Senso di Voce’s own curation: Sonic Impressions (2022)
was developed in close relation to the Renaissance Impressions exhibition at the Memorial Art Gallery and was streamed in a webinar format of concert and talk by the institution.
This program includes Gunduz’s short work:
Bogalele which was inspired by the throat-playing tradition of the ‘Teke’ nomads in Turkiye and cantu a tenòre tradition of Sardinia — a tradition that is listed under the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity category of Unesco. Often inspired by traditional music, Dr. Gunduz had the chance of having private workshops with two separate ensembles of cantu a tenòre in 2023: Coro Gabriel (of Tempio Pausania) and Tenore Santa Maria Otzana (of Ottana) in Sardinia.
Dr. Gunduz has presented Lights on Inanna (2016-17), her initial work that was based on Sumerian tablets, under the Music in the Cult section of the Society of Biblical Literature’s (SBL) Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX
(Nov. 2021).
A researcher of vocal performance, Esin Gunduz has offered workshops for the Indeterminacy Consulting Group & Festival (CA/USA), CS1 Curatorial Projects (USA), and Orchard of Pomegranates in Montréal (CA). Dr. Gunduz worked as an adjunct voice professor at Villa Maria College and holds a PhD in music composition from SUNY University at Buffalo.
*Gunduz has been on stage as a vocalist & improviser between 2000-2017. You can find a list of her performances as a composer-performer, please check this link.
through itself
by Senso di Voce
Album released from
Sonic Transmissions Records
(Norway)
Chamber Music America:
Classical Commissioning Award 2021
‘...through itself...’ (©2023)
by Senso di Voce
Album released from
Sonic Transmissions Records
(Norway)
Chamber Music America:
Classical Commissioning Award 2021
‘...through itself...’ (©2023)
Cover artwork, Juliane Schütz
Sonic Transmissions Records, Norway
2025
produced by: Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
Original music
(acoustic)
& Improvisations
that ‘marvel at’ it
original music (acoustic)
‘...through itself...’
©2023 Esin Gunduz
CHAMBER MUSIC AMERICA: Classical Commissioning Award, 2021
for Esin Gunduz, composer &
Senso di Voce, performer
Senso di Voce:
Esin Gunduz - voice,
tremolo harmonica,
bass harmonica, harmonium
Megan Kyle - oboe, English horn
Esin Gunduz - voice,
tremolo harmonica,
bass harmonica, harmonium
Megan Kyle - oboe, English horn
At the core of this album is
‘...through itself...’* ©2023
a work by Esin Gunduz,
drawing inspiration from
the mystical and philosophical writings
of revolutionary mystic
İbn 'Arabî (1165-1240).
This 20-minute
multimovement chamber work
is an exploration of profound
philosophical concepts of his,
through sound!
Album reviews
this
‘...through itself...’* ©2023
a work by Esin Gunduz,
drawing inspiration from
the mystical and philosophical writings
of revolutionary mystic
İbn 'Arabî (1165-1240).
This 20-minute
multimovement chamber work
is an exploration of profound
philosophical concepts of his,
through sound!
Album reviews
this
Each of the four movements
of ‘...through itself...’
©2023 Esin Gunduz
explores a different concept,
their trajectory
mirroring that of Sema,
a Sufi ritual:
I. Selam:
yearning to become
one with,
‘wajd’
II. Everything is alive:
the life-force
inside all existent things,
‘even inside a rock’
3. Perplexity:
the state of bewilderment /
non-dual awareness
‘hayrah’
4. Oneness:
the state of union /
higher state of consciousness
‘immediate tasting’
İbn 'Arabî valued
‘immediate experience’
above all:
(...)
about this work!
yearning to become
one with,
‘wajd’
II. Everything is alive:
the life-force
inside all existent things,
‘even inside a rock’
3. Perplexity:
the state of bewilderment /
non-dual awareness
‘hayrah’
4. Oneness:
the state of union /
higher state of consciousness
‘immediate tasting’
İbn 'Arabî valued
‘immediate experience’
above all:
(...)
about this work!
Track 6
from this album:
outro (improvisation)
from this album:
outro (improvisation)
Improvisations after the premiere of
‘...through itself...’ ©2023 Esin Gunduz
in a shared concert evening with
the duo of Susan Alcorn and Simone Baron
at the Fire Museum Presents, Philadephia.
TIERCERON
by Senso di Voce
and
Henry Birdsey
released from
Other Minds Records
(San Francisco, California)
by Senso di Voce
and
Henry Birdsey
released from
Other Minds Records
(San Francisco, California)
Cover artwork, Kevin Gan Yuen
Other Minds Records
2023
produced by: Andrew Weathers
improvisations (featuring
a reverb model)
Recorded during their artist residency at:
Avaloch Farm Music Institute
Senso di Voce:
Esin Gunduz, voice, harmonium &
Megan Kyle, oboe, English horn,
with
multi-instrumentalist Henry Birdsey.
Recording & mix: Henry birdsey
Mastering: Andrew Weathers
Other Minds Records
is proud to present:
Tierceron,
the first collaborative
release between
Senso di Voce:
Esin Gunduz
voice, harmonium
&
Megan Kyle
oboe, English horn,
with
multi-instrumentalist
Henry Birdsey.
Album reviews
this
Digital and CD
album purchase
(...)
The long journey to
Tierceron
began during a 2018
Senso di Voce performance
that took place in Buffalo, NY’s
storied Silo City,
a complex of decommissioned
grain elevators
on the banks of the Buffalo River
that has been host to numerous
musical performances,
art installations,
and other artistic activity;
(...)
this collaboration
En-he-du-an-na-me-en
(©2020 in close collaboration with
the Commissioner & Mezzosoprano:
Rosie Middleton)
This work is a part of:
Voice(less) Commissioning
Performed in
10 Festival / Concert Series
in Europe
(©2020 in close collaboration with
the Commissioner & Mezzosoprano:
Rosie Middleton)
This work is a part of:
Voice(less) Commissioning
Performed in
10 Festival / Concert Series
in Europe
excerpts from the work’s premiere
as part of the Voice(less) Program
by its commissioner & mezzosoprano Rosie Middleton
at the Waterloo Festival (London) for Nonclassical, UK.
as part of the Voice(less) Program
by its commissioner & mezzosoprano Rosie Middleton
at the Waterloo Festival (London) for Nonclassical, UK.
En-he-du-an-na-me-en
©2020 Esin Gunduz in close collaboration with
the commissioner & mezzosoprano:
Rosie Middleton
original music
(electroacoustic)
*In the tape part of this work, you can hear Rosie Middleton’s voice in 32 tracks. These have input from improvisations by her, they make up the electronics part, and were conceived during our residency at Banff Centre for the Arts, 2019.
©2020 Esin Gunduz in close collaboration with
the commissioner & mezzosoprano:
Rosie Middleton
original music
(electroacoustic)
*In the tape part of this work, you can hear Rosie Middleton’s voice in 32 tracks. These have input from improvisations by her, they make up the electronics part, and were conceived during our residency at Banff Centre for the Arts, 2019.
Comissioned by & as part of:
Commissioning Series
by mezzosoprano Rosie Middleton.
Tape part recording & mix:
Esin Gunduz
— for voice & electronics
Based on
an ancient Sumerian text:
‘Exaltation of Inanna’
by
Enheduanna
*the world’s first author
known-by-name,
a Sumerian high-priestess
ca. 2300 BC),
En-he-du-an-na-me-en
explores the struggle and resistance of a silenced woman becoming resonant again!
long-distance pre-talk
before the work’s premiere at
the Waterloo Festival (London)
for Nonclassical, UK.
before the work’s premiere at
the Waterloo Festival (London)
for Nonclassical, UK.
this collaboration &
check out
its performance list
(10 festivals / concert series
in Europe)
‘…an-zà-śè maḫ-àm…’
from Lights on Inanna (2016-17)
featured in
Works for Loud Speakers #28
digital release by
SONOROUS CIRCLE
(New Zealand)
artwork for WTLS #28 by SONOROUS CIRCLE
…an-zà-śè
maḫ-àm… /
…as lofty
as the horizon… *
*The first movement of: Lights on Inanna
(©2016-17 Esin Gunduz)
PhD dissertation
featured in:
Works for Loudspeakers #28
by SONOROUS CIRCLE
(New Zealand)
©2024
original music (electroacoustic)
Electronics are comprised of voices and percussion
…an-zà-śè maḫ-àm… /
...as lofty as the horizon...
is the first movement of:
Lights on Inanna
(©2016-17 Esin Gunduz)
a 15-minute
electroacoustic chamber-work
in three movements
for an ensemble of five
(each doubling)
and electronics:
oboe | English horn,
trombone | bass trombone,
viola | violin,
cello | electric cello (optional),
percussion: vibraphone | marimba,
crash | cymbals,
tom toms | a Chinese drum.
The third movement had its stage premiere along with the premiere of Alvin Lucier’s latest work Monteverdi Shapero (2019) at Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada.
A presentation for the
Society of Bible Literature Conference:
‘Lights on Inanna: Embodying Text and Transcribing for Instruments’
©2021 Esin Gunduz
Society of Bible Literature Conference:
‘Lights on Inanna: Embodying Text and Transcribing for Instruments’
©2021 Esin Gunduz
Field-recordings:
Olympos, Beycik
digital release on
Bandcamp
Olympos, Beycik
digital release on
Bandcamp
album cover photo by Carl Chinn
features Esin Gunduz on the left
features Esin Gunduz on the left
Single track
Bandcamp release
produced by Esin Gunduz ©2025
field-recordings layered with improvisations
Esin Gunduz - voice, harmonium, moringa beans
recording, editing, mix by Esin Gunduz
Field recordings
from around Olympos mountain
in southern Turkiye,
layered together with
improvisations.
from around Olympos mountain
in southern Turkiye,
layered together with
improvisations.
‘There's a forced humility
in sharing one's
casual field-recordings
and here I embrace it.
Did you know that
the etymology of the word
'humility' derives from
'humus', the word for 'earth'?
Here's a wish that we,
as humans,
stay close to the soil.
It feels good, above all!’
Vocamov Rite:
Live at They, Who Sound
released by Vocamov Rites
on Bandcamp
all profits benefit:
Nameless Sound
Vocamov Rite:
Live at They, Who Sound
by Vocamov Rites
Live recording of sonic improvisations & instantaneous choreography
Album credits:
Audio edit & mixing, video editing by
Esin Gunduz
Mastering by
Andrew Weathers
Produced by
Esin Gunduz
Cover artwork, design by
Justin Rodriguez-Jones
©2026
All rights reserved.
Concert credits:
Live performance from the concert produced by
Nameless Sound,
as part of their
They, Who Sound
concert series,
and presented by
Lawndale Art Center
March 17 2025
Houston, TX
USA
Vocamov Rites
Electroacoustic witching
rooted in
primeval voice
and
instantaneous
choreography
Esin Gunduz
voice, harmonium, tremolo harmonica, bass harmonica, electric keyboard, walkie-talkie
Justin Rodriguez-Jones
voice, synthesizer, toy piano, walkie-talkie
Paty Lorena Solórzano
instantaneous choreography, voice, walkie-talkie
Album reviews
this
Cover artwork, design by
Justin Rodriguez-Jones
Justin Rodriguez-Jones
Medea Traveling
multimedia work
In collaboration
with the artists :
Emre Koyuncuoğlu &
Simon Wachsmuth &
Yasemin Nur
*with support from
Kulturakademie Tarabya
Allianz Kulturstiftung,
Goethe-Institut
multimedia work
In collaboration
with the artists :
Emre Koyuncuoğlu &
Simon Wachsmuth &
Yasemin Nur
*with support from
Kulturakademie Tarabya
Allianz Kulturstiftung,
Goethe-Institut
Click on the image
to hear an excerpt
©2022, ©2023
Esin Gunduz
in collaboration with:
Emre Koyuncuoğlu, Simon Wachsmuth, Yasemin Nur
original music
(electronic & electroacoustic)
— electronics & voice
multimedia work:
multimedia work:
music for moving image,
music for choreography,
music & sound-design
for theatre,
with live improvisation
Click on the image
to hear an excerpt
to hear an excerpt
The myth of Medea
is reconsidered,
producing a critical look
at all the texts.
In these performances,
video art,
installation,
experimental sound installation, performance,
and interactive theater
are intertwined
in a unique space.
Click on the image
to hear an excerpt
to hear an excerpt
theatre play:
(2023)
As part of a
multidisciplinary project
inspired by the Greek mythology,
Medea, Fine-Tuning
gives a modern spin
to the wild story of
Medea
by setting the
current political trajectory
as the background.
(2023)
As part of a
multidisciplinary project
inspired by the Greek mythology,
Medea, Fine-Tuning
gives a modern spin
to the wild story of
Medea
by setting the
current political trajectory
as the background.
Click on the image
to hear an excerpt
to hear an excerpt
recorded by Ultrafizz duo
during the lockdown
inside a Nyc apartment.
©2019-20 Esin Gunduz
original music
(acoustic)
written for Ultrafizz
(voice+ piano+ duo)
of Lucy Dhegrae
Nathaniel La Nasa
This work was workshopped during the duo and the composer’s residency at
the Yellow Barn International Center for Chamber Music, Vermont (USA).
— for two mouth-harmonicas*
Based on the
medieval alchemical processes,
coniunctio
is about
the transmutations
that might happen
through one’s relationship
between
their soul and their life’s work.
*The piece does not require
professional harmonica players.
Tremolo harmonicas are preferred
as available.
professional harmonica players.
Tremolo harmonicas are preferred
as available.
Sense of Energy
Embodiment of
energy
as sound
workshopped
by ensembles
around the world!
Embodiment of
energy
as sound
workshopped
by ensembles
around the world!
workshopped and premiered with
the vocalist Roopa Mahadevan
at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
the vocalist Roopa Mahadevan
at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Sense of Energy
©2018 Esin Gunduz
©2018 Esin Gunduz
original music
- graphic score for embodiment / improvisation
— for two (or more)
instruments
or voices
The sense and
the bodily experience
of types of
physical energies
imagined as sound
and
translated into
physical vibrations of
sound
through the practice of
embodiment.
this work
and the list of
its 9 itireations
/ performances
& workshops!
SENSE of ENERGY
Workshops !
( ©Become the Sound )
From the workshop:
‘Sense of Energy:
Sound in Body / Embodiment’
for Indeterminacy Festival
in Montréal, Canada
‘Sense of Energy:
Sound in Body / Embodiment’
for Indeterminacy Festival
in Montréal, Canada
Sense of Energy
proposes three
different types of
energy / phenomena
to work with:
1. contained potential
2. lift-induced drag
3- potential to kinetic
...
while the workshoppers
are encouraged to
come up with
other
‘types of energy’
to turn into sound.
Ritüellerin Yakınlığı /
Proximity of Rituals
written for
Tuba Özkan
Yuri Gandelsman
*this performance was
workshopped, premiered, and recorded
during an artist residency at the
Mersin State Conversatory,
Mersin, Turkiye.
— for two violas
and electronics
(voice)
‘lullaby &
mourning song,
both
easing us
into
sleep’
Esin Gunduz
‘A worldly renown is nothing,
other than a breath of wind
that blows now here, now there
and changes name
when it has changed its course.’
Prugatory XI. 100
Divine Comedy (1320)Dante Alighieri
Proximity of Rituals
written for
Tuba Özkan
Yuri Gandelsman
*this performance was
workshopped, premiered, and recorded
during an artist residency at the
Mersin State Conversatory,
Mersin, Turkiye.
Ritüellerin Yakınlığı / Proximity of Rituals
©2015 Esin Gunduz
dedicated to the memory of Mrs. Melis Özkan
original music
(electroacoustic)
written for two solo violists:
Dr. Tuba Özkan
Dr. Yuri Gandelsman
*the tape part features the voice of Tuba Özkan singing an original lullaby to be accompanied by her viola playing.
©2015 Esin Gunduz
dedicated to the memory of Mrs. Melis Özkan
original music
(electroacoustic)
written for two solo violists:
Dr. Tuba Özkan
Dr. Yuri Gandelsman
*the tape part features the voice of Tuba Özkan singing an original lullaby to be accompanied by her viola playing.
— for two violas
and electronics
(voice)
‘lullaby &
mourning song,
both
easing us
into
sleep’
Esin Gunduz
‘A worldly renown is nothing,
other than a breath of wind
that blows now here, now there
and changes name
when it has changed its course.’
Prugatory XI. 100
Divine Comedy (1320)Dante Alighieri
States of Iron /
Demirin Halleri
workshopped &
performed with
Ensemble Linea (France)
Demirin Halleri
workshopped &
performed with
Ensemble Linea (France)
States of Iron/
Demirin Halleri
Demirin Halleri
©2013 Esin Gunduz
original music
(acoustic)
— for voice, bass flute bass clarinet
Imagining
the acoustical interference
between
the instruments:
(voice, bass flute, bass clarinet)
as an amalgam of:
metal and spirit.
the acoustical interference
between
the instruments:
(voice, bass flute, bass clarinet)
as an amalgam of:
metal and spirit.
In three movements,
each reflecting
an Anatolian proverb:
1.
Working iron shines bright. /
İşleyen demir ışıldar.
2.
Strike while the iron is hot. /
Demir tavında dövülür.
3.
Iron softens in union. /
Birlikte demir yumuşar.
‘Nothing is harder than iron,
yet it knows that water is its origin.
But all that has water for a basis,
even iron,
has no more reality than a dream.
Water is nothing stable.”
The Conference of the Birds
(MANTIQ UT-TAIR)
– A Philosophical religious poem in prose.
Translated by C.S. Nott,
Shambala Publication Inc., 1971.
Texts of Wisdom
workshopped &
performed with
Factory Seconds Brass Trio (Cleveland)
for brass trio
( Bb trumpet, French horn, trombone) and electronics
Imagining
the breath within
the old texts of wisdom
that originate from
Anatolia
(the Mother-land)
and beyond.
1.
‘Dinlemeden anladık? /
Before listening, we understood?
Anlamadan eyledik, /
Before understanding, we acted upon it,
Gerçek erin bu yolda, /
The real man’s assets in this road,
Yokluktur sermayesi. /
Is nothing."
by Yunus Emre
13th century
2.
‘Rüzgar eken fırtına biçer. /
One who plants wind, harvests storm.’
Anatolian Proverb
3.
‘ Bu edgü ağış teg ağır agguka, /
Good is like climbing a steep road, it is hard to attain,
Yavuz neng iniş ol uçuz bulğuka, /
Bad is like going down an incline, it is attained easily.
Yusuf Has Hacib,
11th century
from “Kutadgu Bilig” /
“The Wisdom which
Brings Happiness”
Volume-2 Part-2
#903
(transliteration in Turkish
from Uyghur language)
In To Selves
& movement
©2014
In collaboration with
Melanie Aceto,
dancer & choreographer
workshopped &
performed with
Factory Seconds Brass Trio (Cleveland)
Texts of Wisdom
©2011 (acoustical)*
©2014 (electroacoustic)
Esin Gunduz
©2011 (acoustical)*
©2014 (electroacoustic)
Esin Gunduz
*original acoustic version was a duo of trumpet and trombone and was workshopped with Meridian Arts Brass Ensemble.
Factory Seconds Trio:
Jack Sutte, Bb trumpet
Jessie McCormick, French Horn
Rick Stout, trombone
Recorded April 2014, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory, Cleveland.
Jack Sutte, Bb trumpet
Jessie McCormick, French Horn
Rick Stout, trombone
Recorded April 2014, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory, Cleveland.
for brass trio
( Bb trumpet, French horn, trombone) and electronics
Imagining
the breath within
the old texts of wisdom
that originate from
Anatolia
(the Mother-land)
and beyond.
1.
‘Dinlemeden anladık? /
Before listening, we understood?
Anlamadan eyledik, /
Before understanding, we acted upon it,
Gerçek erin bu yolda, /
The real man’s assets in this road,
Yokluktur sermayesi. /
Is nothing."
by Yunus Emre
13th century
2.
‘Rüzgar eken fırtına biçer. /
One who plants wind, harvests storm.’
Anatolian Proverb
3.
‘ Bu edgü ağış teg ağır agguka, /
Good is like climbing a steep road, it is hard to attain,
Yavuz neng iniş ol uçuz bulğuka, /
Bad is like going down an incline, it is attained easily.
Yusuf Has Hacib,
11th century
from “Kutadgu Bilig” /
“The Wisdom which
Brings Happiness”
Volume-2 Part-2
#903
(transliteration in Turkish
from Uyghur language)
In To Selves
& movement
©2014
In collaboration with
Melanie Aceto,
dancer & choreographer
If the Water Has Memory
©2009 Esin Gunduz
version with choreography by
©2009 Esin Gunduz
version with choreography by
Mariana Lucia Marquez
*Gunduz’s very first
electroacoustic work:
The electronics (tape part)
is made up of folk songs
from around the world.
electroacoustic work:
The electronics (tape part)
is made up of folk songs
from around the world.
©2009 Esin Gunduz
original music
(acousmatic)
*The electronics (tape part) is made up of folk songs from around the world.
*also, electroacoustic:
Written for mandolin (Avi Avital), percussion (Amie Watson) and electronics (voice).
— acousmatic version
originally for:
mandolin, percussion, electronics
Based on the earthly phenomena of:
water remembering
the substances that were
previously dissolved in it,
this piece imagines that
the rivers can remember
the songs that were
sung for them.
Folk songs from
different regions of the world
that are about rivers
(and often sung along the riversides)
were performed (sang), recorded,
and composed by the composer.
water remembering
the substances that were
previously dissolved in it,
this piece imagines that
the rivers can remember
the songs that were
sung for them.
Folk songs from
different regions of the world
that are about rivers
(and often sung along the riversides)
were performed (sang), recorded,
and composed by the composer.
Senso di Voce
PREVIOUS PROJECTS
Interludes
©2019 Esin Gunduz
©2019 Esin Gunduz
Interludes
©2019 Esin Gunduz
©2019 Esin Gunduz
– for oboe and voice
Sounding Spaces &
Sounding Spaces: PASSAGE
sound installation
in 6 channels
exhibited
in 2 different iterations
excerpt, total work is 15 minutes long
Sounding Spaces
©2021 Esin Gunduz, Senso di Voce
©2021 Esin Gunduz, Senso di Voce
— conceptualized by
Senso di Voce
& created from earlier recordings by Senso di Voce and mixed for six channels by
Esin Gunduz.
Sounding Spaces:
PASSAGE
©2021 Esin Gunduz, Senso di Voce
PASSAGE
©2021 Esin Gunduz, Senso di Voce
— six-channel sound installation
An immersive,
six-channel
sound installation
that embodies
musical resonances
across time,
geography,
and genre.
While Senso di Voce’s
live performances
have worked in linear time,
in this six-channel
surround environment,
time is collapsed:
multiple fragments of
material are
heard simultaneously,
moving and changing to
draw out powerful connections
in the music.
— six-channel sound installation:
sound exciters, amplifiers,
foam board, wire
SONIC
IMPRESSIONS
audio-visual
performance
&
virtual talk
in relation to the exhibition:
‘Renaissance Impressions (...)’
&
the emergence of the print medium
on the visual culture of
Renaissance Europe.
IMPRESSIONS
audio-visual
performance
&
virtual talk
in relation to the exhibition:
‘Renaissance Impressions (...)’
&
the emergence of the print medium
on the visual culture of
Renaissance Europe.
SONIC
IMPRESSIONS ©2021 Senso di Voce
IMPRESSIONS ©2021 Senso di Voce
audio-visual
performance
&
virtual talk
in relation to the exhibition:
‘Renaissance Impressions (...)’
performance
&
virtual talk
in relation to the exhibition:
‘Renaissance Impressions (...)’
— audio-visual performance
Senso di Voce,
in collaboration with the
Memorial Art Gallery of the
University of Rochester,
presented:
SONIC
IMPRESSIONS
a virtual concert
and talk
inspired by the exhibition
on view
( Nov. 2021–Feb. 2022)
"Renaissance Impressions:
Sixteenth-Century
Master Prints
from the
Kirk Edward Long Collection,”
which explored
the emergence and
transformative impact of
the print medium
on the visual culture of
Renaissance Europe.
virtual talk
As Above
So Below
for Silo City
©2018 Senso di Voce
excerpts in flow:
de Marseille’s “Sitot me soi’ - de Marseille
interlude (guided improvisations)
“Planino Pirin’ - Bulgarian folk song
with interludes
So Below
for Silo City
©2018 Senso di Voce
excerpts in flow:
de Marseille’s “Sitot me soi’ - de Marseille
interlude (guided improvisations)
“Planino Pirin’ - Bulgarian folk song
with interludes
Improvisations
©2021 Senso di Voce
at
Hallwalls Contemporary
Art Center
©2021 Senso di Voce
at
Hallwalls Contemporary
Art Center
Senso di Voce
for Silo City
©2017 Senso di Voce
for Silo City
©2017 Senso di Voce
IMPROVISATION
within
larger ensembles/works
by other composers
within
larger ensembles/works
by other composers
Tyshawn Sorey:
Autoschediasms
(2019)
premiere at the
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Phillip Greenlief
Improvisation Ensemble
(2019)
at the
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Aliya Ultan:
Become a House
(2019)
premiere at the
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Cléo Palacio-Quintin
improvisation ensemble
interpreting a visual ‘score’
Andrew Godsalve's
geophotomontage artwork:
Aggregators
(2019)
premiere at the
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
CONTACT Esin Gunduz
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/share a concert event
to commission
/collaborate with
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or -just- to leave feedback
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thanks for listening /viewing
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all rights reserved
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©2026 Esin Gunduz
all rights reserved
through itself,
featured on:
Salt Peanuts
(Oslo, NORWAY)
Oct 19 2025
– Eyal Hareuveni
original music (acoustic)
surrounded by improvisations
review for:
Senso di Voce
‘through itself’
Sonic Transmissions, Norway
2025
“Quite a powerful
and immersive
listening experience.”
and immersive
listening experience.”
featured on:
5 against 4
(London
- UNITED KINGDOM)
Feb 3 2023
– Dr. Simon Cummings
original music
(electroacoustic)
review for:
Rosie Middleton’s performance of:
En-he-du-an-na-me-en
©2020 Esin Gunduz in close collaboration with Rosie Middleton, mezzosoprano
Dark Music Days /
Myrkir Músíkdagar (2023)
Harpa Hall
Reykjavík
- ICELAND
“ a stunningly
powerful
work ”
10 Performances
at 10 Festival / Concert Series
across UK & the rest of Europe,
(including Dark Music Days, Iceland).
[Read more about:
this work & close collaboration
& tour in Europe]
The Stash Dauber
(Fort Worth, TX
- UNITED STATES)
Apr 9 2025
– Ken Shimamoto
Live improvisations accommpanied by instantaneous choreography
‘...vocalizing wordlessly
as they go,
creating passing harmonies
and counterpoint,
like ghosts
moving through
resonant space...’
‘...By the time
the three performers
begin to wind down
their conversation,
the viewer/listener
feels
centered
and satiated.’
Djolo Cultures
(FRANCE)
Jul 12 2023
– Aodren
Improvisations featuring a reverb model
review for:
Senso di Voce & Henry Birdsey
Tierceron
2023
Senso di Voce & Henry Birdsey
Tierceron
2023
‘We are halfway between
experimental,
drone and
chamber music
(...)
a music that is at once
trembling,
harmonious,
aspirated and inspired,
hissing,
buzzing,
…
yes, yes,
all of that at once
we owe it to
Tierceron.’
The Stash Dauber
(Fort Worth, TX, UNITED STATES)
Sept 13 2025
– Ken Shimamoto
original music (acoustic)
surrounded by tracks of improvisations
review for:
Senso di Voce
through itself
Sonic Transmissions, Norway
2025
‘through itself’
is in Stash Dauber’s selection for the
Downbeat Magazine Critics’ Poll, Spring 2026.
Senso di Voce
through itself
Sonic Transmissions, Norway
2025
‘through itself’
is in Stash Dauber’s selection for the
Downbeat Magazine Critics’ Poll, Spring 2026.
‘Their
sound,
replete with
vibrations
animated by breath,
covers a full spectrum of
moods
and emotions.’
replete with
vibrations
animated by breath,
covers a full spectrum of
moods
and emotions.’
‘With through itself,
Senso di Voce
has created
an immersive sound experience
that rewards
repeated listening and
provides a fitting background
for needed
contemplation.’
–Nathaniel LaNasa,
pianist +
Commissioner & collaborator
- New York City, UNITED STATES
coniunctio
(2019 EG)
for UltraFizz
duo of
voice+ piano+
pianist +
Commissioner & collaborator
- New York City, UNITED STATES
coniunctio
(2019 EG)
for UltraFizz
duo of
voice+ piano+
– Dr. Andrea Young
Composer, performer
(Montréal, QC
CANADA)
Composer, performer
(Montréal, QC
CANADA)
‘a sound wizard!’
En-he-du-an-na-me-en
(2020 EG in close collaboration
with Rosie Middleton)
‘...Esin’s music
arises
miraculously
from the body’s own
forgotten rhythms.’
‘...Reading her score
for the first time,
I felt as if
I had been startled
by a secret and
unexpected mirror.’
“...sounds as if
it is dentelle or
some beautiful
tapestry.”
about Lights on Inanna (2016-17)
featured on:
All About Jazz
(UNITED STATES)
Jul 20 2016
– Budd Kopman
featured on:
Salt Peanuts
(NORWAY)
Jun 20 2016
– Eyal Hareuveni
featured on:
ARTVOICE
(UNITED STATES)
Jan 13 2013
– Jan Jezioro
review for:
ResAUnance
‘Migration’
FMR Records, UK
Apr 2016
‘Gunduz has
one of those
magical voices
which can be
completely pure one second,
only to throb with emotion
the next
when singing words or
vocalized syllables.’
‘the acrobatic-operatic
range of
Gunduz vocals’
‘...featuring the
vocal wizardry
of
Istanbul-born singer
Esin Gunduz.’
– Jeremy Nuncio
El Mantis
(Houston, TX
UNITED STATES)
Sept 12 2025
review for:
Senso di Voce
‘through itself’
Sonic Transmissions, Norway
2025
‘Senso di Voce
carries something
both primal
and contemporary
all at once.
‘There’s a mindfulness
in the material, and also
in the way Esin and Megan
sonically move together.
The silence feels
just as impactful
as the sound.
The voice really
does meld with oboe at times,
becoming a single timbre.’
UPCOMING
2026
Past events
Aug 7
concert series: Kultur Sommer Wien
Kongreßpark,
Wien / Vienna, Austria
mezzoroprano Rosie Middleton’s
program of commissioned works
for solo voice and electronics:
Voice(less)
program of commissioned works
for solo voice and electronics:
Voice(less)
Rosie Middleton. . . voice, violin, choreography with flags
performing
*Gunduz’s work in close collaboration with Rosie Middleton*
‘En-he-du-an-na-me-en’ (2020)
(I am Enheduanna)
along with:
code works: any chance of war?
by Mira Calix
performing
*Gunduz’s work in close collaboration with Rosie Middleton*
‘En-he-du-an-na-me-en’ (2020)
(I am Enheduanna)
along with:
code works: any chance of war?
by Mira Calix
Cover Squirrel
by Laura Bowler
*work*
by Mees Vervuurt
-The series is funded by:
Arts Council England
Help Musicians Fusion Fund and Transmission Fund
The Marchus Trust
The Finzi Trust
by Laura Bowler
*work*
by Mees Vervuurt
-The series is funded by:
Arts Council England
Help Musicians Fusion Fund and Transmission Fund
The Marchus Trust
The Finzi Trust
June 26
concert series: dadageek student exhibition
curated by: Kyle Evans
dadaLab, Austin TX
featuring the recorded versions of
Gunduz’s works:
coniunctio (2020)
Field Recordings: Olympos, Beycik
along with
media / digital art work
by dadageek participants
Gunduz’s works:
coniunctio (2020)
Field Recordings: Olympos, Beycik
along with
media / digital art work
by dadageek participants
June 10
concert series: Songwriter’s Happy Hour
curated by Ethan Azarian
A Hole in the Wall, Austin TX, United States
duo improvisations:
VOCAMOV RITES
- minus: Esin Gunduz
Justin Rodriguez-Jones . . . voice, synthesizer, toy piano, walkie-talkie
Paty Lorena Solórzano . . . instantaneous choreography, voice, walkie-talkie
VOCAMOV RITES
- minus: Esin Gunduz
Justin Rodriguez-Jones . . . voice, synthesizer, toy piano, walkie-talkie
Paty Lorena Solórzano . . . instantaneous choreography, voice, walkie-talkie
May 5
concert series: Pros and Cons Bar Presents
curated by Danny Kamins
Pros and Cons Bar, Houston TX, United States
duo improvisations as:
VOCAMOV RITES
- minus: Paty Lorena Solórzano
Esin Gunduz . . . voice, harmonium, tremolo harmonica, bass harmonica, electric keyboard, walkie-talkie
Justin Rodriguez-Jones . . . voice, synthesizer, toy piano, walkie-talkie
featured alongside:
IUI
(Htx)
Jason Jackson, sax
John Alan Kennedy, drums
Ethan Adkison, bass
Gavin Kenyon, guitar
&
Smooth Operator
(Htx)
Danny Kamins, sax
Juan Garcia, bass
IUI
(Htx)
Jason Jackson, sax
John Alan Kennedy, drums
Ethan Adkison, bass
Gavin Kenyon, guitar
&
Smooth Operator
(Htx)
Danny Kamins, sax
Juan Garcia, bass
Apr 28
concert series: Joan of Bark
curated by Sarah Ruth Alexander
Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios, Dallas TX, United States
duo improvisations with:
Stefan Ariel Gonzalez … vibraphone, drums
Stefan Ariel Gonzalez … vibraphone, drums
featured alongside:
Devin Gray (NY)
Aga Zet (Htx)
&
BST (Denton, Dtx)
&
Nova Ensemble (Denton, Dtx)
Devin Gray (NY)
Aga Zet (Htx)
&
BST (Denton, Dtx)
&
Nova Ensemble (Denton, Dtx)
Apr 21
radio show: Tiger D
programmed by Sarah Ruth Alexander
KUZU RADIO, 92.9 FM
Denton, Dallas TX, United States
featuring:
‘Vocamov Rite: Live at They, Who Sound’
by VOCAMOV RITES
released 2025
produced by Esin Gunduz
‘Vocamov Rite: Live at They, Who Sound’
by VOCAMOV RITES
released 2025
produced by Esin Gunduz
Apr 9
concert series: Mollusk Depot Presents
curated by Lisa Cameron
Stargazer, Austin TX, United States
ALBUM RELEASE CONCERT
Audio-Visual Album Out:
‘Vocamov Rite: Live, at They Who Sound’
produced by Esin Gunduz
trio improvisations as:
VOCAMOV RITES
Esin Gunduz . . . voice, harmonium, tremolo harmonica, bass harmonica, electric keyboard, walkie-talkie
Justin Rodriguez-Jones . . . voice, synthesizer, toy piano, walkie-talkie
Paty Lorena Solórzano . . . instantaneous choreography, voice, walkie-talkie
Audio-Visual Album Out:
‘Vocamov Rite: Live, at They Who Sound’
produced by Esin Gunduz
trio improvisations as:
VOCAMOV RITES
Esin Gunduz . . . voice, harmonium, tremolo harmonica, bass harmonica, electric keyboard, walkie-talkie
Justin Rodriguez-Jones . . . voice, synthesizer, toy piano, walkie-talkie
Paty Lorena Solórzano . . . instantaneous choreography, voice, walkie-talkie
featured alongside:
Ipek Eginli (GA)
&
Lisa Cameron (Atx)
Joshua Thompson (Atx)
Brent Farris (Atx)
Ipek Eginli (GA)
&
Lisa Cameron (Atx)
Joshua Thompson (Atx)
Brent Farris (Atx)
2025
Dec 20
concert series: Nothing Is Sacred Presents
by Antumbra Intermedia Events & Installations
curated by Tara Battacharya
29th Street Ballroom, Austin TX
trio improvisations with:
Esin Gunduz . . . voice, harmonium, tremolo harmonica, bass harmonica, electric keyboard
Justin Rodriguez-Jones … voice, toy piano, synthesizer
Venese Medovich Alcantar … instantaneous choreography
Justin Rodriguez-Jones … voice, toy piano, synthesizer
Venese Medovich Alcantar … instantaneous choreography
featured alongside:
Chuck Roth (NY)
&
Little Mazarn (Atx)
&
Sewa Choki (Atx)
&
Rush top fish (Atx)
Chuck Roth (NY)
&
Little Mazarn (Atx)
&
Sewa Choki (Atx)
&
Rush top fish (Atx)
Nov 7
Chess Club, Austin TX
solo improvisations along with field recordings from Olympos, Beycik in Southern Turkiye.
Esin Gunduz . . . voice, harmonium, tremolo harmonica, bass harmonica, laptop
Esin Gunduz . . . voice, harmonium, tremolo harmonica, bass harmonica, laptop
featured alongside:
Precious Gems (Atx)
&
v.f.s. (Atx)
Precious Gems (Atx)
&
v.f.s. (Atx)
Nov 2
radio show: Virtual Noise
programmed by Ken Z (McKenzie)
KOOP Radio, 91.7 FM
Austin TX, United States
featured as a
Live Guest!
...played tracks from
these albums:
from:
through itself
Sonic Transmissions Records, Norway
2025
produced by: Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
original music (acoustic)
from:
field recordings, olympos beycik
Single track
Bandcamp release
produced by Esin Gunduz ©2025
low-fi field recordings layered with improvisations
from:
as featured in compilation
Works for Loudspeakers #28 by SONOROUS CIRCLE (New Zealand)
©2024
original music (electroacoustic)
first movement of ‘Lights on Inanna’ (2016-17)
📻 track 4
Perplexity
(third movement of ‘...through itself...’)
📻 Field recordings:
Olympos, Beycik
📻 ‘…an-zà-śè
maḫ-àm… /
…as lofty
as the horizon… *
from:
through itself
Sonic Transmissions Records, Norway
2025
produced by: Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
original music (acoustic)
from:
field recordings, olympos beycik
Single track
Bandcamp release
produced by Esin Gunduz ©2025
low-fi field recordings layered with improvisations
from:
as featured in compilation
Works for Loudspeakers #28 by SONOROUS CIRCLE (New Zealand)
©2024
original music (electroacoustic)
first movement of ‘Lights on Inanna’ (2016-17)
Perplexity
(third movement of ‘...through itself...’)
📻 Field recordings:
Olympos, Beycik
📻 ‘…an-zà-śè
maḫ-àm… /
…as lofty
as the horizon… *
Oct 1
- had to cancel due to emergencies -
concert series: porous sonorous
curated by Ernesto Montiel
Rubber Gloves, Denton, Dallas TX
curated to perform
duo improvisations with:
Gregg Prickett ... electric guitar (Dtx)
duo improvisations with:
Gregg Prickett ... electric guitar (Dtx)
was going to be featured alongside:
Unicorn and Flexibility (Belgium & France)
&
Kory Reeder (Dtx), Julia Coelho (Portugal)
&
Firelife Trio (Dtx)
Unicorn and Flexibility (Belgium & France)
&
Kory Reeder (Dtx), Julia Coelho (Portugal)
&
Firelife Trio (Dtx)
radio show: SONIDO TUMBARRANCHO
programmed by Ernesto Montiel
KUZU RADIO, 92.9 FM
Denton, Dallas TX, United States
Sept 13
festival: Sonic Transmissions Festival
- day 3 -
curated by Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
dadaLab, Austin TX
ALBUM RELEASE CONCERT
!
through itself
by Senso di Voce
Sonic Transmissions Records
2025
Senso di Voce performing:
‘...through itself...’*
©2023 a work by Esin Gunduz,
and improvisations around this work
‘...through itself...’*
©2023 a work by Esin Gunduz,
and improvisations around this work
Esin Gunduz . . . voice, harmonium, tremolo harmonica, bass harmonica, laptop
Megan Kyle . . . oboe, English horn
*Chamber Music America
Classical Commissioning Award, 2021
Senso di Voce (ensemble) &
Esin Gunduz (composer)
Sept 9
concert series: ArcHouse Presents
curated by Danny Kamins
Houston TX, United States
Senso di Voce performing:
‘...through itself...’*
©2023 a work by Esin Gunduz,
& improvisations around this work
‘...through itself...’*
©2023 a work by Esin Gunduz,
& improvisations around this work
Esin Gunduz . . . voice, harmonium, tremolo harmonica, bass harmonica, laptop
Megan Kyle . . . oboe, English horn
featured alongside:
Rebecca Novak (Htx)
Danny Kamins (Htx)
Ryan Edwards (Htx)
Sept 8
concert series: MeMerMo
curated by Melissa Seely
Austin TX, United States
Senso di Voce performing:
‘...through itself...’*
©2023 a work by Esin Gunduz,
& improvisations around this work
‘...through itself...’*
©2023 a work by Esin Gunduz,
& improvisations around this work
Esin Gunduz . . . voice, harmonium, tremolo harmonica, bass harmonica, laptop
Megan Kyle . . . oboe, English horn
with Live Visuals by
Screen Tears
featured alongside:
Tim Wiens (Atx)
&
Uxelite (Atx)
Sept 6
concert series: New Mus New Classical Performance Series
curated by James Talambas
New Media Contemporary, Dallas TX, United States
featured alongside:
Lisa Cameron (Atx)
July 17
concert series: Music at the Wild Detectives
curated by Ernesto Montiel
The Wild Detectives Bookstore & Bar, Denton, Dallas TX
duo improvisations:
Esin Gunduz . . . voice, harmonium, tremolo harmonica, bass harmonica, electric keyboard
Gregg Pricket . . . electric guitar (Dtx)
featured alongside:
El Mantis (Htx)
Esin Gunduz . . . voice, harmonium, tremolo harmonica, bass harmonica, electric keyboard
Gregg Pricket . . . electric guitar (Dtx)
featured alongside:
El Mantis (Htx)
June 21
concert series: forming presents
curated by Andrew Weathers, Ryan Seward
Shutter and Strum, Colorado Springs, CO
performing text music
in a trio:
Esin Gunduz . . . voice, harmonium, tremolo harmonica, bass harmonica
Andrew Weathers . . . saxophone, electronics
(CO & TX & NC)
Ryan Seward . . . percussion, electronics
(CO & TX)
in a trio:
Esin Gunduz . . . voice, harmonium, tremolo harmonica, bass harmonica
Andrew Weathers . . . saxophone, electronics
(CO & TX & NC)
Ryan Seward . . . percussion, electronics
(CO & TX)
Program:
Robert Ashley ... she was a visitor
Pauline Oliveros ... horse sings from cloud
Ryan Seward ... rain fell
ALBUM
...COMING OUT...
SOON
Robert Ashley ... she was a visitor
Pauline Oliveros ... horse sings from cloud
Ryan Seward ... rain fell
ALBUM
...COMING OUT...
SOON
Apr 28
concert series: MeMerMo
curated by Melissa Seely
Austin TX, United States
‘solo duo trio’
improvisations:
Esin Gunduz . . . voice, harmonium, tremolo harmonica, bass harmonica, electric keyboard
Christina Carter . . . voice
(Atx & Htx)
Justin Rodriguez-Jones … voice, toy piano, synthesizer
(Atx & Htx)
featured alongside:
PILOT (Atx)
&
Black Magic Cyborg
(Atx)
improvisations:
Esin Gunduz . . . voice, harmonium, tremolo harmonica, bass harmonica, electric keyboard
Christina Carter . . . voice
(Atx & Htx)
Justin Rodriguez-Jones … voice, toy piano, synthesizer
(Atx & Htx)
featured alongside:
PILOT (Atx)
&
Black Magic Cyborg
(Atx)
Mar 17
concert series: They, Who Sound
produced by Nameless Sound
presented by Lawndale Art Center
curated by Dave Dove
Lawndale Art Center, Houston TX United States
First time
trio improvisations:
Esin Gunduz . . . voice, harmonium, tremolo harmonica, bass harmonica, electric keyboard
Justin Rodriguez-Jones … voice, toy piano, synthesizer (Atx & Htx)
Paty Lorena Solórzano ... instantaneous choreography, voice, walkie-talkie (Htx)
Live Concert Recordings
ALBUM OUT!
All Profits Benefit:
Nameless Sound
trio improvisations:
Esin Gunduz . . . voice, harmonium, tremolo harmonica, bass harmonica, electric keyboard
Justin Rodriguez-Jones … voice, toy piano, synthesizer (Atx & Htx)
Paty Lorena Solórzano ... instantaneous choreography, voice, walkie-talkie (Htx)
Live Concert Recordings
ALBUM OUT!
All Profits Benefit:
Nameless Sound
featured alongside:
Elli Gradney (Htx)
&
Ryan Hollaway (Htx)
&
Sareen Patel (Htx)
Elli Gradney (Htx)
&
Ryan Hollaway (Htx)
&
Sareen Patel (Htx)
Dec 13
concert series: mercy house presents
curated by Christina Carter
Austin TX, United States
duo improvisations:
Christina Carter . . . voice
(Atx & Htx)
Esin Gunduz . . . voice, harmonium, tremolo harmonica, bass harmonica, electric keyboard
Christina Carter . . . voice
(Atx & Htx)
Esin Gunduz . . . voice, harmonium, tremolo harmonica, bass harmonica, electric keyboard
featured alongside:
Caroline Davis . . . sax, electronics
(NY)
&
Justin Rodriguez-Jones . . . voice, toy piano, synthesizer
(Atx & Htx)
Caroline Davis . . . sax, electronics
(NY)
&
Justin Rodriguez-Jones . . . voice, toy piano, synthesizer
(Atx & Htx)
2024
Sept 12
concert series: Red Room Presents
curated by Shelly Purdy
Normals Books & Records, Baltimore MD, United States
Senso di Voce
New England Tour 2024
New England Tour 2024
performing:
‘...through itself...’ (2023 EG)
and improvisations around this work
‘...through itself...’ (2023 EG)
and improvisations around this work
featured alongside:
‘Local Noise Intoners’
Max Gong
&
Martin Schmidt
&
Obie Feldi
‘Local Noise Intoners’
Max Gong
&
Martin Schmidt
&
Obie Feldi
Sept 11
concert series: Fire Museum Presents
curated by Steven Tobin
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Atonement, Philadelphia PA, Unites States
Senso di Voce
New England Tour 2024
PREMIERE
‘...through itself...’ (2023 EG)
and improvisations around this work
featured alongside:
Susan Alcorn
(MD & NY & TX )
Simone Baron
(MD & NY)
Senso di Voce
New England Tour 2024
performing:
‘...through itself...’ (2023 EG)
and improvisations around this work
Live Concert Recording
ALBUM OUT
through itself
Sonic Transmissions Records
2025
featured alongside:
Matt Wellins
&
Parsa Ferdowsi
New England Tour 2024
PREMIERE
‘...through itself...’ (2023 EG)
and improvisations around this work
featured alongside:
Susan Alcorn
(MD & NY & TX )
Simone Baron
(MD & NY)
Sept 10
concert series: The Institute Library Presents
curated by Matt Wellins
New Haven CT, United States
concert series: The Institute Library Presents
curated by Matt Wellins
New Haven CT, United States
Senso di Voce
New England Tour 2024
performing:
‘...through itself...’ (2023 EG)
and improvisations around this work
Live Concert Recording
ALBUM OUT
through itself
Sonic Transmissions Records
2025
featured alongside:
Matt Wellins
&
Parsa Ferdowsi
KUZU FM
Dallas, TX
9/25/2025
on Sonido Tumbarrancho
by Ernesto Montiel
_______________
9/1/2025
on Outward Bound Mixtape Sessions
by Stefan Gonzales
Become
the
Sound
the
Sound
Teaching / facilitating
embodied voice
and vocal creativity
for the past two decades.
... In her own words:
being a guide
in a journey to
© Become the Sound !
embodied voice
and vocal creativity
for the past two decades.
... In her own words:
being a guide
in a journey to
© Become the Sound !
photo features vocalist Roopa Mahadevan on the left
during residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada
during residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada
photo credit Sergio Nieto
Esin Gunduz
PhD & MA in Music composition
BA in Voice (jazz, improvisation) and composition
facilitating
proficiency and freedom
in diverse vocal performance practices
... for close to two decades!
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Last Updated 24.10.31
29th Street Ballroom, Austin TX
©2023 Other Minds Records
release date:
July 7, 2023
Voice, harmonium: Esin Gunduz
Oboe, English horn: Megan Kyle
Violin: Henry Birdsey
Reverb: Silo City “Marine A” model by Henry Birdsey
Recording, editing, mix: Henry Birdsey
Recorded at Avaloch Farm Music Institute, July 2019
Executive Producer, Charles Amirkhanian
Producer and Mastering Engineer, Andrew Weathers
Cover Artwork, Kevin Gan Yuen
Layout and Packaging Design, Mark Abramson
OM 1037-2
all rights reserved
July 7, 2023
Voice, harmonium: Esin Gunduz
Oboe, English horn: Megan Kyle
Violin: Henry Birdsey
Reverb: Silo City “Marine A” model by Henry Birdsey
Recording, editing, mix: Henry Birdsey
Recorded at Avaloch Farm Music Institute, July 2019
Executive Producer, Charles Amirkhanian
Producer and Mastering Engineer, Andrew Weathers
Cover Artwork, Kevin Gan Yuen
Layout and Packaging Design, Mark Abramson
OM 1037-2
all rights reserved
Senso di Voce & Henry Birdsey
Tierceron
Other Minds is proud to present Tierceron, the first collaborative release between Senso di Voce (Esin Gunduz, voice, harmonium, composer, and Megan Kyle, oboe, English horn) and multi-instrumentalist Henry Birdsey.
The long journey to Tierceron began during a 2018 Senso di Voce performance that took place in Buffalo, NY’s storied Silo City, a complex of decommissioned grain elevators on the banks of the Buffalo River that has been host to numerous musical performances, art installations, and other artistic activity; a creative turn on the city’s industrial history. During this performance, Henry Birdsey, who was working as a recording engineer at the concert, made several impulse response recordings of the space that could then be used to digitally re-create the unique acoustics of the concrete silo compound.
One year later in 2019, Birdsey and Senso di Voce reconvened at Avaloch Farm Music Institute in Boscawen, NH, where in rural surroundings they improvised through the virtual industrial acoustics of Silo City recorded by Birdsey, a reconciling of memory that writer Liam Herb describes as “equal parts fireflies and lilac and twisted iron and concrete.” The generous blanket of hard-edged reverb allows the instrumental and vocal timbres to blend, entangle, and differentiate in unanticipated ways that disrupt our expectations of improvised music. Senso di Voce and Henry Birdsey play with notions of site-specific music, imagined and real acoustics existing simultaneously, gently guiding and defining the group’s improvisation. A new perspective on what it means to “Be There.”
The seven movements of Tierceron are improvised, each of the three musicians drawing from starkly different backgrounds. Oboist Megan Kyle’s background in orchestras and new music ensembles intersects with vocalist Esin Gunduz’s experience with Anatolian vocal styles, improvised music, and as a composer. Their long history of working as a duo no doubt contributes to their precision even in free musical contexts. Birdsey is a consistent presence in underground music, known through his extensive work with Tongue Depressor and as a solo artist (including his album Half-Dragged, released on Other Minds Records in 2021). These three disparate contexts blend into a work that is delicately textural and light and at the same time it’s arresting and engaging. Tierceron sits in an unknown territory between free improvisation’s skitters and scrambles and drone’s swirling weight and density.
Focusing on the embodied experience of
mind-bending acoustical phenomena
SENSO DI VOCE
mind-bending acoustical phenomena
SENSO DI VOCE