Frank and Zeynep Ayşe Hatipoğlu at Taborkirche – Kreuzberg.
Zeynep Ayşe Hatipoğlu performs with cello, electronic processes, sound recording, and voice, moving between free improvisation and composition. Background is rooted in Istanbul: Turkish Makam music, Eurogenetic classical music, experimental, and sonic practices. Music switches between musical genres, creating through gestural and embodied movements of textural acoustic and electroacoustic sounds.
Aside from performing-composing practices, interested in the social dynamics of musical acts as a creative, interpretative way of synchronization, exploring ‚oneness with others‘ and fostering small-scale supportive communities. Holds a PhD from Istanbul ITU MIAM on improvisational playful thinking as a tool for supporting creative communities. Lives and works in Berlin since 2023.