A native of Turkey, Cenk Ergün is an Oakland based composer and improviser who produces music for chamber ensembles, live electronics,  dance performances and multimedia installations. He is a graduate of The Eastman School of Music and Mills College, and is currently the Composer in Residence with the multimedia dance company, group A.

Ergün has collaborated with artists including Alvin Curran, Fred Frith, Pauline Oliveros, Joan Jeanrenaud, William Winant, Alyssa Lee, George Alley, So Percussion, Alarm Will Sound, Janus, Ossia, and Musica Nova.

Ergün's music has been heard at venues including the Merkin Hall, Symphony Space, Deep Listening Space, The Stone, Babylon, Muziekgebouw, Yerba Buena Gardens, Theater Artaud, ODC Theater, and The Lab; 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, Yerba Buena Choreographer's Festival, CEAIT Festival at CalArts, Thirteenth International Symposium of Electronic Art (ISEA2006), Gaudeamus Music Week 2006, and the 16th Akbank Jazz Festival.

Discography:

The Art of the Fluke
Alvin Curran | Cenk Ergün TEAR004 (2007)
http://cenkergun.com/The_Art_of_The_Fluke.html

Aus dem Knast fur Tiere wird ein Okosystem performed by Verederos
Equilibrium CD53 (2002)
http://www.equilibri.com/recordings/rec_53.eq

Alvin Curran's Maritime Rites
Artship Recordings CD50 (2002)

Chris Brown's Rogue Wave
Tzadik Cat# 8014 (2005)
http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=8014