ABOUT
Nihan is a classically trained Soprano, experimental Vocalist, Performer and Songwriter.
Hailing from Istanbul, Turkey, Nihan Devecioglu has developed a vocal practice grounded in a search for understanding across cultural boundaries.
After receiving a Bachelors degree in Communications from Istanbul Bilgi University and a Masters degree in Music from Istanbul Technical University, in 2003 Nihan went on to study Opera Singing for five years at the University Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria.
By integrating her technical abilities with an ongoing study of improvisation, Nihan continues to seek out a common ground where her influences may interweave and emerge. Freely exploring the vast boundaries of musical expression on these premises, Nihan seeks for inspiration in sources of distinct natures: the opera, the avant-garde, early music, world music, Turkish sufi and folk and contemporary art of various forms.
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Her vocal diversity prepared her among others for such varied and prestigious projects as the collaboration with Bobby McFerrin in Instant Opera! at Carnegie Hall, performances at the at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York, Solo Concerts among others at the Stuttgart Music Festival, International Händel Festspiele, Wiener Konzerthaus, International Jazz Herbst Salzburg Festival, Die Glocke Bremen, Klangvokal Festival Dortmund, Theater Bremen...
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In addition to her singing, she composes and performs live music for theater and dance productions. She also created her own theater piece, 'Die Liebenden' serving as the artistic director."
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Funding/Awards​
2019: “Intercultural Projects Scholarship“ for her "Poetic Sound Journey"Project
from Munich Cultural Department. Concerts in Germany, Turkey, Israel and Spain.
2013: Music award from the city of Munich Cultural Department for her Project “KLANGWELTEN: Breath, Song”
Concerts in Munich, Ankara, New York.
2013: CEC Artslink Music Fellowship
at the Center for New Music in San Francisco
2012: OMI International Artist Residency in New York
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Theater
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2023: Theater Piece "ÂÅžIKLAR – DIE LIEBENDEN"
Ein Liederabend über vier Frauenleben
von und mit Nihan DevecioÄŸlu. In türkischer und deutscher Sprache
Konzept und künstlerische Leitung: Nihan DevecioÄŸlu
Regie: Frank Abt
Musik: Nihan DevecioÄŸlu, Matti Weber
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2022: Dance Piece "Relationshits" by Ceren Oran. Premiere Munich Einstein Kultur
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2022: Theater Piece "Konferenz der Frauen"
under the direction of Caroline Richards
Premiere ARGE Kulture Salzburg Austria
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2020: Theater Piece “Mutter. Vater. Land.”
under the direction of Frank Abt at Theater Bremen
2019: Theater Piece “Auferstehung”
under the direction of Alize Zandwijk at Theater Bremen
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2017: Theater Piece "Ein Haus in der Nähe Einer Airbase"
under the direction of Frank Abt at Theater Bremen
2015: Dance Piece “Heimat...los!” from Ceren Oran
2013: Dance and Circus Piece “Deal” from Spela Vodeb
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Discography
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2021: Album “Urban Lullabies” (Whatabout Music Label Barcelona)
2020: Album “Nostalgia-Meer der Erinnerungen” (ACCENT Records Germany)
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2019: Solo Album OZEAN (Whatabout Music Label Barcelona)
2019: Album “Nihan & The Single Camels”
(Whatabout Music Label Barcelona)
“...Her singing,
mostly with eyes closed, resembles meditations,
in tones of leading Memories of love and life
amidst nature...
Simon Neubauer
Weser Kurier