Arda Cabaoglu Virtanen, DMA

Artist, Performer, Educator, Scholar of Music & The Trumpet

DR. ARDA CABAOGLU VIRTANEN
Artist, Performer, Educator, Scholar of Music
PORTFOLIO
(April 2025)

ardacabaoglu@gmail.com • www.ardacabaoglu.com



A LIST OF SELECTED PAST PERFORMANCES

1.”Forced Misophonia: BLAST BLOW PULSE” by Arda Cabaoglu (1982)

Performed by the artist at AKIŞ/FLUX by Marina Abramović and Marina Abramović Institute (MAI) at Sakıp

Sabancı Museum, Emirgan, Istanbul curated by Serge La Borgne & Paula Garcia.

Musical content is entirely improvisation.

January 30 - March 1 2020 Long durational performance art (non-stop 8 hours a day for 4.5 weeks)
https://youtu.be/SWVapvjk1Gk (Short clip during the long durational performance) Live Recording
https://youtu.be/tULWI0SaRio (Short clip during the long durational performance) Live Recording
https://www.mai.art/work/akis-flux (Longer Video at MAI website)

Marina Abramović Institute Cleaning The House Workshop: Documentation of the Cleaning the House Workshop in the countryside of Turkey for the performers in AKIŞ/FLUX.
https://youtu.be/G2P2V8nJaTU?feature=shared 

2: “Légende” (1906) by Georges Enesco (1881-1955) for Trumpet and Piano

with Sébastien Cornut, piano

(December 2015, Eastman School of Music, Kilbourn Hall) Live Recording
https://youtu.be/O8QZ4o317k4 

3. “Caged Dream of Stuffed Ludwig” for solo trumpet and percussion ensemble by Sangbin Rhie (2023)
Commissioned by The Contemporary Art Music Project (CAMP)
Arda Cabaoğlu, solo trumpet
percussion ensemble - Andrea Burgess, Wyatt Hatch, Matthew Korloch, Shannon Menke, Maria Petropoulos conducted by Kevin von Kampen
University of South Florida Concert Hall
Tampa, Florida, USA
https://youtu.be/A0r1SvaEzgI?feature=shared (Studio Recording)
https://on.soundcloud.com/Qiwp9WXEdqXiwzqp8 (Live Recording)

4. “Vestigia Flammae” by Nina C. Young
Ensemble Échappé led by Jeffrey Milarsky
Lex54 Concerts at Saint Peters Church, New York, NY.
video by Richard Anderson Live Recording
https://youtu.be/rcRfQIYmWSs?feature=shared (Live Video Recording)

Talea Ensemble Already Root: A One-Act Opera by Maxwell Dulaney World Premiere
Ensemble Échappé led by Jeffrey Milarsky
Jonathan Dawe, Astounding Angels (Clarinet concerto) World Premiere
Phil Taylor, Snowlight (sinfonietta) World Premiere
Nina Young, Vestigia Flammae (sinfonietta) World Premiere
April, 2018 Live Recording
https://on.soundcloud.com/hpSneyFY1nARmQCu6 (Live Recordings Playlist)

5. “Fanfare In The Snowfall” by Serin Oh (b.1988)
for trumpet and timpani World Premiere
For celebrating the centennial of the Eastman School of Music
Arda Cabaoglu, trumpet & Amy Salsgiver, timpani
Recording Date: 28 February 2022, İstinye Borusan, Istanbul
https://youtu.be/tbFyHvv-QTM

6. "Ceremonial Music" for brass ensemble by Theo Chandler World Premiere
MOD Brass
Trumpets: Brian Olson, Arda Cabaoglu, Sam Wells, Andrew Jeng Trombones: Oliver Barrett, Stephen Whimple, Ricardo Pedrares, Aaron Albert Horn: Eric Huckins
Tuba: Jay Uschold
Live Recording Blessed Sacrament Church 152 West 71st Street, New York, New York 10023
May 8 2018
https://youtu.be/SfmEvbs32cE

7. Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in Eb Major, Hob:.117 e/1 ) (1796) by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
I.Allegro: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in Eb Major, Hob:.117 e/1 ) (1796)

Arda Cabaoglu, Solo Trumpet
Michael Ruhling, Conductor (President of Haydn Society of North America)
Eastman Chamber Orchestra
April 5 2014 As a part of Joseph Haydn Studies at Eastman School of Music
https://youtu.be/sIIwbZXDlwA?feature=shared

“Golden Trumpet” - with Istanbul Philharmonic Season Concert Series
Arda Cabaoglu, solo trumpet
Sascha Goetzel, conductor
Live Performance April 1, 2013
https://on.soundcloud.com/n3Nhy6keT8YZPbfs8

8. “Triangles II” (2010) (World Premier) by Thomas Stevens (1938) Steven Burns, Håkan Hardenberger, and
Thomas Stevens, trumpets with Chosen Vale Trumpet Ensemble (Arda Cabaoglu, 1st Trumpet)
(June 2010, The Mary Keane Chapel, New Hampshire, MA) Live Recording
https://on.soundcloud.com/exXdWtehkRhj2cCt5

9.“Soundings” (1970) by Gary C.White (1937) with Malmö Academy of Music Trumpet Ensemble Conductor: Bo

Nilsson (December 2011, Caroli Church, Malmö, Sweden) Live Recording

https://on.soundcloud.com/3VgUMZUZk99m6U9CA

10.”Sonata for Trumpet and Piano” (1956) by Kent Wheeler Kennan (1913-2003)

with Rebecca Wilt, piano.

Live recording from masterclass by Thomas Stevens at Chosen Vale International Trumpet Seminar

(June 2009, The Stone Mill, New Hampshire, MA) Live Recording

https://on.soundcloud.com/TUUxFChueh5Vi5gv7

11. “Tempus Fugit”(2011) by Cindy McTee (1953)

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Cynthia Johnston Turner, conductor. Lead trumpet: Arda Cabaoglu

(October 2013 Eastman Kodak Hall, Rochester, NY) Live Recording

https://on.soundcloud.com/rL9v9Yz4eZMASmTa8

12. Symphony No.10 in E minor Op.93 (1946-1953) by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

The Malmö Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra, Charles Hazlewood, Conductor,

Principal Trumpet: Arda Cabaoglu

(Febraury 2013, Malmö Konserthuset, Sweden) Live Recording
https://on.soundcloud.com/VyUs1wa1wUD9z2Wf7

13. ”Fantaisie en Mi bemol” (1958) by Jean Edouard Barat (1882-1963) for Trumpet and Piano
and “Concertino” by Caroline Charriére 

with Dr.Cherry Tsang, piano

(November 2013, Eastman School of Music, Hatch Recital Hall) Live Recording

https://youtu.be/o8PugDPWZmU (Barat)
https://on.soundcloud.com/gEeQhvZC7QS8Mvg86 (Charriére)

14. “Prélude et Ballade” (1937) by Guillaume Balay (1871-1943) for Cornet and Piano

with Sébastien Cornut

(December 2015, Eastman School of Music, Kilbourn Hall) Live Recording

https://youtu.be/EZLjLD13VfE

15. “Coq e Frelon (The Rooster and The Hornet) for Solo Trumpet by Jean Maire (b.1902 )

(2014) Live Recording

(September 2014 Third Presbyterian Church Chapel, Rochester, NY)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNGXOIw-ygs&feature=youtu.be

16. "Intrada"(1958) by Otto Ketting (1935-2012) for Solo Trumpet

(August 2015 Dedicated To Kicki Hankell at her funeral Stora Hammar Kryka, Höllviken, Sweden) Live Recording

https://on.soundcloud.com/bjh2F2RJ4G81XdATA

17. “Sonate Für Trompete und Klavier” (1940) by Paul Hindemith (1895-1963). with Dr.Ksenia Leletkina

I.Mit Kraft

II.Mässig Bewegt

(December 2009 Trumpet Studio Class, Ray Wright Room, Eastman School of Music)

https://on.soundcloud.com/ad1Q3iA34Ebes8R97

18.”Légende de Larmor” (1904) by Alexandre Georges (1850-1938) for Trumpet and Piano

with Sébastien Cornut, piano

(December 2015, Eastman School of Music, Kilbourn Hall) Live Recording

https://youtu.be/uBGO9Uc-ARM

19. Sensemayá by Silvestre Revueltas (1899-1940)
soundSCAPEfestival Orchestra
Tim Weiss, conductor
2016 Auditorium Cittá di Maccagno, Italy
https://youtu.be/BW7wtJZbt0Q?feature=shared

20. Moravec: Sanctuary Road | Live at Carnegie Hall
Oratorio Society of New York Chorus and Orchestra
Kent Tritle, conductor
2019 Live Recording
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMRnIiDo1EjNXAoSk3kEKowbJZQN5-JDo&feature=shared

21. The Omni Ensemble Octet 39th season Live in Brooklyn, NY December 11, 2021
Works by Stravinsky, Cox, Smith, Monk, Wechsler. Live Recording

https://on.soundcloud.com/oMxNTXvxetwzEKCt8

22. Malmö Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Håkan Hardenberger Berlin Drömland Project

26 October 2012 Live Recording

https://on.soundcloud.com/CiM6cxtYifWZ7mgL9

23. Eastman Graduate Brass - Mendelssohn String Quartet arrangement of Verne Reynolds for Brass Quintet

Philip Chase Hawkins, Arda Cabaoglu, trumpets, Lauren Becker, horn, Megan Boutin, trombone

Katie Cox, bass trombone 

Live Recording November 2009
https://on.soundcloud.com/LooLAU1SUo6zqVKCA

A LIST OF SELECTED PAST PERFORMANCES (2024-1997)

Contemporary Art Music Project   Tampa, Florida, USA

  • Performance in Residence - Solo Trumpet 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
    World premieres of works by various composers for the festival CAMPGround22, CAMPGround23, CAMPGround24 and CAMPGround25
    2025 World Premieres of Akerio by Axel Retif, Is And Air by Dorothy Hindman, and True Love Peach Blossom by Chihchun Chi-sun Lee
    2023 World Premieres of New Trumpet Concerto called Caged Dream of Stuffed Ludwig by Sangbin Rhie for solo trumpet and percussion ensemble commissioned by CAMP for Arda Cabaoglu and USF Percussion Ensemble directed by Kevin von Kampen

Contemporary Art Music Project   Tampa, Florida, USA

  • Long durational Performance at University of South Florida - “Masked heARTs” (Own work and solo performance) 2022

OMNI Ensemble New York, NY
Trumpet 2021-2024


The Music She Writes Rochester, USA
For celebrating the centennial of the Eastman School of Music Fanfare In The Snowfall for trumpet and timpani 

Composer: Serin Oh (b.1988) Arda Cabaoglu, trumpet & Amy Salsgiver, timpani
Comissioned by Eastman School of Music                                                                                                                      January-March 2020

Marina Abramović Institute and Sakıp Sabancı Museum Istanbul, Turkey
Artist in Residence at Exhibition called FLUX / AKIS - World’s Longest Musical Performance Art performed by a solo instrumentalist
Forced Misophonia: BlAST BLOW PULSE by Arda Cabaoglu (Own artwork) January-March 2020


Performance of David Sampson’s Breakaway for 2 trumpets and electronics                                          New York, NY CUNY Graduate Center Recital Hall with Jonathan Heim, trumpet March 2018


Ibrahim Maalouf Live in Paris Album Release Performance Los Angeles, CA, USA

  • Section Leader US Tour 2019 and 2018 YouTube Space LA Live Streaming Performance 2018- 2020

Levantine Symphony by Ibrahim Maalouf Washington DC
World Premiere Performance - Leader of the Levantine Trumpet Section with National Symphony Orchestra, The Kennedy Center March 1, 2018
Levantine Trumpet Section, leader

Oratorio Society of New York - New York's Standard for Grand Choral Performance New York City
World Premiere Performances of works by Paul Moravec and Behzad Ranjbaran at Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall
May 7, 2018

Second Trumpet at Orchestra of the Society Kent Tritle, Director


Ensemble Échappé New York City, USA

Solo Trumpet at Ensemble Échappé (Contemporary Sinfonietta Setting) April, 2018

  • Jonathan Dawe, Astounding Angels (Clarinet concerto) World Premiere

  • Micheal Hersch, Violin Concerto New York Premiere

  • Phil Taylor, Snowlight (sinfonietta) World Premiere

  • Nina Young, Vestigia Flammae (sinfonietta) World Premiere


Talea Ensemble New York City, USA

Solo Trumpet at Talea Ensemble April, 2018

  • Already Root: A One-Act Opera by Maxwell Dulaney World Premiere

A LIST OF SELECTED PAST PERFORMANCES (2024-1997) - continued

The SoundSCAPE Festival Maccagno, Italy

Solo (unaccompanied) Performances and performances with Eastman Broadband and Soundscape Sinfonietta July, 2016

  • Works by Varese, Maire, Sanchez-Gutierrez, Revueltas

Hezarfen Ensemble Istanbul, Turkey

Guest Performer on Michael Ellison’s Opera Project 2015

Ossia Rochester, NY

Member 2008–2015

  • Student-run contemporary ensemble of Eastman School of Music

Eastman Musica Nova  Rochester NY

Member 2008–2015

  • Conductor: Brad Lubman

Malmö Academy of Music Contemporary Projects Malmö, Sweden

Member 2010–2013  

  • On tour in Karlskrona, Sweden under Sir Elgar Howarth

  • On tour in Berlin, Germany under direction of Håkan Hardenberger

 

Malmö Academy of Music Trumpet Ensemble Malmö, Sweden

Member 2010–2013

  • Toured Denmark, Sweden, and Istanbul

  • Organized and performed concert at Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul

  • Taught and organized master classes for professors Bo Nilsson and Olle Sjöberg for Turkish trumpet students and music educators at Borusan Music House in Istanbul


Trumpet Studio Concert at Caroli Church Malmö, Sweden
Malmö Trumpet Ensemble Contemporary Trumpet Works Concert 2011

Chosen Vale Trumpet Ensemble New Hampshire, MA

Member, Participant 2009, 2010

  • World Premiers of new works composed for trumpet ensemble. Artistic Director, Edward Caroll

Istanbul Technical University MIAM Modern Music Ensemble Istanbul, Turkey

Member 2006–2008

  • Conductors: Kamran Ince and Cihat Aşkın

Cathedral of St.John The Divine New York, NY 

Soloist Vivaldi Concerto for Two Trumpets with St.John The Divine Orchestra December 2018

Cathedral of St.John The Divine New York, NY
St.John The Divine Brass Quintet under Direction of Kent Tritle at the 125th Anniversary Concert of The Cathedral                                 November, 2018

The Ritsos Project Samos, Greece

Solo (unaccompanied) Performances and performances with Josinaldo Costa, guitar, and Daniel Pesca, piano July, 2015 and 2016

  • Works by Balay, Falla, Friedmann, Lutoslawski, Berio, Ligeti (2015)

  • Works by Takemitsu, Ketting, Cerha, Lutoslawski, Berio, Lorca, Ligeti (2016)


  • Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester   Rochester, NY 

Doctor of Musical Arts Degree Collaborative Piano Recital by Sébastien Cornut December, 2015 April, 2014

  • Venue: Kilbourn Hall

  • Works by Balay, Georges, Enesco

Sunset concerts at the Christ Church Rochester, NY Rochester, New York, June, 2015

  • Solo Performer with Tom Torrisi, Guitar and The Gestalt Chamber Brass

  • Works by Falla, Harris, Szokolay

Thursday Concerts with Eastman’s Italian Baroque Organ at Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY Rochester, New York,

Heinrich Schütz’s The Christmas Story December, 2014

Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester   Rochester, NY 

Doctor of Musical Arts Degree Lecture Recital September, 2014

  • Merri Franquin of Paris Conservatory: Background and Legacy

  • Venue: Third Presbyterian Church

Doctor of Musical Arts Degree Recital

  • Works by Haydn, Headlam, Plog, and Friedmann, April, 2014

  • Venue: Kilbourn Hall

Doctor of Musical Arts Degree Recital November, 2013

  • Works by Barat, Charriére, Enesco, Kennan, Maire November, 2013

  • Venue: Hatch Recital Hall

Malmö Academy of Music  Malmö, Sweden

Master of Music Degree Recital May, 2013 

  • Venue: Rådhuset, Stortorget


Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra Istanbul, Turkey

Soloist April, 2013

  • Venue: Caddebostan Cultural Center

  • Venue: Borusan Music House

Fremantle Chamber Orchestra Perth, Australia

Soloist of the Orchestra and Chamber Musician for Chamber Music Concert June,2010

Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra Istanbul, Turkey

Soloist January, 2009

  • Venue: Lütfi Kırdar Convention Center Concert Hall

Grand Valley State University, International Trumpet Seminar Grand Rapids, Michigan 

International Guests Recital 2009

Center for Advanced Studies in Music, Istanbul Technical University Istanbul, Turkey 

Master of Music Degree Recital 2008

Izmir State Symphony Orchestra Izmir, Turkey

Soloist with Erden Bilgen 2007

  • Venue: AKM (Atatürk Cultural Center, Izmir)

Istanbul Moda English Church Istanbul, Turkey 

Solo Trumpet Recital with Gregory Pascuzzi 2007

Izmir Symphony Orchestra Izmir, Turkey

Soloist with Erden Bilgen 2006

  • Venue: AKM (Atatürk Cultural Center, Izmir)

Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Istanbul State Conservatory Symphony Orchestra Istanbul, Turkey

Soloist 2005

  • Venue: AKM (Atatürk Cultural Center, Taksim, Istanbul) Arutunian Trumpet Concerto


Symphony and Opera Orchestra Experience - selected

Chamber Orchestra of New York  New York City
Orchestral Trumpet - Concerts at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall
April 14, December 14 2023

Oratorio Society of New York – Verdi Requiem New York City

Second Trumpet at Orchestra of the Society Kent Tritle, Director at Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall
May 9, 2018


New Manhattan Sinfonietta New York, New York

Principal Trumpet 2018-Present

Poulenc Gloria & Organ Concerto at Church of St. Ignatius Loyola New York City
K. Scott Warren, conductor works by Francis Poulenc Mass in G Major, Gloria
May 23, 2018

Second Trumpet at Orchestra of St. Ignatius Loyola

Central Church Chorale and Orchestra New York, NY
Trumpet at Handel’s Messiah at Central Presbyterian Church, Director: Seth Ward 2017

Eastman Philharmonia Orchestra Rochester, NY

Principal and Section trumpet 2008-2015

  • Neil Varon, conductor

Eastman Opera Orchestra Rochester, NY

Solo and Second trumpet 2008-2015

  • Benton Hess, conductor

Malmö Symphony Orchestra Malmö, Sweden

Second trumpet 2012

Malmö Opera Orchestra Malmö, Sweden

Second and third trumpet 2012

  • Leif Segerstam, conductor

Malmö Music Academy Symphony Orchestra Malmö, Sweden

Principal and Section trumpet 2010–2013

Eastman Graduate Chamber Orchestra Rochester, NY

Principal and Section trumpet 2008–2010, 2013–2014

Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra Istanbul, Turkey

Principal, Second Trumpet 2001–2006

Izmir State Symphony Orchestra Izmir, Turkey

Section Trumpet 2003,2004

Bilkent University Youth Symphony Orchestra Ankara, Turkey

Principal Trumpet 2002–2004

Murcia International Youth Symphony Orchestra Murcia, Spain

Section Trumpet 2002

Bilkent Symphony Orchestra Ankara, Turkey

Section Trumpet 1999

Turkish State Presidential Symphony Orchestra Ankara, Turkey 

Second and Section Trumpet 1998–2000

Wind and Brass Ensemble Experience - selected


Cathedral of St.John The Divine Brass Ensemble New York, NY
Member of the Brass Ensemble 2017-Present

Eastman Wind Ensemble Rochester, NY

Principal and Section Trumpet 2008–2015

  • Conductors: Mark Davis Scatterday, Donald Hunsberger, Brad Lubman, and Cynthia Johnston Turner.

  • Recorded the music of Jeff Tyzik album project as a section leader under Mark Davis Scatterday and soloist Mark Kellogg

Malmö Music Academy Wind Ensemble Malmö, Sweden
Principal and Section Trumpet 2010–2013

  • Conductor: Håkan Hardenberger

Malmö Music Academy Brass Ensemble Malmö, Sweden
Principal and Section Trumpet 2010–2013

  • Conductor: Håkan Hardenberger, Sir Elgar Howarth

European Brass Ensemble Stift-Melk, Austria

Section Trumpet 2012–2015

  • Conductor: Thomas Clamor 

  • Performed with Hans Gansch, James Morrison, Thomas Gansch, Jack Burt, Gabor Tarkovi, Craig Morris

Grup Fanfare Adana, Ordu, Antalya, Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir, Turkey

Section Leader, Solo and Sectional Trumpet and Flugelhorn 1997–2012

Antalya State Symphony Wind Orchestra Antalya, Turkey

Soloist and Principal Trumpet 2008, 2012

Eastman Brass Guild Rochester, NY

Principal and Sectional Trumpet & Ensemble Director 2008–2010


ITU Miam Wind Improvisation Ensemble Istanbul, Turkey

Lead Trumpet and Flugelhorn under Robert Reigle 2006–2008

Bursa Wind Symphony Orchestra Bursa, Turkey

Principal Flugelhorn 2005,2006,2007

Anadolu University Wind Ensemble Eskişehir, Turkey

Principal and Sectional Trumpet 2006

Chamber Ensemble Experience - selected

Eastman School of Music Trumpet Ensemble Rochester, NY
Member 2008–2015

Turkish Trumpet Quartet Ankara, Istanbul, Turkey

Member and Group Leader 2002–2008

Group Fanfare Trumpet Ensemble Turkey
Member and Group Leader 1998–2008

Faculty Trumpet Ensemble with Brett Long, Nazareth College Rochester, NY

Member 2015


Cathedral of St.John The Divine Brass Quintet New York, NY
Brass Quintet for the Music of Giovanni Gabrieli, Direction of Kent Tritle 2017,2018

Brooklyn Brass New York City

Substitute Trumpet 2017, 2018


Group Fanfare Brass Quintet Ankara, Turkey

Principal Trumpet 2002–2005


Eastman Graduate Chamber Brass Quintet Rochester, NY
Member and Group Leader 2013–2015

Malmö Academy of Music Brass Quintet Malmö, Sweden

Member and Group Leader 2010–2013

Eastman School of Music B-Team Brass Rochester, NY
Member and Group Leader 2008–2010


Encore-Coda Music Camp Sweden, Maine 

Contemporary Music Ensemble Performances  Summers 2019, 2022, 2023


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