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
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
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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