Ömer Sarıgedik

Bio

Sound designer, composer, and musician specializing in contemporary theater sound across Turkey, France, and Germany. Collaborated with Biriken, Fringe Ensemble, Platform, and DOT, creating sound for over 100 productions throughout Europe.

Performs with the French contemporary jazz ensemble Sauvage (electric bass/electronics) and founded Yakaza Ensemble. Co-directs the independent record label Müzik Hayvanı. Holds a degree in Music Technologies from Yıldız Technical University, with expertise in Max/MSP, Pure Data, and Python. Currently pursuing a master's degree in Musical Instrument Making at Eskişehir Technical University.

Theater

2026

"Sürüklenmiş" - Directed by İbrahim Çiçek / Original play by Tim Foley "Driftwood" / sound design & music / Paribuart, Zorlu PSM

"Birbirimizi hiç göremeyecekmişiz" - Directed by Taner Güngör / Original play by Tom Lycos ve Stefo Nantsou / sound design & music / Paribuart

2024 – 2025

"Kutsal" - Directed by Tuğrul Tülek / Original play by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm "Mum" / sound design & music

"People Places and Things" - Directed by İbrahim Çiçek / Original play by Duncan Macmillan / sound design & music / Zorlu PSM

"Blackout Songs" - Directed by Tuğrul Tülek / Original play by Joe White / sound design & music

"V. Frank" - Directed by Sercan Özinan / Written by Friedrich Durrenmatt / BAU Conservatory / Pera - İstanbul / sound design

"Bana kimse ne olduğunu anlatmadı" - Directed by Serkan Salihoğlu / Original play by Nick Hornby "Nipple Jesus" / sound design & music / London - Shaw Theater

"Sıfır noktasındaki kadın" - Directed by İpek Taşdan / Original piece by Neval El Seddavi / sound design & music

"Yaş dediğin" - Directed by Barış Arman / Original piece by Haley McGee "Age is a Feeling" / sound design & music

2023

"Balina" - Directed by İbrahim Çiçek / Original play by Samuel D. Hunter "The Whale" / sound design & music

"Flu Lysistrata" - Directed by Barış Arman / BBT / orchestration & sound design

"Sığınak" - Directed by İbrahim Çiçek / Original play by Martyna Majok "Sanctuary City" / sound design & music

2021 – 2022

"Kibritin Ucunda" - Directed by Kayhan Berkin / sound design & music

"Doğal Afet" - Directed by Ahmet İlker Ergin / Original play by Lauren Gunderson "Natural Shocks" / sound design & music

"SIRÇA" - Directed by İbrahim Çiçek / Original play by Tennessee Williams "The Glass Menagerie" / sound design & music

"Map to Utopia 2" - Directed by Frank Heuel - Fringe Ensemble / Bonn - Germany / sound design

"Sahibinden Kiralık" - Directed by biriken / Wiener Festwochen / Vienna - Austria / sound design & music

"The West is the Best" - Directed by biriken / Comedie de Reims / Paris - France / sound design & music

2020

"Kara Taş" - Directed by Mark Levitas / Written by Alberto Lopez / Yeni Metin Festivali 9 / Galata Perform / sound design & music

"Kamış Evlatlar Ormanı" / "Öyle Durdum Bekliyordum Geçmeyenler Köprüsünde" - Directed by Mark Levitas / Written by Ceren Ercan / sound design & music

"Arı" - Directed by Cem Sürgit / Original play by Hideki Noda, Colin Teevan / sound design & music

"Map to Utopia" - Directed by Frank Heuel - Fringe Ensemble / Bonn - Germany / sound design

2019

"Lieber Gold im Mund als Porzellan im Safe" - Directed by Frank Heuel - Fringe Ensemble / sound design & music

"Sahibinden Kiralık" - Directed by biriken / sound design & music

"RAUSCHEN" - Directed by Frank Heuel - Fringe Ensemble / Copenhagen - Denmark / sound design & music

"Le fils" - Directed by İbrahim Çiçek / Original play by Florian Zeller / sound design & music

"Vorrauschen" - by Annika Ley - Fringe Ensemble / Bonn - Germany / sound design & performance

"Border off Border" - Written by Lothar Kittstein, Ahmet Sami Özbudak / Directed by Frank Heuel - Fringe Ensemble / sound design & music

"Girls & Boys" - Directed by İbrahim Çiçek / Original play by Dennis Kelly / sound design & music

2018

"L'or" - Directed by Frank Heuel - Fringe Ensemble / Ouagadougou - Burkina Faso / sound design & music

"Normal Heart, Kalp" - Directed by İbrahim Çiçek / sound design & music

"Basecamp TR//DE III" - Directed by Frank Heuel - Fringe Ensemble / sound design & music

"Anziehungskrafte" - Directed by Frank Heuel - Fringe Ensemble / sound design & music

"Basecamp TR//DE" - Directed by Frank Heuel - Fringe Ensemble / sound design & music

"Killology" - Directed by İbrahim Çiçek - CRAFT theater / sound design & music

"Fatima'nın Erkekleri" - by Serkan Salihoğlu - İstanbul DT / sound design & music

2017

"The West is the Best" - by biriken / Paris - Cent Quatre / Marseille - Montevideo / sound design & music

"Berlin Zamanı" / "Zeit fur Berlin" - by Frank Heuel - Fringe Ensemble & Platform / sound design & music & composition

"The Rebellion Day of Dogs" - by Platform / Lisbon - São Luiz Teatro Municipal / sound design & music

2005 – 2015

"la nuit juste avant les forets" - by biriken / sound design & music

"hafif" - by Cem Sürgit - Theatre D22 / sound design & music

"Hikayeci / Storyteller" - by Murat Daltaban / DOT theatre / sound design & music

"Mercury Fur / Kürklü Merkür" - by Murat Daltaban / DOT theatre / sound design & music

"Bug / Böcek" - by Murat Daltaban / DOT theatre / sound design & music / Best sound design & music nomination by Tiyatro Dergisi

"The Censor / Sansürcü" - by Naz Erayda / DOT theatre / sound design & music

Music & Performance

2026

"Ephemeris" - Live Soundification project / Arter

2024 – 2025

"8938th song" - Melis Tezkan & Nil Yalter / sound design & compositions / Centrale Fies / Dro - Italy

"Sauvage" - Scène nationale d'Albi - Albi Jazz Festival #4 / musician / electric bass / electronics

"tiyatrobir" - Album Release / a compilation of theater music spanning 20 years

2023

"Sauvage" - Jean-Philippe Rameau compositions in Contemporary Jazz form / France tour / musician / electric bass / electronics

"Rose" - Traditional Eclectic Trio Project / France tour / musician / electric bass / electronics

"8937th Song" - Directed by Melis Tezkan / co-production and sound design / Berlin - Germany

"Beden Belleği" - Choreographed by İlkay Türkoğlu / Mimar Sinan Üniversitesi Bomonti / contemporary choreography / sound design

2021 – 2022

"Soundyear" - personal reactive audio performance & 2 Rauschen concert / Kultursommer 2021 / Bonn - Germany

2018

"Soundyear" - personal project / Toulouse - France and İstanbul / sound design & performance for live setup

2017

"soundyear" - personal project with Tom Le Pendeven - patch-work / sound design & performance for live setup

"la rallonge" - a music & video collaboration with Fakih Kademoğlu / sound design & music for live setup

Yakaza Ensemble - concert & performance / İstanbul Garanti Jazz / Gece Gezmesi - İstanbul Soundports

2010 – 2015

Yakaza Ensemble - concert & performance / Japan Tour - Tokyo - Sendai / İstanbul İKSV Salon

"karo kadın" - Choreography by Dermeçatma Sahne / contemporary dance / sound design & music

Yakaza Ensemble - concert & performance / Pera Museum / İstanbul Akbank Jazz Festivali / İstanbul KargaArt

Yakaza Ensemble - concert & performances / La Gaîté Lyrique - Paris / Jahrhunderthalle - Ruhr Triennale - Dortmund / East - West Passage - Balkan World Music Festival - Pécs - Hungary

Digital & Media

2021 – 2022

Zorlu PSM Dijital Sahne Serisi / sound design & music

Bir Yaz Gecesi Hikayesi / William Shakespeare

İki Kız Kardeş / Anton Chekhov

Hırçın Kız / William Shakespeare

On İkinci Gece / William Shakespeare

Antigone / Sophocles

Nora Bir Bebek Evi / Henrik Ibsen

Martı / Chekhov

Hamlet / William Shakespeare

2020

"Sahibinden Kiralık" - Directed by biriken / Podacto / Storytel / sound design

"Yala ama Yutma" - Directed by biriken / Podacto / Storytel / sound design

"Bizler, Sizler, Onlar" - podcast series / Directed by Nazlı Bulum & Görkem Kasal / Duvar Gazetesi / sound design & music

2005 – 2015

"Sounds of Urban Life" - iOS app by SoUL / sound design & music

"MyCity / Benim Kentim" - TV documentary / TRT / sound design & music

9. International Istanbul Biennial - "H-fact" installation by Hüseyin Alptekin / sound design for video