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       Rui Aziz is a kamancha player who performs and composes microtonal and experimental music. His repertoire encompasses a diverse range of Turkish Makam Music, Turkish, Kurdish, Azeri, Armenian, Persian, and Arabic folk music, alongside Western classical, jazz, and experimental music. In addition to his artistic approach to performing various genres of music and his main instrument, the Kamancha, he also performs instruments such as the Setar, the Iranian Tanbour, and the Duduk/Balaban. In addition to his multi-instrumentalist identity, he also sings in Turkish, Azerbaijani, and Persian.

    

       He was born in 1996 in Kayseri, Anatolia. Aziz lived in Kayseri until the end of his high school education and moved to Istanbul in 2015 for his university education and his curiosity to learn music. While pursuing his bachelor's degree in psychology, he taught himself instruments such as Iranian Tanbour and Setar, inspired by artists such as Seyyed Khalil Alinejad and Mohammed Reza Lotfi.

 

       During all this artistic pursuit, Rui Aziz heard the kamancha for the first time, fell in love with the sound of this instrument, and, after an endless search, met the great kamancha maestro Arslan Hazreti. He soon became one of Hazreti's best students. Later, he took advanced kamancha lessons from the great master Saeid Mirzazade to deepen in Azerbaijani Mugham music. He worked with Neyzen Melih Berse in order to improve his performance quality in Turkish Classical Music, one of the most deeply rooted music genres in the geography where he lives. As a result of his never-ending curiosity, he took master classes on Turkish Classical Maqam, composition, maqam theory, performing in microtonal music, and the history of Turkish Classical Maqam music from Kanun virtuoso and Turkish Classical Maqam music master Bekir Reha Sağbaş.

    

       In the spring of 2022, he moved to Vienna, Austria, for his master's degree in "Cognition, Behavior, and Neurobiology". Having no musical acquaintances, Rui Aziz started his art in Vienna from scratch, from street music. Aziz's talent was quickly recognized thanks to his diverse instruments, musical style, and ability to combine various cultures, and he soon began to appear on the professional stages of Vienna. Combining street music with experimental music, Aziz performed for the first time with Veronika Mayer at the "Graetzlrauschen 2: Agora" event at Viktor-Adler-Markt (07.2022, Vienna).

       

       After this performance, Aziz made his debut in a short time; St. Giorgio, Camini(08.2022, Calabria, Italy), ICDO Altes Rathaus(09.2022, Vienna), Kendisi Bir Mekan “Rui Aziz & Sedat Anar” concert (09.2022, Istanbul), UNO (10.2022, Vienna), Wasserwelt Kirche ft. Yeden Ensemble(11.2022, Vienna), Azerbaijan Culture Center(01.2023, Vienna), Salam Oida Meşk Abend(02.2023, Vienna), Heldenplatz Requiem für Khojaly Konzert (02.2023, Vienna) IGGÖ Interreligösische Iftar Abend im Niederösterreich Palais(03.2023, Vienna), Ausberg Palais (04.2023, Vienna), Stadhalle Konzert (04.2023, Vienna), Rathaus Keller Saal(04. 2023, Vienna), Azerbaijan Culture Center Kulturasia (05.2023, Vienna), ZackZackZack Album No:2 (06.2023, Vienna), Chelsea Vienna ZackZackZack album launch concert(06.2023, Vienna), MDW Dastan Arzu Fish ft. Ost Ensebmle(07.2023, Vienna), Kulltursommer ZackzackZack (07.2023, Vienna), Viktor-Adler-Markt Lange Nacht im Markt(09.2023, Vienna), Gartie Fröhlich Dokumentar Filmmusik MAK (09.2023), TRT2 ft. Yeden Ensemble (09.2023, Vienna), Zweiklang Yeden Ensemble(10.2023, Salzburg), Die Klänge Anatoliens (11.2023, Linz), Teleport Collective ft. Rui Aziz Rhiz Vienna(11.2023, Vienna), Universtät Innsbruck(11.2023, Innsbruck), Borromäus Saal with Yeden Ensemble(11.2023, Vienna), Azerbaijan Cultur Center (12. 2023, Vienna), Die Klänge Anatoliens (12.2023, Vienna) TRT 2 Yeden Ensemble(12.2023, Vienna), Azerbaijan Culture Center(01.2024, Vienna), Wohnzimmer-Konzert #51 ft Bilge Kaan Kuş, Viktor-Adler-Markt Stand 129 (02.2024, Vienna), MDW Dastan Arzu Balık ft. Ost Ensebmle (02.2024, Vienna), Myroslav Skoryk - Melody (single) For UKRAIN, Rui Aziz ft. Elena Fedorenko(02.2024, London), Yeden Ensemble Konzert (03.2024, Vienna), MediaSound-Gigele (03.2024, Vienna), Salam Oida Iftar Abend (03.2024, Vienna), IGGÖ Interreligösische Iftar Abend im Niederösterreich Palais (03.2024, Vienna), Rui Aziz & Bilge Kaan Kuş "Gülümse" for Youtube (03. 2024, Vienna), Vakıf Bank Iftar Abend Türkische Botschaft (03.2024, Vienna), ORF Funkhaus "Klassik Treffpunkt" Ö1, Radiokulturhaus (03.2024, Vienna), Yeden Ensemble Konzert (03.2024, Hohenems, Vorarlberg), Türkische Botschafter Wiens Iftar Abend, Yeden Ensemble (04.2024, Vienna), Haus der Begegnung, Rui Aziz ft. Abuzar Manafzade (04.2024, Vienna), Eunic Jazz Festival (04.2024, Vienna), Bianna & Yeden Ensemble Konzert (05.2024, Vienna), Radio Diagonal "Zukunft Now!", ORF Radiokulturhaus, Live (05.2024, Vienna), Sound of Humanity, Kirche am Keplerplatz (06.2024, Vienna), Sound of Humanity, Votiv Kirche (06.2024, Vienna), Klangbäckerei Teppichkonzerte 1 Rui Aziz & Nawaf Hamed (10.2024, Mödling), "Efendim" single Ethem ft. Rui Aziz (09.2024, Istanbul), Muslimische Contemporary Salam Oida "Die Klänge Anatoliens” (10.2026, Vienna), Türkische Kaffee Abend, Türkische Botschaft Wien (12.2024, Vienna), Aserbaidschanischen National Teppich Museum & Freywille, Rui Aziz & Abuzar Manafzade (01.2025, Vienna), "Zelzele Nach Beben" Salam Oida & Javaneh Verein, Schauspielhaus (02.2025, Vienna), Turkish Airlines Iftar Abend Mariott Hotel (03.2025, Vienna), Yunus Emre Institut "Ramadan Freude" with Yeden Ensemble (03.2025, Vienna), IGGO & Stadt Wien Interreligöse Iftar Abend, Rathaus Grösser Festsaal (03. 2025, Vienna), OSCE Nawruz Feiern (03.2025, Vienna), Salam Music Festival Open Jam Sessions (03.2024, Vienna), Müsiad Europe General Administrative Board, Pyramide Vösendorf (04.2025, Vösendorf), Society Magazine Nawruz Celebration, Grand Hotel Wien, Rui Aziz & Danial Moazeni (04.2025, Vienna), Yeden Ensemble Konzert (04.2025, Mannheim & Frankfurt), Kulturmesse Salzburg "Yeden Ensemble & Ruberu" (04. 2025, Salzburg), Drehtanz Seminar, Schloss Goldegg, Meschk Konzert (04.2025, Salzburg), "Tanz-Konzert" Rui Aziz & Burag Mesrobyan, Lalish Theater (05.2025, Vienna), Yeden Ensemble & Murat Gürel Konzert, Yamaha Saal (05. 2025, Vienna), Yeden Ensemble Konzert IGGÖ (05.2025, Vienna), Hoffest Rui Aziz Konzert ft. Burag Mesrobyan (05.2025,Vienna), Müsiad Yeden Ensemble Konzert (05.2025, Salzburg), Yeden Ensemble Konzert (05. 2025, Stuttgart), Türkische Küche Woche Yeden Ensemble Konzert (05.2025, Vienna), Yeden Ensemble Konzert (06.2025, Wels), Azerbaijan Cultural Center (06.2025, Vienna) …... has performed and continues to perform with different musicians and bands, in various projects and festivals, and in many cities in Europe.

  

       In addition to his performances, he is busy with his experimental compositions and has been featured on numerous albums and singles in different genres, as well as recording for film and documentary soundtracks. Rui Aziz has been nominated for the Austrian Jazz Prize in 2024 in the "newcomer" category.
 

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