I DESIGN EXPERIENCES FOR WORLDS THAT DO NOT YET EXIST.
COMPOSER · VIOLIST · CONDUCTOR · MEDIA ARTIST
At the intersection of art, science, and technology, I transform sound, data, and imagination into immersive experiences that reveal the unseen, evoke emotion, and expand perception.
EXPLORE WORKSSOUND
Exploring the architecture of sonic imagination.
IMMERSE
Creating worlds that surround, respond, and breathe.
DATA
Transforming data into emotion and meaning.
IMAGINATION
Pushing the boundaries of perception through experimentation.
Visual Music
Shadows
Visual music for three-channel projection and stereo sound.
The most awarded and most exhibited work to date. Shadows grew from a collection of oil paintings into an immersive audiovisual piece that has traveled from Kosovo to Brussels, Stanford, and Istanbul, and gave its name to the contemporary art festival Deniz founded and directs.
- 2026MediaFlock Festival, CCRMA / Stanford
- 2025Residency, Prix CIME (International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music)
- 20241st Prize, Corwin Award for Excellence in Composition, UC Santa Barbara
- 2023 / 24Shadows Contemporary Art Festival, founder & artistic director (Kosovo · Reno)
- 2023L'Espace du Son festival, Brussels
Featured Film
Chasing Whales
Documentary · dir. Matthew Busch & Zoe Rosenblum
Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival · Los Angeles Times
Deniz is the sole film-music composer for Chasing Whales, an orchestral and hybrid score that follows the documentary from cold open water to the call beneath the waves.
On the Podium
Conducting
Over eight years of orchestral conducting study. From Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade to Beethoven's Seventh, the symphonic repertoire is read with the same ear that shapes the electronics and the room.
Upcoming · July 8, 2026
Carnegie Hall
Golden Classical Music Awards · 1st Prize
After winning 1st Prize at the Golden Classical Music Awards, Deniz performs on the viola at Carnegie Hall, New York on July 8, 2026, the latest chapter in over twenty-five years on the instrument.
Just Accepted
Organic Reflections
A Stochastic Framework for Real-Time Audiovisual Composition across AR, VR, and Projection
Accepted · Sound and Music Computing Conference (SMC 2026)
A new paper formalizing the stochastic system behind Deniz's real-time audiovisual work, a single framework that drives sound and image together across augmented reality, virtual reality, and large-scale projection.
The live audiovisual work behind the paper. Built in Unreal Engine 5 with MetaSound, premiered at the Shadows Contemporary Art Festival, Reno (2024). Click to enter the piece.
Viola & Piano
ADE Duo
Co-founded with pianist Dr. Adea Badivuku, the duo moves between cross-genre arrangements and contemporary repertoire, including a 2021 rendition of Can't Help Falling in Love.