Artist Statement
Elif Dinçer is a harpist and composer who has spent her time developing a large instrumental vocabulary and researching alternate tuning systems. She is active as a performer both solo and as a collaborator based in Los Angeles. Her practice focuses on communication through instrumental performance and exploring the harp to create phrases, layers, and sound objects in every way imagined. She released her debut solo album Blue House in March 2026 where she improvised short songs in scales derived from just intonation using colors and poetic imagery as jumping off points to create melodies.
Bio
Elif works as a professional harpist and as an instructor. She received her MFA from California Institute of the Arts and BM from Frost School of Music at University of Miami. She offers lessons on harp and on other topics related to music.