Aliya Ultan — often called the Nocturnal Cellist — is a composer and performer whose work treats the cello as a shape-shifting voice moving between orchestral lyricism, cathartic noise, and deeply personal storytelling.
Ultan has collaborated with John Lurie, David Behrman, Aaron Dilloway, Tyshawn Sorey, and George Lewis, and performs frequently in interdisciplinary settings with puppeteers Poncili Creación and choreographer Yoshiko Chuma's School of Hard Knocks. She co-leads the Creative Music Studio's Improvisers Orchestra, an ensemble lineage connected to Karl Berger and Ornette Coleman.
Credit: Tibi Romanti, Noirmatic
Graphic notation of Looks Far Woman by Aliya Ultan
